There is so much that goes into making a person who they are. My cultural heritage played a bigger role in my development than my racial or ethnic heritage did as a child. Religion makes up the majority of my cultural heritage. Race and ethnicity didn’t seem like a huge thing to learn about in my family because it was mainly centered on learning about my religion taught us. Today, I think that learning about your racial and ethnic background can add to how you learn about religion and what good things you can pick from world religion as a whole. Learning about family structure has been an interesting topic to learn about. When my mom passed away 20 years ago and my role in the family should have changed except I didn’t know how to make that transition or to what extent my role would change. But I’ve learned that family structure doesn’t have to fit neatly into a little box that can be wrapped up and tied with a bow to show the world. Family can be messy sometimes and often times
In the spirit of the holiday season, I pulled out my holiday centered movies the other day and watched The Family Stone. It stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Dermot Mulroney, Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Craig T. Nelson and Luke Wilson. The basic premise of the movie is that all the Stone children come home for Christmas with some bringing a spouse or significant other. The movie focuses on Sarah Jessica Parker's character - Meredith Morton - who is a successful executive from Manhattan who comes off as very conservative. She goes home for the holidays with her boyfriend, Everett Stone - who is quite different from Meredith. He comes from a liberal and boisterous family who keeps tabs on all the siblings. After a few awkward attempts to get to know the family Meredith ends up running out to a nearby pub where Everett's brother, Ben, goes to check on her and ends up spending time with Meredith. Ben becomes intrigued with Meredith and quickly falls for her. Meredith chec