aging
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As we grow older, the silence grows too — around who we were, what we chose, and why. Writing a life story is a way to preserve more than memory. It’s a way to be understood.
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I didn’t always notice it when it happened. But over time, I started to recognize the pause that followed when my mother told a story from her past. She would say something about her childhood, or a moment from her early years in Seoul, and then there would be this silence. It wasn’t dramatic or…