Joseph Kerby J.

Nava

SCL

9
5ECE-E

April 10,

2015

If I will be given a chance to change or be with other family, I will not grab that
opportunity rather decline it. Why? It is simply because I am already happy and
contented with my family right now and will always be. My family is one simple and
happy family. We seldom have that time to be together because of great distances
between us. My sister together with my grandmother has been living in Baguio City
for more than 5 years now because of her studies. My aunt and uncle lives in Bataan
where I grew up. Yes, we are not always together but through the technology
nowadays, we are virtually together with each other. We are closed Roman Catholic
family. From my childhood days until now, we always go to church every Sunday to
hear a mass. For us, we feel incomplete if we will not be able to skip a week without
having to hear a mass. We are also active in our Parish as members of different
members of religious organizations. My grandmother is a member of Mother Butler
Guild, my aunt a member of Handmaids of the Lord, and I am a member of the
Ministry of the Altar Servers for almost seven years now. Yes, being religious, for me,
is the best and the most unique trait and behavior that I got from my beloved family.
This really helps me a lot with my life because I learned that I need the Lords
guidance in everything that I do and everything that I work for. As for other attitude,
characteristics or traits and behavior I got from my family, there is still that one

Filipino trait that is still being observed in our family until now and will always be
until the future generation of our family. It is that trait of being respectful to other
people, most especially to elders and hopefully, this trait will be imperishable within
our future family descendants. That one trait that I think I want to discontinue to be in
our family is that the elders always treat the young ones like babies that they think we
cannot live by ourselves. Imagine studying in college with your mother in a mini
condo or with your grandmother in an apartment? That was unfavorable for us
because we feel that we are not independent and it is more likely that it was like they
do not trust us. It feels that we have no freedom to do things in our own ways because
they are always there to watch us, to eye us. I want to discontinue this trait of us
because I think that this will be a disadvantage for the future young ones in our family
because they will not be able to have a chance to stand in their own feet the earliest
possible time in their life. Other than that, I think I will not change anything more in
our family characteristics and traits.