For people who haven’t heard yet, Korean adoptee blogger Julia passed away this morning, two days after her 25th birthday.
Julia, we all will miss you so very much…
you are incredibly and deeply loved.
Like these towers of prayer rocks,
we are all reaching our arms to the sky
and embracing your beautiful light.
(all pictures taken by Sang-Shil Kim at Namhansanseong, April 2008 )
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I think one of the most amazing things about Julia’s story is the number of people she managed to impact during her life. For those of us left behind, part of our comfort is in our numbers, so please visit these other tributes to Julia as well:
The Light that is Julia and Julia by Margie (Third Mom)
Remembering Julia by Ji In (Sixth Sister)
Does the Internet Cry? and From Stillness to Action by Allison (RainbowFriends.net)
good-bye, Julia by Judy (JustEnjoyHim)
Southern quadrant, second spiral by Theresa (Ungrateful Little Bastard)
Julia by Sumeia (Ethnically Incorrect Daughter)
Julia and A Light for Julia by Jae Ran (Harlow’s Monkey)
shadows of winter by Kev Minh (Borrowed Notes)
The Loss of Julia by Possum (Possum’s Place)
Julia by Juli (Grinding Up Stones)
For Julia by MH (Random Acts of KADness)
Julia by Paula (Heart, Mind and Seoul)
Julia by resistance (Resist Racism)
Julia by issycat (Adopt This!)
May 31 was a sad day by amyadoptee (Adoption And Its Triad)
Goodbye to two sisters by Eun Mi (Living, Laughing, Whining… as a Korean adoptee)
I Feel Like I Lost a Friend Today by BethGo (It’s Really Me)
My Jules and A blessing by Tim (Little KAD Prince)
Julia by Susan (ReadingWritingLiving)
Goodbye, Dear Julia by Coco (Mommyhood and Life)
May Your Light Keep Shining by Soon-Young (Serenity In Seoul)
Learning From a Sad Event by atlasien (Upside-Down Adoption)
I can’t stop thinking about… by Ansley (Noble Seoul)
RIP Julia by Gang-Shik (Transracial Korean Adoptee Nexus)
Blank by Papa2Hapa (Noraebang)
5 responses so far ↓
Jen // May 31, 2008 at 10:42 pm |
Thank you for the beautiful words and the beautiful pictures. Julia was a person that I wished I had the chance to gotten to know better. I only met her a couple of months ago. She will be missed by all.
Margie // June 3, 2008 at 12:56 pm |
Hugs to you, Sang-Shil, for your tribute and for capturing all the others.
She loved the prayer rocks
when it DOES matter « Just Enjoy Him: Ramblings of a Mid-Life Mom // June 4, 2008 at 12:21 am |
[...] Kim not only has a beautiful tribute to Julia on her blog, but she also lists other blog tributes to Julia, a testament to Julia’s amazing influence [...]
Ansley // June 6, 2008 at 4:10 am |
http://nobleseoul.typepad.com/noble_seoul/2008/06/i-cant-stop-thinking-about.html
One Year Ago Today, Our Tears « Land of the Not-So-Calm // May 31, 2009 at 7:00 am |
[...] you have a moment, take a look at some of the outpouring of emotions that followed Julia’s passing one year ago today, on May 31 [...]