Hello! My name is Sara Ann Pogorely and I’m your daughter. I’m 32 years old. It’s hard to believe that I will be coming to Korea in June. It’s my hope that we will be able to meet. I grew up in Minnesota in a wonderful family. I had the chance to learn to play many instruments and music is a large part of my life. I sing in several choirs. I also love to play sports and regularly play soccer. I went to school and have a degree in music. I used to be a choir director, but now work for Target Corporation in merchandising. I was married in December of 2008, to a wonderful man, Nate. We have two cats and a townhouse in the suburbs in Minnesota. It is our hope to buy a house in the near future and start a family of our own. It is my dream to meet you, but if that is not possible, I want to thank you for the chance you gave me to live. I have had many wonderful opportunities and hope that you have had the same. I think of you often and wonder if we are alike. Please consider meeting me.
Love, Sara Ann Pogorely (Whang, Hee Jung)
When I began my search for my birth family, one of the things the agency requested was a letter to my birth family. This is to help them know who you are today. How does one summarize their life and desire to meet in one short paragraph? I don't think the above is necessarily a good representation of what I want to tell them, but it was the best I could come up with at the time.
Writing this letter turned out to be more difficult than I thought. If they are able to be located, what would my letter say that would get them to say, "We have to meet her!"? My initial sheet of paper had a lot of text crossed out. How personal should I get? Should I tell them where I worked? What I like to do? How much history do I include? How simple does it need to be to be able to be translated accurately? I don't want to sound like I am begging to meet them; but the fact is, that if it would help to sound desperate, I would change the letter in a minute. I felt like it was almost like writing a cover letter for a new job - show enough passion, but don't seem desperate or they won't want to interview you.
It seems funny to think of it like that, but the thought is there: "If they think I'm good enough, they will want to meet me. If they don't get that I've been successful or am otherwise happy, they won't want to meet." Again, how do you send this over in a short paragraph? Maybe I should send a second letter that is longer and has more details.
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