Faced with the situation of having to evacuate the United States with only my family and three items to represent our family culture. The three items I would take would be a Bible, our family yearbook, and a quilt we have had handed down in our family for years.
My first item the Bible is the road map for my family. It is what drives us to be the people who we are. The second item the family year book is a book of our years as a family. It is something that we can look back on to give our family perspective. The third and final is the family heirloom quilt. This represents generations that have come before us and paved the way for how we live now.
If when I arrived we could only keep one I item it would not be difficult for me. It was actually difficult for me to think of three items, as I feel most of our belonging are just that simple material objects. I can live without almost all things I have, but the one item I would want to keep is the Bible. This is the one item that defines my life, and gives my family the road map for how to live. Given the circumstances for being relocated the Bible and my family are all I need.
This exercise showed me that my family is all I need. With faith and family I can go through anything.
Wow, what a powerful message. It is very clear through your writing that your Faith and your Family really are all you need.
ReplyDeleteI love that you talked about a quilt that has been handed down for years. Just today my husband and I were talking about the quilt that he uses to cover up with while watching TV is one that my Grandmother gave him 23 years ago today on the day of our wedding. It is still today something he uses for comfort everyday.
Faith and Family truly are our most valuable resource.
Thanks for sharing!
Jill
Very well stated!:) It is amazing that you have that quilt, a tangible item that can come with stories only probably your family can retell..... We do not have an heirloom item that carries such meaning, there are many little things that were my great grandmas and other extended family, yet they did not hold enough meaning for me to include in my 3 things.
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