Tuesday, October 23, 2012

A Gift From a Widow

My co-teacher walked into my classroom earlier this morning and handed me a box.  She said, "face towel" and started to walk away.  I said, "thank you" and asked her who it was from.  She said that before I arrived in Busan, one of the teachers from this school died. This gift is for the anniversary of his death.  Apparently, the date on the box (2012.10.22) is the day that he goes to Heaven.  I asked my teacher what subject the man taught.  She then revealed that he was a retired P.E. teacher that was very old.  When I asked her if he died of natural causes, she said that he had cancer or something.  I guess it's a tradition in Korea (or so I've been told) for the widow/widower to give gifts (to whom exactly, I don't know) on the day that the person goes to Heaven.

Anyway, I was a little taken aback by receiving a gift from a deceased person's wife whom I have never met, but I sure am glad this guy is now in Heaven!  Yay!

 The box that the towel came in.

(Using Google Translate - not totally reliable)

김현철 - Kim Hyun Chul (the man's name) / 영가 - Spiritual
49재 - 49th / 회 향 - Times incense
2012.10.22 - The date he goes to Heaven


The hand towel

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