My family and I are being sent to another country and I can only bring 3 small items. The items I would bring are a small picture album of my family, my mother’s wedding ring, and a letter my mom wrote to me when I was about 14 years old.
The album has pictures of my mom, dad, baby pictures of my children, and pictures from my wedding day. My mom has passed away so those pictures are very important to me. Also, baby pictures of my children because I would not be able to replace them.
I would bring my mom’s wedding ring. It is the ring I wear because I lost my wedding ring in the Atlantic Ocean a few years ago. The ring is very special to me because it had belonged to my mother and she wore it till the day she died.
The third thing I would bring is a letter that my mom wrote while she was in the hospital. I was about 14 years old and my mom had been in the hospital for about 2 years. I would go see her several times a week when possible but there were times because of my dad’s work schedule and other factors that I might not have seen her for a week or so. She sent this letter home with my dad. It was about a upcoming concert that I had and how she was sorry she couldn’t be there.
I would explain to others that all of these things are important to me because they represent my family. Family is the most important thing in my life and they represent very special moments in my life. Two of the items represent my mom who passed away in 1999. It would be important for me to have these if I was not ever going to be able to come back to my home country again.
If when I arrived to my new country as a refugee, I was told I had to give up 2 items I would be devastated. I would do everything possible to keep them. I would probably try to sneak them into something or hid them so I could come back someday to get them.
This assignment gave me a better understanding of how refugees feel when they are sent to another country. Sometimes they are not given an option to bring anything with them and that makes me feel very sad for them. I had a very hard time deciding on what I would bring!
Richelle, Like you I also had a hard time deciding what I would bring. We do have a lot of "stuff". But like you, I would keep the things that remind me of family. They are the true irreplacables.
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