My Reflection And Analysis

Knowing who you are is very important. It is the foundation to your life. I think everyone should be knowledgeable of their heritage, culture, ethnicity and background information pertaining to their family. Everyone’s story is unique and it is what helps set them apart in the big world we live in. There are many events and people that have contributed to where I am today. My story is unique, complicated and has many twists to it; however I think I have managed to do quite well considering my backstory. The first memory based on ethnicity is one that my mother told me. She told me that when I was a baby Hispanic people would come up to me and start speaking to me in Spanish because I looked like a Hispanic baby. This is interesting to me because …show more content…
She has never talked cruelly of him, only giving me facts, both good and bad, and letting me decide for myself my opinions about him. I believe she chose to have little contact with him because she was trying to protect me from him. She didn’t want me to get hurt physically or emotionally. I am a firm believer that good things have the opportunity to come out of bad situations, if we choose to take the right path.
Part II: The Reflection My family history is unique in many different ways. In reflection, there are many emotions that were once again stirred up in me because of this assignment. Also, in writing this story it has once again renewed my love for my family that I now have. Some emotions that were stirred up, are those of confusion, and a sense of emptiness. I have secretly always yearned for the little hole in my heart to be closed up with a relationship with my father or his family. When I found my father’s sister I was so excited, only to be let down again when she wasn’t as enthused as I was to find her. Then once learning that she and others had known about me, confused and angered me because if they knew about me, why did they not try to contact me