Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
If I had to decide on what three items to bring along with
me that represents my family culture they would be a family photo album, my Spanish
guitar, and vegetarian cookbook. My family takes pride in collecting family
photographs and showing them to visitors who come to our home. Usually for any
type of family gathering, either my father or I play the guitar and we all sing
songs in Spanish. My mother , sister, and myself are vegetarians. Since my
aunts and father eat meat, we always have to cook two meals, one meat and one
non meat. We have done this more than 25 years. I would hope that the new
country does not look down on vegetarians or vegans.
How would I feel if upon arrival to our new country and had
to discard two of the three items? I would not feel too bad as I would have had
felt bad already for having to have left behind some many other things that
represents my family culture. In essence, I feel that everything in our home is
a representation of our culture. This would lead me to an insight I gained
about myself and my family culture. Every object that we interact with
throughout the day on a frequent occasion, is a representation of our family
culture.
Frank... fellow vegetarian... The guitar seems particularly valuable... you wouldn't need any electricity... it could entertain and/or comfort you and your family on dark, moonless nights... it represents the diversity of your heritage - spanish and english... it is a very personal and human choice...
ReplyDeleteFrank,
ReplyDeleteI chose my family photo album as one of my objects too. I think I would be heart broken if I could not remember what my family members or my country looked like after many years. This exercise makes me wonder how people manage to cope during an experience like this. I feel like I have a better understanding of your family culture just by reading about your three items.
Thank you for sharing!
Krista
Frank,
ReplyDeleteI too had thought about taking a cookbook along, since I love to eat!!! You mentioned about not feeling not "too bad" about leaving things behind. Your memories of your culture can never be taken from you and you don't need an object for that.
Great choices!
Amanda
Hello Frank,
ReplyDeleteI loved reading your blog. I think that it is wonderful how music is a important part of your culture with playing the guitar. I think that is amazing and it shows that you are very grounded in your family culture. I really learned more about you from this post, so thank you for sharing what is important to you and your family culture.