어린이날/Children's Day

Remember how when you were little, you'd say, "Why isn't there a 'Kid's Day'?" Then your parents would retort something to the effect of "Every day is kid's day."

May 5th is apparently 어린이날 ("Children's Day") in South Korea. According to Wikipedia:

"In South Korea, May 5th is officially recognized as Children's Day. Parents often give presents to their children, as well as spend time with them. "

I wonder if my birth mom has other children and whether she celebrates Children's Day with them. I also wonder if she felt sad that other parents got to celebrate with their children, knowing that I was halfway around the world.

In other news, May 5th 2010 is also the last day of classes. As you may have garnered, this has been a particularly rough semester, which led me to some big life changes. More on that to come...