My: Family Culture

If there was a catastrophic event and my immediate family and I had to be relocated and I could only take three items, the three items I would take are: A photo album, my bible and jenga. My family is the most important thing in my life so therefore the photos of them when they were babies, and young children are invaluable to me. No matter what I have been through in my life the words in my bible have always brought me comfort and helped lead me in the right direction, so that is why I would include my bible. The third item is a pleasure item that my children and I enjoy together; our jenga game. Jenga is a strategy game, it is simply wooden pieces you stack and try to re-stack without knocking the block tower over.

I do not place much value on material items especially if my immediate family and I were all safe. If upon arrival I was told that I could only keep one personal item I would select my bible. My bible offers words of wisdom passed down from generation to generation and is also a comfort item for me.

I have realized as a result of this exercise that there are very few items in my life that represent my family culture, diversity, and/or cultural differences that I can identify. I value relationships and family as well as religion but these are not material items that I could carry with me. Most of what I value is intrinsic. These are my children and they mean the world to me :)