The
three items I would take are my family photo album, our generational bible, and
a quilt.
I
would take the album because it holds all the pictures of my family. I have pictures of my great grandparents and
all the extended family. It is important
to have this album because it is pictures of my family. The generational bible it holds the family
tree in it. For generations my family
has been putting the marriages, births, and deaths of our family members in
this particular bible. We have had to
add paper in order to keep up with it but it is important to have in order to
trace our origins and family members.
The quilt is something my grandmother started. She started a quilt and then she gave it to
my mother and she added patches. Then it
was passed on to me and I have began to add patches. I hope to pass it onto my daughters and they
can continue to tradition.
If
I had to choose one item over the other two items I would feel torn, angry, and
very sad. I would feel torn because I
they are all of equal value to me. I
would angry and frustrated with the situation.
Then I would be very sad at having to leave two priceless items behind. My family culture main focus is togetherness
and never forgetting our ancestors so I would feel like I was abandoning my
ancestors in some way having to chose between the items.
Hi Dawn,
ReplyDeleteThe quilt you share sounds like a lovely family tradition one that I would be torn about having to leave behind as well. This simulation really puts family and culture into perspective not to mention the kinds of things we would like to share with children. One thing this has taught me is to slow down and take time to allow children to embrace those things about their families that are important to them, values beliefs, the things that are important about saying goodbye to mom and dad or even about how they fold their blankets at nap time. All those little things that sometimes we rush children through because we have timelines not embracing those things that could be important or make a difference in the life of a child. Thank you for sharing your story.
Hi Dawn,
ReplyDeleteMy Bible and family pictures are two of the items I also listed down. I think the quilt is a beautiful idea. I also liked the idea of the Bible passed on from generations to generations. I will strat that tradition with my own family.You are right, it can be used as an important tool to document family ancestry besides reading the Word of God. Thank you so much for sharing.
Dawn,
ReplyDeleteI also chose my family Bible and photos of family. I had remembered my quilt my grandmother made me. Finding that we picked similar items makes me realize that people can find and come together with the love of their families.
Thanks,
Kelly