Familia History: Connection

Hardship seem to run in many families, but we all in the end come to realize something important from those hardships. After reading many of my friends' family histories, I saw similarities between their family stories and mine. An example is from Crystal Lau’s blog:

"She wanted to show how there was a time when even attaining the basic necessities became a difficulty and how the modern people are often spoiled by the availability of whatever they need less than minutes away. She wanted us to really reflect on our current lives and see how fortunate we really are to be born in America during this era where we do not have to face the kinds of hardships that she had faced when she was younger at our age."

The hardship that her grandmother faced was a terrible one, but this quote shows that she learned something important from it. She learned that we should be grateful for our lives about living in America during a time where we don't have to face the terrible hardship that her grandmother had to go through.

Another quote that I found is from Jasiu Metkowski's blog:

“Whenever I hear this story, it makes me ask a question. It makes me ask “so am I lucky to be alive?” .if my grandma did not receive that miraculous message, then I would most likely not be here. But if I consider myself lucky to be alive, then that would mean everyone is somewhat lucky. We all experience life threatening situations.”

One important thing that Jasiu realize after hearing about his grandmother's story is that he felt lucky to be alive. He is grateful that his grandmother survived and this show that miraculous things do happen, and that it is true that many people face life threatening situations.

In conclusion, these stories connected to mine because mine was about my great grandfather's hardship. His was about recovering his memories and searching for a new home, and this ultimately taught something really important to me. The thing that I came to realize is the importance of valuing friendship. The hardships that he faced may have been devastating but it taught us how important friendship really is.