Growing up in a home that valued family as whole including aunts, uncles, and many many cousins I feel blessed to remember many aspects of my childhood. There were so many of us, coming from a family with 13 aunts and uncles and 30+ first cousins, living in a small town, some would call us a tribe. One of my favorite memories that instilled a lot of value in our family was the Sunday dinners at grandmas after church. Gathering together and spending that time together laughing, playing, and with my grandparents were some of the greatest moments of my childhood. Today I try to instill that same family time, those same memories of coming together and sharing a meal, providing a safe place for the family to gather and be together. The dinners are far and fewer between as life gets busy; but the family dinners are still …show more content…
I was raised to love and help those around me and during the interview that is something that was discussed a lot. I met Asima, a Bosnian woman who came to America when she was 29 years old and she truly was an inspiration. She talked about the vast difference in culture when it comes to family and community. She said that in Bosnia, everyone is family, even neighbors. That everyone looks out for one another. That people don’t go without because if your neighbor is in need then as a community they would come together and help. She said that was the hardest part about being