Every night, the kids give this picture a kiss and say, “Night-night, Halmoni.” It’s one of my favorite photos of my parents. It is one of the few pictures I have of them when they were younger, just starting their lives together. I love that blond girl in the picture with them, although I have no idea who she is. I love that, despite the fact that the twins never really met her (except when they were only a few months old), they know what Halmoni looks like (okay, she’s much younger in this photo but she held on to her youthful appearance as much as the next Asian lady). I love that they talk to her almost every night, just to say good night. I love that they know how to say Halmoni.

Most of all, I love that as they grow up, they will have a picture of her in their heads: smiling and beautiful, with Harahbogee and some random blond girl crouching next to her.