If my family and I were the only survivors of a catastrophe that hit the states, and we had to move to another country, only allowed to take 3 things that would represent our culture, I would take music, books and art. The reason for this is because all 3 of these things can represent who my son and I are. I would take some CD's (or my iPod, I guess), because that contains a variety of music that makes us feel good, laugh, and represents our religion. Books and journals can tell our history, which is why this would be the one thing I would keep, if I had to get rid of the other two. Finally, art can represent so much of who we are, that which we can't express in words.
This was a hard exercise, because it is hard to really narrow it down to just a few things. It made me realize that I may know plenty about what I like to do, but as far as history and my background, I don't know really anything, which means my son will not know anything either.
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Shannon,
It is important that our offspring know their history. As a young child and even today, I believe the phrase "You don't know where you are going, until you know where you are coming from". I realize that as time changes, so do beliefs and ideals, but it is important that our children know know what their ancestors believed in and that we instill some form of that belief in future generations.
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