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.

Blog about all of the following:

• A description of the three items you would choose
• Family photographs-  I would take as many photographs/photo albums as possible.
• Family recipes-  I would take my family's favorite recipes. so I could prepare meals developed from mutiple generations.
• Books- I would take some books for me and my son.
• How you would explain to others what each of these items means to you
• I would explain that the family photographs provide a visual of my family's history for generations.  Photographs provide a face to a name and a picture of places our family has lived.  My family photographs are memories of moments we have had together and can be shared with future generations.
• My family recipes are important to me and my family because one o our traditions is to get together on Sundays and prepare meals to be shared with one another.  Many of the recipes we prepare have been cooked for generations.
• Books are an important part of my family's value on education.  I have read to my son since he was born.
• 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
• If this was to occur, I would keep the family photgraphs because they can't be replaced.  I would feel sad and disappointed to give up the other items I brought with me; however, I would be grateful to keep them.
• Any insights you gained about yourself, your family culture, diversity, and/or cultural differences in general, as a result of this exercise,
• As a result of this exercise I realized my family photographs are really important to me.  I was able to narrow my one item to family photographs because they provide a visual to my family roots and an avenue to tell my family's story.