I have a lucky squirrels foot. It’s preserved and has the fur on it, I like to pet it when I’m anxious. Sounds odd, but please consider my brother from my adoptive family did it for me after a squirrel at the rehab we volunteered for passed away. We cared for a variety of wild animals like possums, raccoons, birds, weasels—and plenty of squirrels. I was afraid of squirrels for so long, but now I hold onto this squirrels foot for luck and courage. Also to remind myself we can’t save everyone, and that will never stop us from trying
2025-08-07 17:51:03
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Kiona :
Skateboard. Travels all over the world with me to different skate parks. Saved me
2025-08-12 10:49:51
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itsmariababe :
The pink glittery tinsel I wore in my hair for my first pride!
2025-08-10 17:07:58
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Kat :
Hummingbirds are really special to me because when I was going through a really hard time I was trying to focus on small things that used to bring me childlike joy so I painted a series of them and it got me through.
2025-08-11 15:55:45
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Bren Murray :
A Jean jacket that I’ve filled with patches from all my travels + some of my moms high school letterman patches 🥰
2025-08-06 12:40:26
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☆laney☆ :
magnolia flowers because I had a tree in the backyard and always climbed it growing up. it was my happy place & my escape🌸
2025-08-05 18:30:56
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Dare :
Bronze animal statues my grandmother had in her house all my life. She finally gifted them to me when I was older because she knew I loved them and would take care of them
2025-08-06 03:23:48
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Taylor Dawn :
Flowers! Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve loved flowers and used to imagine my yard like a secret garden with fairies and tall flowers I could hide away in. It was so vivid in my mind despite my parents’ having a super sad dead lawn. Mg imagination was a magical escape filled with flowers. Still to this day, I love love love flowers. They are all over my home and my yard now.
2025-08-07 00:26:07
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Ell :
Bird boxes because when I was a kid my cousins and I would travel around the island in South Carolina my grandparents live on half the year and we would check the bird boxes and count the eggs and identify the birds that made nests in them 🪺
2025-08-05 19:53:49
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Lisa Masson Art :
My grandmothers old hand mirror makes me feel connected to her although she passed a long time ago.
2025-08-05 23:13:20
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RAVEN :
a silver spoon with a rose on the handle from my grandmothers kitchen. her magic was food so i took one before she passed and i use it to stir my coffee in the mornings!!
2025-08-07 03:20:24
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Robbie :
Fruit and art supplies make me think of my grandparents, encouraging me to eat and play as a kid
2025-08-05 21:36:39
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Kay 🎨 :
Maxwell House International instant coffee. For me it represents strength, caring for others, and connection to my mom. She drank that coffee every morning at 4:30am before leaving for work as a cancer nurse. I was later her hospice caregiver, and i made her last cup of that coffee.
2025-08-05 21:56:28
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lyndsey_j_ :
🍓 Little Debbie’s Strawberry shortcake rolls- when I was young I didn’t get to celebrate birthdays for religious reason. Instead of getting to have the birthday snack everyone else got to eat; I got to eat a little shortcake roll. I used them growing up and still through college as a reward after I passed a big exam or wrote a difficult paper or got an apartment or job. They unfortunately changed the recipe I think in the last year because they don’t taste the same anymore 💔
2025-08-06 05:02:08
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Jocelyn Rising :
my bed - it’s where I feel most safe 🫶🏼
2025-08-06 01:43:13
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Bella :
MY WATER BOTTLE!!! > whenever I don't have it on my im instantly dehydrated and need water that minute
2025-08-05 18:34:05
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Lauren ⚡️ :
Wishbones - luck and chance !
2025-08-05 18:57:11
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Sonja B :
My gardening bowl😂😂 she's always there for me when I need help calming down
2025-08-05 23:06:29
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Kayla Bynum Coates 🎨 :
I love my jellycat smudge bunny 🐰 that I sleep with every night! She’s so comforting to me
2025-08-05 20:40:49
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rednoone333 :
A spade, my immigrant grandparents were farmers before coming to America
2025-08-05 22:19:07
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most ardently :
the colors of cherry blossoms always remind me of the lesbian flag which makes me very happy
2025-08-05 18:35:32
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Tiara :
I still have my childhood blanket that lives in my bed. It’s now just a tiny little rag but it will be with me forever. Always brings me comfort and grounds me in the space I’m in
2025-08-05 21:54:42
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an anxious crow :
I have a teddy bear called "Grandpa Bear" that someone gave to me when my grandfather passed. I've had him since '98 and he has a voice box that I've never had to replace the batteries once and it still sounds fine--kinda wild 😯💕
2025-08-05 21:13:57
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Fox Carlson | Artist :
Crows - I grew up around them in the south, and when I hear the caw wherever I am, I'm reminded of the duality of a conservative/queer childhood, the good and the bad parts. Which i think is embodied in such a dark, lovely bird
2025-08-05 19:12:17
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sahartist :
My dad’s wool sweater that I mended with cashmere I recycled and I wear. He’s passed but I have this thing of his and I have invested in its upkeep
2025-08-05 22:13:08
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