My Family Culture

If I was told that I would not be able to return to my house and I needed to grab three items before I left I would grab my iphone, a flash drive of pictures and a small bird carving that my now husband carved for us on our first date thirteen years ago.  

• iPhone - It holds everything that I need.  I have my music that I love! Different songs remind me of different times in my life - some happy some sad but memories that have helped me be who I am today.  It also has pictures that I have been able to put on my phone.  The pictures range from when I was a baby to my childhood to when my husband and I first started dating and when our daughter was born.  The phone also has contacts for my family and friends - email addresses, phonenumbers and mailing addresses.  The phone is also a way to communicate to people.  The phone does much more but all of these things are important.  If I wasn't able to see some of my family or friends again I would at least have pictures to remember them by.  If they were being sent somewhere else I would be able to stay in contact with them.  The music would help me to remember the memories I have. 
• Flash Drive of Pictures - Pictures are another form of a way to remrember my memories. 
• Small Bird Carving - This carving is a symbol of the beginning of the path I chose when I first started dating my husband.   The carving hung in my car for a long time and whenever I look at it always brought a smile to me because it made me think of happy memories. 

If i was told I could only keep one items I would be ok with choosing any of these three.  They are all material things but I will always have the memories in my mind.  The three items that I chose would only help me to remember. 

From this reflection I know what is important me.  Each of the three items that I picked have some sort of family reflected in it.   This just reaffirms for me that family plays an important part in my life.