A Year In Pictures Following The Break-Up

Hometown, Ohio.

Packing up the last of my things for the move to Chicago. I found even more religious totems in my sock drawer (where I'm still keeping the ring).

I finally asked Mom if she'd put these in the drawer specifically for me. "I probably put one of those in there," she said, "You know, to watch over you."

I wonder if these things are intentionally made so small so you can bless people with them without them knowing, or even against their will. She admitted that she had also "probably" slipped a rosary into the stuff I was packing.

I haven't found it. So, somewhere, mixed in with my other things, is a tiny religious beacon, sending out a spiritual S.O.S.