My cousin and I are both trying to teach our kids about our grandmother's traditions but we remember different versions of the same stories and recipes, and neither of us speaks enough of the language to know which one is right. We keep politely deferring to each other but our kids are starting to notice the contradictions and I think we're both afraid that what we're passing down isn't real enough.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are discovering that their shared cultural inheritance has been filtered through different family memories, and they must choose between preserving imperfect knowledge or admitting cultural loss.
“Where Are You with Cultural belonging — heritage and diaspora?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
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