Marie Lara-Rutter's Draw My Life

Transcript
Marie: "Hello, here's my draw my life, since I'm only 11, this might be pretty short!"

[Marie draws the words "Draw My Life."]

Marie: "I was born in Korea ,if you said the North, it was Pyongyang, North Korea, then you were right."

[Marie draws North Korea]

Marie: "I was from one of the most anti-American nations in the world."

[Marie draws the American flag crossed out]

Marie: "I was put up for adoption because my mom had once visited Afghanistan and she took me with her, the Taliban they demanded that she would give birth to a male heir and they would kill me, my mom got dad to hold me and she was good at tae-kwon do, and she kicked them before going back to North Korea."

Marie: "My dad was still in Kim Il-sung university when I was still a baby, I got adopted by these two American parents that could leave and go to North Korea anytime they wanted, I got adopted by them since Zoe's first husband, Jack was infertile, my biological dad done it accidentally when he worked at DMZ, when both of them were facing eachother, Jack tripped and dad slipped and he crushed his testicles, my dad was very clumsy and shy, he screamed that he was sorry, Jack died of cancer and mom got remarried when I was 6, my new adoptive father was named Danny and he had a baby girl, Lauren."