Berig     Created on Tuesday, 08 November 2005 16:14  
  :Sarang-Chi Family  
  When I was a young girl I approached my father with a question. I said, "Father, wouldn't you love to be wealthy?" My father cast me a faraway look, and didn't respond for what seemed like hours. "Why, we ARE wealthy," he replied. Thinking he was teasing me I stomped my foot and exclaimed, "We aren't wealthy, Father!" He smiled gently at me and looked me straight in the eye and said, "Yes we are, we are wealthy in love!" After that day I based my entire life on trying to prove my father wrong. Yes, wrong. I grew up into a family of merchants, so obviously as a child my idea of wealth was having a lot of gold. And so I worked hard to get as much gold as possible and prove to my father that I could get friends, happiness, and love from it. Boy, was I wrong. I worked so hard getting money that I hardly had time for anything else. On top of that people thought that I was greedy, and nobody wanted to be around me. One day I sat down and took a look at my life. I was not being honest with myself. I did not love myself, or money, and the only people that I actually cared for was my family who I had pushed away all these years. I decided to start out new and center my life around honesty and above all else, love. Immediately I found out how wonderful life was when I wasn't focused on material things. Soon after I changed my life around, met a wonderful man. He was a member of my clan and I adored him from afar. He was always busy though. Which, I will admit, I admired. But I did't see him a lot. He hosted many events, and clan hunts, and soon he was named a Kugnae defender and even part of the clan's inner council. The day I was walked into the merchant path must have been the greatest day of my life. I came to the clan hall and announced to everyone my new merchanthood. HoChiMin approached me and congratulated me with a warm hug. I felt as if my heart would explode. He looked into my eyes and said, "I've tried everything to prove to you that I am worthy of your love." He gave me a look of exasperation and went on, "I've become active in the community, I've made myself stronger, I've even been named a Defender of Kugnae, yet I still have gotten no recognition from the girl that I wanted to impress in the first place. What more must I do?" He got down on one knee and awaited my reply. I smiled and kissed his cheek and said, "All I want from you is your promise of love and a little time for me." I cried tears of happiness as he took my hand and said, "Pandora, my love, will you marry me?" The weeks flew by and before I knew it we were saying our vows and married by the Shaman February. I've been with him for more than 5 yuri and they are the best I've ever had.. My only regret? That I hadn't met him sooner. Recently, HoChiMin and I decided to start our own family. A family based on our values of centering our lives around love and honesty. The name we chose is Sarang'Chi, meaning "The love that flows through us". We are only a small Koguryian family but it will continue to grow larger. Family Tree: NeoPandora - Family Elder HoChiMin- Family Elder Thank you, Pandora Sarang-Chi & HoChiMin Sarang-Chi