Saturday, April 4, 2009

The Me in my Wallet

The Me in my Wallet
Contents: An inspirational prayer, a picture of my Mother, a picture of a young girl, a picture of my brother and myself hugging, a library card, my ID, and a business card for a fairy shop.
My identity as defined by the contents of my wallet could suggest to others that I am close to my family, that I possibly have a child, that I possibly have a boyfriend or husband that I love, that I am a religious person, and that I'm also interested in the occult. Someone seeing those items might also think that I'm overly neat, or that I don't hold on to frivolous things since there are no receipts. There are so many things not said by those items though. Each item, or lack there of, says something very different about who and what I am; yet none of those assumptions are completely accurate.
What that person wouldn't know is that the picture of myself and a man hugging is actually a picture of myself and my brother that I'm very close too. They wouldn't know that the girl is someone I cared for at a previous daycare job, and she gave me the picture when I left. That my mother means more to me then a simple picture can convey, and that her presence, even as a photo, is very comforting to me. They wouldn't know that the inspirational prayer helps me to cope on days when I'm particularly down, and that it is also a comfort to carry near to me. The fairy shop card not only shows my love for the art, but it also shows my deep faith in the pagan religion.
While this is also not all the parts of me, it is a small taste that someone could perceive from the contents of my wallet. It gives a basic sense of what I hold important in my life, because after all, we always keep what is important near to us.

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