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.

       A description of the three items you would choose:

·         Photo Album with pictures of my children growing up and family in general.

·         The Bible so that I can read and study the word.

·         A laptop so important documents could be saved.

       How you would explain to others what each of these items means to you:

·         A photo album compiled with numerous pictures of my family. I would want to remember my children as they are were growing up.

·          I would take the Bible as the second item because I am a strong believer in my faith. The religion might be different, but that don’t mean I have to change mine.

• A laptop would be third items that I took because all my important documents could be saved in the word document. I do understand that it is a possibility that we would never be able to return, but information like marriage license, birth certificates, social security information, and etc. should be kept.
 
 

If I could only keep one item I would keep the Bible and give up the photo album and computer. The Bible can’t be replaced because that is our study guide for our existent. The photo book would be missed but the children would be present with me so I have to keep the memories just that. The laptop is also important but hopefully the information wouldn’t be needed or the new country would provide us with new documentation.

        

It took time for me to consider the three items that I would take with me because I take everything for granted now that I am older. As a child I grew up in Trinidad and nothing was taken for granted because the culture was different. I got spoiled as I got older. My family is Christians and that would never change whether or not I leave an environment.