Prompt: Food is often tied to memory and emotion. Describe a meaningful memory connected to a meal or dish. Analyze how that experience shaped your understanding of family, culture, or belonging

 a memory that is connected to meaningful food would have been being surrounded by all my family and everybody being all together and connected on Christmas Eve not only is this food or dish or tradition in many cultures but a huge one in mind it is a type of food that you only eat once or twice a year and very very special occasions around this time things have occurred a lot surrounding my family and in my family but it became something that I had to endure and grow from it not only did it make me realize and understand the reality but it also came with the Bittersweet Memories that family could relate to this family dish is called tamales these dishes have always been one of my favorite foods the way it is made the way it is eaten is very unique there is a lot of many dishes that can have the same ingredients but will always stand out I've always loved this food since I was a little girl it made me feel warm and made me understand my culture it made me see beyond so when Christmas Eve came around and All I saw my family surrounded with each other laughing and giggling eating the food asking for more I realized how we all have gone through so much stuff but deep down we endure it and continue to do with one another that's why when we eat this dish we see it as a memory of the unique situations we all went through but were able grow together. Class we continued working on an essay and turned it in at the end class, today I learned to always make sure and double check the things that you have to have done instead of being called out for them.