My Family Culture

A description of the three items you would choose

I would take my Bible because God is first in my life. I know who I am. My culture is inside of me. I do have material things I want to bring, but they are not of my culture. My sister is my rock. She keeps me and helps me when I feel like I am losing grounds. My dogs are my babies. I would never leave them anywhere. I love them too much.

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

Because my family is diverse, my sister who can speak several languages will be the one to explain how much these items mean to me if the people do not speak my language.

Your feelings if, upon arrival, you were told that you could only keep one personal item and have to give up the other two items you brought with you

I much speak to your leader. I would have to leave. There is no way that I am going to part with them. I would lose it. I really would lose it. This is a scary thought for me. I have so much that I would lose by letting go of these items. Take me to the next thing smoking on its way out of it.

Any insights you gained about yourself, your family culture, diversity, and/or cultural differences in general, as a result of this exercise.

Materials things are more important at times like these. I learn about whom I am and what I need to survive if this would happen to me. The most important thing is that my culture is not material, something that is on a piece of paper. My culture is inside of me. It is what I have been taught since I was was a little bitty baby. It follows me where every I go.