Journal Entry 30: Symbols of Heritage

            I don't really have a lot of things that symbols heritage in my house. Because my family doesn't have any religion, so we don't have religious figures in my house. Not like other people, who has Buddhas in their home, we don't have those kind of things in my home. My mother has a ring and necklace that her mother, who is my grandmother, gave it to her. And she loves it. My father has a painting painted by his business friend gave it to him. On the painting, it has chinese writings on it. It is a very very big painting that my father treasures and puts in my parents' room. But I believe that the heritage of my house is in our mind, in our culture. What my parents teach me are all my heritage. I learn my heritage by looking at my parents, listen to them, and learn form them. When I asked my father what is the most important thing given from his parents to him, he pointed to his brain. Yes, my father is very smart and has a really good brain. And he thanks his parents for giving that to him. So he believes the item of heritage is his brain. I believe the item of heritage is the photos. My mother said whenever she looks at the photos of his dad, she thinks about what he taught her and what he expects from her. My mother's dad, which is my grandfather, died when I was one or two, so I don't really know him. But I know that he is a great man who raised my mother to be a great person too. My mother misses him a lot I know, although she doesn't say it very often. So I believe that the most important thing and the sybol of heritage is the photos in my house.