Journal 30: Symbols of Heritage

There aren't too many items in our house that is a reminder of our heritage, because it, and most of the things in it, are rented. I guess our furniture when we stayed in the US were kind of reminders of our heritage. We also had books written in Chinese, as well as some paintings, and miniature statues of the Buddha for good luck. My mom's favorite was this jade one that glowed in the dark, because her mother had given it to her. It was about eight inches tall and six inches wide, and  if you leave it in light for a while, then turn off the light, it will glow. It is significant to my mom because she is Buddhist, and the statue meant good luck to her, although it represented nothing of the sort to me. In my opinion, it was just a little statue, but my mom really liked it because it was her mothers, and her mom had died early from cancer.