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The Leaping Hope
A Literary Journal
of the Students and Faculty of
The Korean Minjok Leadership Academy
Some thoughts and times of our lives...
Some reflections ...
Volume 2 -- No. 1... Winter 2001-2002
previous Online Issues...
A Mother's Love Letter
by Shi-Woo's Mom
Kim Shi-Woo:My mother sent a letter!!~~~~~~
Dear Shi-woo, our loving son
Shi-woo! How have you been these days? It's already winter now. Time flies. like an arrow. Did it snow in your school? I feel peaceful thinking of your school, white all over, white snow covered on firmly standing pine trees. I'm writing this letter to you feeling that beautiful harmony from down in the bottom of my heart.
People say that winter symbolizes sufferings and trials. How about you? I believe that the bygone days would never be forgotten for you. Maybe you are still regretting the past, but I really hope that you recover your composure and start all over again, like the firm pine trees in your school. If you always try hard, there is nothing you can't do. I believe in you Shi-woo.
I hope you accept all the hardships, pains, and happiness you have experienced throughout this second semester and live a beautiful life in the future without any regrets. I hope you have peace in yourself always. My loving son Shi-woo, I hope my feelings are delivered to you well. We love you very much.
These days, I'm living my life very happily. I always talk with you and with Jesus through our hearts even when I am off to work. I'm always happy because I have you and your brother Shi-chan by my side. I hear that you are having a winter vacation in just a few days. My heart leaps up thinking that you are coming home soon.
I hope you stay well and happy until the day we meet. Wishing that all of your friends and teachers have a wonderful day.
Bye!! Shiwoo
A Response by Shi-Woo
Dear my mother and father...
It's the kind of Winter that makes the wind to blow like thorns,
the time of Winter that makes our skin to smart under the wind.
Father, mother!!! How are you?
I believe that you are ok and are having good days...
Thank you for your help and for taking care of me, I am very healthy, vigorous.
It is truly with mixed emotions that I write this letter,
reminding me of all the special moments and seasons through which I have lived.
Parents!! I will show you, and rise to great challenges under difficult circumstances and achieve success. Maybe this zeal in me makes you very excited and you can feel the thrill of seeing me. Don't worry about me!! I can do it!! please believe me. I will not make you disappointed with me...
Well.. I love you too. I always think about your love and your graying for me.
I heard that father you are helping one handicap boy who is originally very temperate, who has a mind like an angel, and who always waits for your return. When I heard about that I was really impressed. I want to learn to develop a heart like your kind mind. Father! I am hoping this sincerely...
I can't stay in front of this page without saying 'thank you'.
I love you forever. Please take care of yourselves.
Bye Bye!!.
Other Journals, class by class:
7th Wave Natural Science I ... Minjok (Domestic Track)
7th Wave Natural Science II ... also Minjok (Domestic Track)
Other words from the editor:
A House on a Hill... by Mr. Johnson (Teacher)
Links to helpful sites
Some useful literary tools: © 2002 [email protected]
Home Winter 2001-2002
Wordsmyth very good online English Dictionary and Thesaurus
A real fine Korean/English/Korean Dictionary... by idic.i-on.net
Definite and Indefinite Articles ... (Outch! Yuk!) by Purdue U. Writing Lab
other "Common Errors in English" ... (Hmmmm?) brought to you by Washington State U.
Korean Proverbs and Sayings by WARE4U.com
zhongwen.com very good online Dictionary of Chinese Characters (Chinese/English)
Introducing a scholarship:
The Virtuous Patriot Integrity Award ... for KMLA students going abroad ...
The Leaping Hope online Editor; and Hard-Copy Editor:
Carlton Johnson (Minjok Academy English Department)
Social Anthropology Major