My Three Go to items...Week 2

For this week we were told to imagine
"A major catastrophe has almost completely devastated the infrastructure of your country. The emergency government has decided that the surviving citizens will be best served if they are evacuated to other countries willing to take refugees. You and your immediate family are among the survivors of this catastrophic event. However, you have absolutely no input into the final destination or in any other evacuation details. You are told that your host country’s culture is completely different from your own, and that you might have to stay there permanently. You are further told that, in addition to one change of clothes, you can only take 3 small items with you. You decide to take three items that you hold dear and that represent your family culture."

Woo, Intense right?


We were then asked to answer the following questions;

1.A description of the three items you would choose
I would take my hair gel ( I know shallow, but I have natural hair. I do not want to scare anyone LOL).
my carry on lock box
My phone

How you would explain to others what each of these items means to you

Hair gel- i do not want to scare anyone with my Dianna Ross huge hair.
Lock box- It holds family history documentation
Phone- communication,GPS,and research purposes

Your feelings if, upon arrival, you were told that you could only keep one personal item and have to give up the other two items you brought with you

I would choose my phone because I have my family tree(and documentation)saved on it, and I can look up videos on how to do my hair without gel. LOL

Any insights you gained about yourself, your family culture, diversity, and/or cultural differences in general, as a result of this exercise,

Family is very important in my culture, and I was raised that a lady carries herself with great grace and class( hence the hair gel choice).






Ashley Wilkins-Miller