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I can identify with my middle daughter. After all, I was a middle daughter. But I'm so proud that my middle daughter was able to hold her own with an older sister who is both very intelligent and very athletic and a younger sister who is incredibly beautiful and adored on first sight.
Hyun Mee was only six and a half when she was uprooted from her home in Korea and transported to a new world in the United States with new parents and a new language. But she persevered and within a couple of years was beginning to meet the challenges that could have sunk her. Her adoptive mother wrote about her in a letter to Father Ben in the winter of 1989.
Mimi had the most trouble adjusting. She had sleeping problems and when she first came had bad nightmares. She’s doing great now. She likes to play dolls and jump rope.
Mimi had to work very hard in kindergarten. She had trouble sitting still because of the sleeping problems. First grade was a little hard for her. She is now in second grade and is doing fantastic. Her reading is great, math fantastic. Great report cards.
Mimi also skis, takes jazz and tap dancing and loves it. She learned to swim last year. Mimi is a sweet, sensitive child. She is the most fearful of the three girls. She is also very kind and sensitive to others. Mimi is a great kid.
Hyun Mee is now known as Mimi Ying. |
