5 Extraordinary Life Lessons From My Korean Mother

From Left to Right: Photo of the Author’s Grandmother, Mother, and the Author.

I learned many life lessons from my Korean mother which were instrumental to me as a child and continue to shape my every decision today. I wanted to highlight these 5 life lessons from a woman who, though she wasn’t college-educated, was still very wise. She spoke with much wisdom and grace, born from decades of her life in South Korea.