Alison
Cookbook, Penny Whistle
For me coming from an Irish background, being Irish was natural for me, identifying with Irish things on the TV, or Irish food etc. When I was with foster parents, this was all of a sudden absent, although the foster parents would try to do things occasionally like cook an Irish meal, but then it didn’t feel natural.... Its like a thing that make you feel comfortable, your culture in a family is not explicit, but its what makes you feel 'you' and when you are thrown into a family with none of that, it is another de-stabilising feeling to add to everything. Nothing feels familiar.