Personal Narrative: My Coat Of Arms
My Coat of Arms is a representation of my identity, the things i love, my family and culture, my character and my life obstacles. You may think it is very easy to come up with things that make you, you! In my opinion, it was very difficult to think of things that I really loved to do. I never understood how much my family and culture played a part in who I am today. This was an experience I was very happy to have and it taught me a lot of very interesting things.
Family and culture is represented to the top left corner of my Coat of Arms. It is represented by a barn, pigs, cows and a windmill. I drew the windmill to represent Holland, where my family was started. The windmill represents my Dutch culture very well because in Holland it is tradition for everyone to have the dutch windmills in their yards. I drew the pig, cow and barn to represent my family’s culture. Farming has been in my family for over 3 generations! My grandfather decided to take farming to P.E.I in 1973, he moved here and built our own farm from scratch. We started off with pigs raising them from birth to fully grown pigs. About two years ago we got into the veal calves industry instead of the pigs. Farming plays a very big role in my life and my family’s lives because we all grew up around animals and developed many values below like the ones below.
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My grandmother has been in and out of the hospital for the past 5 months going through chemo. This has been a huge obstacle in my life as well as my family’s lives. It has really changed the way i look at things, and has taught me what is important in life, and the importance of love. Another physical obstacle i have faced has been my back. I was diagnosed with scoliosis a few years ago. It has changed some of the things i am able to do and at the start was very hard on me because every time i would do something my back would
Family and culture is represented to the top left corner of my Coat of Arms. It is represented by a barn, pigs, cows and a windmill. I drew the windmill to represent Holland, where my family was started. The windmill represents my Dutch culture very well because in Holland it is tradition for everyone to have the dutch windmills in their yards. I drew the pig, cow and barn to represent my family’s culture. Farming has been in my family for over 3 generations! My grandfather decided to take farming to P.E.I in 1973, he moved here and built our own farm from scratch. We started off with pigs raising them from birth to fully grown pigs. About two years ago we got into the veal calves industry instead of the pigs. Farming plays a very big role in my life and my family’s lives because we all grew up around animals and developed many values below like the ones below.
The lower …show more content…
My grandmother has been in and out of the hospital for the past 5 months going through chemo. This has been a huge obstacle in my life as well as my family’s lives. It has really changed the way i look at things, and has taught me what is important in life, and the importance of love. Another physical obstacle i have faced has been my back. I was diagnosed with scoliosis a few years ago. It has changed some of the things i am able to do and at the start was very hard on me because every time i would do something my back would