Saturday, July 13, 2013

Dear Dairy: Change Equals Survival

Dear Dairy,
We have just been told to leave the U.S. due to a major, devastating earthquake. We have been told to move to another country since most of the U.S. has been physically destroyed.  Survivors are ransacking other property for any tools to survive.  

I am bringing my family pictures, Bible, and also the quilts my grandmother has made for me over the years.  The whole idea of having to choose three items is very difficult, but I understand that it is a necessity for the purpose of making sure that my family and I are able to get our new country safely and quickly.  I find that bring pictures of my family is important that way I will be able to help preserve the history of my family through photos.  Next, bring the Bible will be important also because it will serve two purposes. One, it will have historical information in it about my family’s history since it will be a family Bible and it will serve as comfort for purposes of reading and helping preserve my Christian faith.  Finally, the quilts my grandmother made me will provide warmth and comfort to me in a foreign country and will make me feel some sense of home that I will need.

Yours,
Scared

Dear Dairy,
                        We have just arrived to our new country and they told me that I could only keep one item and give up the other two items.  I am feeling very scared and sad because I feel my new country has let me down because they could not keep their promise of three items.  I do not think that I can handle so much change at one time and my trust in my new country is not very high. I believe that I will find I way to place the photos in the Bible, which means I am being sneaky, but I find that in order to preserve my family history it is important and the Bible will give me the strength I need to make it through this unbelievable time that I am having a hard time accepting.
            In conclusion, I find that under pressure change is something that is hard for me to handle but I realized that sometimes in order to survive it is a must.  I also find that family is truly important to me and it is the only thing that matters because friends can come and go, but family sticks by you through it all, at least mine does!

       Yours,
        Uncertain 

3 comments:

  1. Colleague Kelly:
    I find your blog to be very interesting. The medium that you have chosen to write your blog is very unique.Like you I have chosen to keep my Bible too.I like the idea of stuffing the other things in the Bible. I never thought of doing that. This has given me a good idea to adopt.So I would put in the Bible, my CD and some of my tea packets from my "medicine chest." Thank you for your post.
    Sharon Munroe.

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  2. Kelly I had to laugh when I read your postings because we choose the Bible and family photos. I also said that I would place my parents photos in the Bible as a way of making two items one in order to preserve them both. I am glad to know that I am not alone in my thinking.

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  3. Ladies,

    Great minds think alike.

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