Saturday, July 13, 2013
My Family Culture
I have actually been through a natural disaster when I was younger. My mom collected all our family photos and family heirlooms like wedding gifts and family bibles. I believe I would take the same items, photos that represented us and our family heritage, family bibles that told our story of marriages and provided us with a religious foundation. I would also take my children’s baby books. I would want them to see and read what was important to us about them when they were little.
I would be extremely sad and disheartened to learn that I had to give up precious items that are more valuable to me than anything else. I would take my family photo album. It would represent my culture and family values. It would represent who we were and where we came from.
I learned how valuable my family is too me. My family represents my culture, heritage, and diversity. I do not know what I would do without my children. They are truly a good representation of me, my family, and of my culture.
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Melissa-
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear that you have gone through something like this. That is something that this assignment made me really think about. You always assume that these things will always be there, but they could be taken away from you in the blink of an eye. I went back and looked through all of my photo albums when I was done. :)
-Melanie
Hi Melissa. You are truly strong for being there with your family and I admire your devotion and the love you have for your family. Pictures will always tell a story, priceless and never be forgotten. Thanks for sharing your beautiful story... Jay
ReplyDeleteI love that you picked baby books! I never though of that. Now thinking about it, it would be great to share them with my children. I still have baby books at my parents that my son loves to read! I am also so sorry that you had to go through something like this and have to deal with a decision of which items to pick. I can only imagine how extremely difficult that decision was on your family.
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