There are many symbols in my possession that define me. I
believe that the few I have chosen really show who I am as a person, show my
character, and show my morals. These items include my compilation of
snow-globes, my ring, a University of Georgia picture, and a wooden cross.
The easiest symbol to find is more than one object. In my room, I have
an assortment of snow-globes from every place I have ever visited, no matter if
I just passed through there or stayed there for a period of time. My
snow-globes differ in size and weight and a few have music players attached to
them. Other snow-globes I own are ones I have received from my family or for
special occasions, like Christmas or Easter. These snow-globes to me are about
family and the trips where I got them and remind me how blessed I am to be able
to go anywhere at all.
Other than the representation of the snow-globes being from places I
have been, snow-globes also represent the memories I have with my family. One
of the snow-globes I have is from my granddad and his wife, Joe, which is extremely
special to me. I never am able to see him because he doesn’t live near my
Grandma and my dad’s parents in Georgia. Also because the relationship my mom
has with Granddad is not a very tight or connected one. This snow-globe is an
example of why I enjoy collecting snow-globes that exemplify who I am.
The one symbol I keep closest to me all the time is my ring. I never
take my ring off and I always feel empty when I’m not wearing it. It is silver
with four miniature emeralds and a small diamond in the center. My ring was
given to me as a present from my parents on my thirteenth birthday as part of
our family tradition. All my cousins and my older sister got rings with their
birthstone on their thirteenth birthday. Even though the stone I received isn’t
my birth month, I still think of my ring as a significant symbol that
represents me.
To me, my ring represents more than just a remembrance of our family
tradition for girls to receive a ring when they turn thirteen. My ring
symbolizes my family and all the things our family represents, like our values,
standards, and goals. My ring also helps me remember that even when I am mad at
one of my sisters or my parents that I love them and to forgive them.
On one of the walls in my room hangs a University of Georgia football
team picture from five years ago. At this time I was only ten years old and got
this picture I first time I had visited Stanford Stadium in Atlanta during one
of our trips to visit our family in Augusta. This particular game was the
"black out" game where all the players wore black Jerseys against
Auburn. This game truly was an amazing experience to be apart of because I was
able to see the fans in the Georgia stadium and get to visit the college town
of Georgia.
Every since my first visit to Atlanta, I have known that the University
of Georgia was one of my top choices of were I would go to college. This
picture represents not only my goals for my future, but my family’s history in
Georgia. Both my parents are from Augusta and went to college at the University
of Georgia. Once my dad completed medical school, he received a job offer from
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, so my parents decided to move down to Louisiana with my
older sister having been born nine months before. Whenever I think about the
move my parents made to Louisiana I feel sadness because we had to leave our
grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles who all live in Georgia. This picture
gives me a reason to recall my family and think how I
should cherish the time I am able to see them because our visits are
so far apart.
The most significant symbol I own is my wooden cross that sits on the
desk in my room. This cross comes from my pastor, Father Toms, last year when I
was confirmed. Religion is a big part of my life and I really am glad that I
have the relationship I do with God.
To me, this cross represents more than just my religion and my
relationship with God, by the commitment I made to Him. At my confirmation, I
renewed the commitments to God that my parents made for me when I was baptized
as a baby. These commitments and my cross represent a key part of who I am and
who I want to become in my relationship with other people, my family, and
God.
I believe that there are several more
symbols that define me and who I am. But I also believe these four are of the
greatest importance to my past, my present, and my future.
