Two Halves Make a Whole
“You look at
the energy
of an individual
and how do you feel,
how do you feel
in front of that person.
That’s it.
It’s a person.
It’s a human.
So, when we look
at our kids
and they’re half,
I mean for me,
that’s like two wholes
actually.”
Loren, who is white, talking about his two kids with his wife of 12 years, Sunya, who is Korean (it made me cry when I heard him say this with such sincerity. It was profound.) The couple was interviewed as part of The Halfie Project posted online April 16, 2019, and I watched it for the first time early Sunday morning, March 28, 2021. I will frame those words for my daughter whose heart needs to hear it and hold it and carry it on her journey through this world …