Actress Park Si-eun recalled the time when she had to say goodbye to her child at full term.
On the 13th, a video titled “Hello 2025 Together, A New Beginning” was released on the CBS YouTube channel ‘Sebasi Lecture’ featuring a special lecture in collaboration with the Gyeonggi-do Lifelong Education Promotion Agency in Goyang City.
On this day, Park Si-eun took the stage as a speaker. She began by saying, “I want to talk about important choices we make in life.” She added, “There are choices we cannot make. We cannot choose our parents or siblings. The only family we can choose is our spouse.”
Referring to her marriage with Jin Tae-hyun, Park Si-eun said, “When I heard him say, ‘I want to adopt after we get married,’ those thoughts began to grow within me. I found that I was open to adoption. Through adult adoption, I gained another family, a big daughter. It’s not a common thing, so many were surprised and congratulated me. It was a happy and joyful event. Since we got to know each other over time and became a family through love, it brought me even more joy.”
She continued, “Choosing one man led to our honeymoon at an orphanage, the arrival of nieces and nephews, and eventually a niece who became a daughter. I don’t think family has to be connected by blood. Love can make us family.”
Park Si-eun also shared, “In fact, about two years ago, I went through a painful experience. I had to send my baby, who was in my womb, to heaven at full term. At that moment, I was in a state of great shock and deep sorrow.”
In 2022, Park Si-eun received congratulations for her pregnancy, but it was revealed that she had a miscarriage about 20 days before her due date, which caused great sadness.
She reflected, “But there was someone standing in front of me who was experiencing the same sorrow and shock. Even though it must have been hard for him, he was only looking after me and protecting me. I still cannot forget that look and expression. There’s a saying that happiness doubles when shared, and sorrow is halved when shared. We were able to rise by sharing our sorrow with each other,” explaining that she was able to overcome it thanks to Jin Tae-hyun, who stood by her side.
She added, “Instead, I had to make one choice. I decided not to blame anyone and not to look for something or someone to blame. Blame is actually very easy. But blaming doesn’t change anything. So I chose not to blame even myself. The nine months I spent with my baby were truly happy. I decided to live remembering that time. And as you all know, while recovering from sorrow, I started running. I chose to take a step forward.”
[Kim So-yeon, Star Today Reporter]
