Doljanchi Means...
We have planned two parties for the weekend, to celebrate Grace’s first birthday, her 돌. 돌 is like an American’s 18th and 21st birthdays all at once, at least in that it is the birthday that matters most to her future, the birthday that means she will have a future. I have learned that there was a time in Korea when reaching one was a small miracle, a day the whole village celebrated. Part of the fun is that Grace will face a set of objects and choose, by symbols, who to become as an adult… READ MORE
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