I interviewed my mother, Yongsun Jun. She was born in Sangju, Korea, in December, 1966. She grew up in a big family with 7 siblings, which was actually common number of family members back in the day. She has one big brother, Yongmoon, and 6 sisters, Yongjung, 둘째이모, Yonghee, Yongnam, Soonhee, and Misung. She is the fifth oldest child of her family. Because of the age gap between her and the youngest sister, she used to carry her baby sister and change diapers. Since she has many siblings spending lots of time with, they have been sharing a lot of memories together. They are very close to each other so that five of her sisters happen to have lived nearby our home. The whole families often gather together and celebrate birthdays and the special holidays, such as the Lunar New Year and Chuseok, Korean Thanksgiving. I describe, her personality is very sweet, caring, and supportive. She always puts family first before herself, which is one of many points that I very appreciate and admire her. I asked her about her family, especially how my grandparents, her mother and father, met and got married. She said, back in the old days of her parents’ time, the common way to get married was an arranged marriage by families of a bride and a groom. That was also how her mother, Insoon Hwang, and her father, Seokwoon Jun, met. The adults of the two families arranged their marriage, when she was 21 years old and he was 22 years old. At first, her mother was young and felt very shy and
