Personal Narrative: My Cultural Identity

As a society we tend to see culture as a bland concept. A term that has a broad meaning and little significance to our daily thought process. Culture however, is impacted by each event that is put in our path. Culture is a person's way of life. You don't wake up every morning and do the exact same thing. Someone that was raised in one culture could grow up, find themselves new beliefs or values and consider themselves to have a different culture than when they were younger. How does one exactly describe their own culture? What is it that defines what makes you, you?
When I think of my culture and the things that make me who I am things begin to get a little hazy. I have not always understood my cultural identity, but in looking at my life more in depth it becomes clearer. Society may see me as only a white, Christian, lower-class, female but when I dig a little deeper, things begin to connect in ways I can’t believe.
To get to know a little about who I am now you need to know a little bit about how I came to be.I was born in the summer of 1996 to a set of young newlyweds in their early twenties. All my parents wanted was a healthy child and it did not matter if I was a boy or girl. Pink and frill is what I got the joy of being covered in from head to toe. Daddy's little girl, Mommy’s little …show more content…
Without my family I would not be where I am today. I have been privileged with amazing parents who try to do what's best for me and grandparents that try their hardest to give me a little something more in life. Traveling, education and transportation have been a few of the experiences that I have been blessed with. I have traveled to many places around the world, I attend a private university, and have a halfway functioning vehicle. For just being in the “lower class” I believe I have set a nice little legacy for my now 5 younger siblings and future children to look up