Saturday, May 19, 2018

My Family Culture

The three items I would take with me are family photos, my grandmother's purse, and my nameplate necklace. Family photos are very important to me and I know that wherever life takes me I can always look back on those photos as a reminder of who I am. My grandmother's purse has been kept in my family for years after her passing. We tend to keep important family heirlooms and documents in this purse, and we consider it to be a very important piece of her memory in our family. This would help me remember how my mother kept up with the bag for so long and how much it meant to us. Lastly, my nameplate necklace was given to me by my mother a few Christmases ago. It symbolizes that not only did she give me an important piece of jewelery, she also gave me my name, which is a huge part of my culture and who I am as a person.

If I were to have to give up two of the items, I would feel very sad and would want to keep all of these items as close to me as possible. However, I feel that I could live with just keeping my grandmother's purse with me upon arrival.

I have learned that I have much more value over myself and my culture than I thought. Also, I now know that much of who I am today stems from my family and how loving they are. They have shaped me into the loving, compassionate, and caring person that I am today!

3 comments:

  1. Hi Shabrika,
    I really enjoyed your blog post for this week. I really love how your family has kept your grandmother purse. Your grandmother must have been a very impactful woman if your life and to your family. It only makes sense to keep something of her to hold important heirlooms and documents for your family. That purse contains not only a remembrance of your grandmother, but the history of your family. That’s amazing.

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  2. Shabrika,
    I really love the items that you chose and the significance they play in your family culture. It is amazing how you guys have kept up with your grandmothers purse. I chose to take my mothers recipe book. Looking through her recipe book, always reminds me of her spending hours in the kitchen making sure we were fed daily. It was her way of showing love to her family and even friends.

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  3. Hi Shabrika,
    I found it interesting that you choose a picture to take. This was the first thing that came to my mind when I was choosing items. My reason for choosing a picture was a little bit different then yours. We have always found time to take a family vacation every year. I wanted to take a picture from one of these vacations to help show others how important these times were and how it much family manners in our culture.

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