l'arbre généalogique

Cette semaine j'ai été inspirée par ma curiosité de vouloir en apprendre plus au sujet de ma famille généalogique. Ça fait au-delà de quelques mois déjà que je me rends compte qu'un jour mes grands-parents n'y seront plus. C'est peut-être un peu morbide d'y penser, mais c'est le cycle de la vie. Ma plus grosse crainte est que lorsque ce jour viendra, je vais me sentir vide de n'avoir jamais entendue l'histoire de mes grands-parents. Qui ils étaient durant leur enfance; leurs amis, leurs familles. Comment est-ce qu'ils se sont rencontrés, quelle sorte de rêves est-ce qu'ils avaient voulu réaliser?

Une idée m'est venue, un projet de faire un genre d'entrevue de poser toutes les questions dont j'en voulais savoir plus et de transmettre ses questions et réponses dans un livre que je pourrais ensuite distribuer à mes cousins, mes oncles mes tantes pour que leurs histoires soient écrite. Pour que leur héritage continue et que les générations à suivre comprennent d'où ils viennent et que l'histoire de mes grands-parents leur appartiennent aussi.

Nous sommes une culture obsédée à tout savoir au sujet des célébrités. Qui ils étaient, qui sont-ils et qu'est-ce qui en sont devenues. On connaît tous des faits divers au sujet de nos acteurs préféré, nos musiciens, même au sujet des personnes que nous voulons rien en apprendre, mais les médias nous bombarde constamment d'informations qui n'a aucun rapport avec la vie, avec les nouvelles. C'est rendu que le montant de divorce qu'un tel a eu, si quelqu'un est adultère, combien d'argent qu'un acteur a fait durant la première fin de semaine d'ouverture... tout cela est devenue de l'information classifiée assez importante pour les passer aux nouvelles nationales!

Il y en a entre nous qui connaissons plus l'histoire de Brangelina que celle de notre propre famille. On devrait être gênés de ne pas connaître notre histoire. De ne pas penser que nous sommes autant intéressants, même plus que quelqu'un à Hollywood. En fait, n'importe qui qui peut lire mon blog en français a plus de culture que 80% des bimbos blondes avec implantation qui demeure à Los Angeles. Nous devrions être fière de nos racines, de faire de la recherche, poser des questions pour en savoir plus à notre propos sujet.

C'est pour ça que j'ai choisi d'entreprendre un tel projet. Puisque moi aussi, malheureusement, je fais partie des gens qui ont des faits divers et sans aucune importance au sujet des personnes dans les tabloïds. Et j'ai besoin d'en savoir plus au sujet de mes racines, de comment je suis devenue à être qui je suis.

Je vous invite à faire de même. À poser des questions à vos parents, vos grands-parents. À apprendre qui vous êtes, avant que cela soit trop tard.

xx

nounou

Lucky 13

...as I was doing some spring cleaning this morning, I came across an old chinese fortune from a fortune cookie. I quite enjoy the concept of them and tend to get all excited after indulging in a usually ambitious amount of chinese food. And I almost always keep the fortune.

This morning was one of those moments that made me stop in my tracks and made me think.

My fortune read : "Avoid unchallenging occupations - they will waste your great talents."

Trying to find where my career will lead me to these days has been on my mind. I know I had kept this fortune for a certain reason, most likely because I was working (at that time) in a job that I knew would not lead me towards my life career. There is only so much waitressing a person can handle!

I was glad to stumble upon this fortune today, it made me think and re-evaluate a whole lot all over again. And perhaps it will make me do a little more research as to where this career will lead me too. Fashion has been my first choice going into post-secondary school for it and all.... but I find myself questioning that industry. How will sewing pretty clothing make a difference in the world? Initially that is what I wish to get out of my career. I think if you are going to choose a career it has to give you something in return. Whether it is helping others, helping a cause... of course a lot of those careers are within the serve and protect type of careers. I am the type of person that could never find a career that would just fulfill someone else's five minutes of happiness, ie; someone purchasing that perfect dress that I have spent hours sketching, pattern making, fabric shopping and sewing for. Sure that dress might be the outfit that she wears when she meets the love of her life. It might also be the last dress she's ever seen wearing (clearly been watching too much BONES.... I am in love with this show right now...but back to my post).

At the end of the day I am someone that believes in other people just as much as I do in myself. And in a world that is full of shallow beings and perplexed beings I need to find a place in the world that will help me help you.

I have tried avoiding going into education my whole life. For those who know me I need not to explain myself for this. Lets just say a lot of my family has gone down that career path. I do not think there is anything wrong with the education system or of becoming an educator. I just always thought of that career as being one of simple life, a boring life, one not for me.

I was talking it over with my brother and as he was explaining that I need to do the pros and cons between the careers that I am anticipating throwing myself into and compare.

Education has always come back creeping into my life. Somehow my brain will light up and say

HEY WHAT ABOUT EDUCATION?! YOU WOULD BE GOOD AT IT. AND IF YOU GIVE IT A CHANCE YOU MIGHT EVEN LOVE IT.

But of course the creative side of my brain says; ya but doing corrections and writing up exams is lame. Wouldn't you rather have a studio and make some pretty clothing for a living?

That small shallow part me of wants to use the idea of owning my own studio as the way to be different, to brag about being "a designer" because it sounds so prestigious.

But at the end of the day, that's not me. Not even a little. I've always loved making my own clothing cutting up some stuff and wearing it receiving the compliments and questions about where I got my outfit..... but I think I would love even more being able to make a difference in some kids life.

Knowing that you matter to someone that was a complete stranger to you 10 months ago.

Would teaching be unchallenging? certainly not. Would it waste away my talents? some might disagree with this... my artistic wanting to create talents would not be making me money that is true, but my talents of being able to listen, help and understand someone else...those talents would be used, everyday, all day.

Sometimes I think we live in a tougher world then our grandparents did. Because even though we have life quite easy, we really make a mess of it by complicating it. Maybe we all need to get back to the roots of life.

The essentials of what makes a community, a city, a world.

What are you doing to help the world you live in today?

xx

nounou

inspired!

Pour l'amour de l'écriture / for the love of writing

One of my good friends mandabelltee inspired me yesterday. She blogged about needing to get back to her roots and her love of dancing. Well I have decided to do the same. I am going back to my love of writing.

I used to write poetry in high school the same way my friends used to doodle the names of their crushes all over their binders (not that I skipped doing that too...but!) I would write. All the time. I had thought of going into journalism then realized I had no interest in writing about the daily disasters that were going on. I loved writing or talking about people I knew, people I had met, people that inspired me. Letting the world know about their stories - everyone has a one to tell. And the ones that refuse to share theirs are the ones that are the most interesting.... I love knowing how people became the way they are, what were the incidents that shaped their lives, what environment were they forced to live in, what was the determining factor in their life that made them who they are today.

I'm not sure at what point that I stopped writing. But I did. And today I am determined to get back into it, one post at a time. I might not always have too much to say, but please bare with me I am a little rusty and I hope to only get better with time.

so now it is my turn to tell you; what part of yourself have you left behind, what have you stopped doing that made you who you are today. I dare you to get back into it, or at least think about it. You owe it to yourself.

thats all for now.

nounou