My Family Culture
A
description of the three items you would choose
If this were to happen I would take our family Bible, picture of
my parents, and my little black bag.
How
you would explain to others what each of these items means to you?
First of all I know I would take our family Bible because it represents
where I come from and, it has some names, and dates of older family members in
it. The picture of my mom and dad means a lot because down the line when other new
family members are born into our family, and telling them stories about our childhood
they would have a visual picture of their grandparents or great- grandparents
to look at or in a way getting to know them without them being there. My final
choice would be the little black bag. This bag is import because it has all our
birth certificates and other important information just in case something like
this should occur.
Your
feelings if, upon arrival, you were told that you could only keep one personal
item and haveto give up the other two items you brought with you.
This would be very hard to deal with. On the other hand, in thinking
which one would benefit my family most I would have to keep our identity
information. My choice for letting go of the other two items would be that I know
God’s word will always be in my heart, and the picture of my parents will
always be in my mind. Therefore considering this important decision I would
keep the little black bag because it would be more beneficial to us because it
would alleviate the stress of proving who we are.
Any
insights you gained about yourself, your family culture, diversity, and/or
cultural difference in general, as a result of this exercise,
What I learned from this exercise is that if something bad were to
happen, and we lost everything, I realized that I could always continue my
family culture ways without a lot of pictures, and paper information. Therefore,
I learned through me, and my family continuing to carry on our family beliefs it
will reserve our heritage, and our family values.
You have choose really good items to take with you. I myself is a very spiritual person and having on hands your family bible is important because this type of transition will need encouragement from a higher authority. Great post!!
ReplyDeleteHi Edith,
ReplyDeleteGood choices! I think the choice of bringing a bible is great. If a person is religious, that is a major part of their culture. Bringing the bible can show others in the new culture a glimpse into your own and may allow you remain connected to your culture while also embracing a new one. I also think you made a good choice with keeping your black bag. Those are important documents and basically your entire life on a piece of paper. You never know where you will end up, so birth certificates and other vital information is important to have!
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ReplyDeleteHi Lauren,
ReplyDeleteGood post! I also chose to bring my bible. It has been important to me for as far back as I can remember. Taking your black bag was a smart move. After reading your post it made me think that I too should have taken some form of identification.
Hi Edith,
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I also chose to bring my bible, because faith is important in our family culture as well. I enjoyed reading your post and never thought about bringing things like birth certificates and identification items. I guess now I have to get them all together and put them in a safe place, because being able to prove who you are and what your credentials are could help you in a new country. Thanks for the idea!