My Family Culture

Blog: My Family Culture Imagine the following: A major catastrophe has almost completely devastated the infrastructure of your country. The emergency government has decided that the surviving citizens will be best served if they are evacuated to other countries willing to take refugees. You and your immediate family are among the survivors of this catastrophic event. However, you have absolutely no input into the final destination or in any other evacuation details. You are told that your host country’s culture is completely different from your own, and that you might have to stay there permanently. You are further told that, in addition to one change of clothes, you can only take 3 small items with you. You decide to take three items that you hold dear and that represent your family culture. In response to the emergency issue at hand, nothing is dearer to me than my family. They are number one in my life. My family will always have a place in my life and heart no matter how big or small our shelter will be can come with me no matter where I go. If I had to choose three items to bring on our journey it would be my grandpas war medals, my photo book of my deceased daughter (first born), and my Jewelry (diamonds). An explanation of these items would be that the picture book is the only imagery I have of my baby besides the memories that are in my heart. The nurse in the Neonatal ICU made me a little book for my baby that had a picture with me and my ex on the only day that we got to hold her. Also, there are her baby cross, rosaries, and growth chart included in the book. This book is meaningful not just in the imagery, but the whole meaning of the memory book. My grandfather’s War Medals are meaningful to me because of their significance of my grandfather’s dedication to his country and his life story. I honor my grandfather’s struggles because he fought in a World War and raised all of his grandchildren all by himself. Lastly, my jewelry has some significance because it is my property. Also, it is valuable due to the gold and gems that encompass the metals in the rings. If I were told that I could only keep one personal item and had to give up the other two items I brought with me, I would be saddened because the items are a part of my life history. Some of the items are passed down from family members, while others are items that I want to pass down to my children. Some insights that I gained about myself is that I value my family enough to place them first in life, while cherish items that have been passed down to me. My culture is that of American, however, I learned that family comes first in any situation.