My Family Culture

The three things I would bring with me would be... a photo album,  I would bring this because it would have pictures of my family experiencing our family culture.  Pictures are worth a 1,000 words and what better way to keep and share my family culture!  I would also bring my recipe box.  This contains recipes from family and friends as well as some of my own.  While food may be a stereotypical trait of culture it is one that means a lot to my family.  We all have our favorites foods and sometimes no one but grandma's, mom's or aunt so-n-so's dish is the only one that will do!  The last thing I would bring would be my Pandora bracelet.  My family has given me different charms that have special meaning to me and many represent my family culture. 

 
                                                      
                                                                                                                

It would be very difficult to only be able to keep one item of the three.  They all mean so much.   I have already left so much behind and it was already difficult to pick just three things and then to be asked to give up two more would be devastating. 

When completing this assignment I had a hard time picking two other items other than photo albums.   My first thought was to bring three photo albums but I realized that I needed to push myself to think of two other items.  I think I picked pictures at first because I have been in the situation a few times in which I have had to evacuate where I was living due to hurricanes.  Every time I left I took all the pictures.  Pictures are near and dear to me because they can not be replaced easily.  Pictures are a way to "freeze" time and relive the wonderful moments that occur throughout our lives.  I also thought how hard it would be to actually leave everything you have known in your life and to go somewhere with virtually the clothes on your back.  I find this would be very scary.