tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2540699962236248290.post1008273991172803373..comments2023-06-06T15:31:59.632+02:00Comments on Gumption: What makes an American?Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12745033549971111476noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2540699962236248290.post-36864757863448216612013-08-14T08:09:56.089+01:002013-08-14T08:09:56.089+01:00Hi Anne - I didn't know you've lived all o...Hi Anne - I didn't know you've lived all over the place! It's funny what becomes "American" based on where you live. Enjoy your time in France! :)Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745033549971111476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2540699962236248290.post-61927119178543018082013-08-08T22:11:24.609+01:002013-08-08T22:11:24.609+01:00That is a good one Elizabeth.
Being French and hav...That is a good one Elizabeth.<br />Being French and having lived in Germany for 11 years, before coming to the US, at 21, I don't consider myself French anymore than German, or even American.<br />I use to live in Missouri, NC, Idaho, and California. I have spent time in Chicago and Columbia MD. To me being American, is being patriotic and having a flag post in the front porch of your house. Spending time with family during the Holidays, like Veterans Day, 4th Of <br />July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas. Eating apple pie, blueberry pie, vanilla ice cream, hot dogs and burgers, turkey with dressing, and warm pumpkin pie, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole and potato roles for Thanksgiving. Corn bread and chili on cold winter night. Watching every single college games and the Rose bowl parade. Those are things that are typically American to me. But there is so much more to that. So many different culture and backgrounds. Traditions from Sweden, Africa, Germany, Cuba, Persia, France, Russia, Poland, Japan, China, and the list goes on and on. This Country, is the United Nation. God has intended it this way, so that everyone can somewhat imagine what it will be like to be in Heaven all together. Without borders. There is a sad thing though. You cannot transport all the different natural backdrop that each countries have, it is impossible. There are something that I miss from each place that I have ever lived in our visited. I would love to go back to Rio and Port au Prince, visit Africa, Asia, India and the Northern Part of Europe. <br />I have to be honest sometime I get really annoyed when I am around people that make assumption about Countries, what I usually say, is go visit and find out for yourself, see what the people are like, what they do, what they eat and how they live. Everyone is different. No one is the same.<br />I will share with you what I have discover when I go back to France and see how people treat me this time.<br />By the way, it is not true that French women are not fat! (Like a certain book claims) <br />xoxo<br />AnneAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093836400682231224noreply@blogger.com