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!
Colleague Kelly:
ReplyDeleteI 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.
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.
ReplyDeleteLadies,
ReplyDeleteGreat minds think alike.