Personal Narrative: Religion Or Religion?

My mother was born in Bahamas while my father was born in Haiti. My grandmother on my mother’s side is Haitian while my grandfather on my father’s side is Dominican. Our primary language is Creole however, my father can speak a bit of Spanish and Jamaican Patois. My grandparents were religious however my parents were not as religious and them. My grandmother on my mother’s side past away when I was young. The only thing I could remember about her was that we were attached at the hip. My mother would tell me stories about how I always wanted to be around her. My grandmother on my father’s side pasted away a few years ago. She loved to cook for the family and have all the grandchildren over. My grandfather on my father’s side was a secret service …show more content…
I see myself as a beautiful black women. While I see myself as an American, I also see myself as equally Caribbean. I am not as religious as I should be. I dislike the thought of going to a church to be closer to God. I prefer to have personal conversations with a higher power on my own. I have not yet decide if I want my children to be in a church either. I believe my view on religion is that way because I went through a stage where I didn’t understand how we would go to church, pray to God for blessings or forgiveness, but still have bad things happen to us. All my life I would hear that not going to church is bad and it means you don’t believe in God. However, I feel I do believe in a high power, yet I don’t believe in church. I don’t believe God would disown me if I do not go to church. This topic is so sensitive to me that I walk away if it is brought up into a conversation because I can be strong-minded and determined about this …show more content…
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