blue elastic

My Uncle gave me this religious bracelet when I was eleven. One day it snapped when I was playing with my friends. It wasn’t until then that I realised just how much it meant to me.

Rather than let it go, I went home and re-strung it with the blue elastic you see now.

I never travel without it, and I always sleep with it nearby because it brings me a sense of safety. While I’ve had a complicated relationship with Christianity, this bracelet remains important to me as it reminds me of love, family and hope.

Without it, weirdly, I would feel a lost sense of security, and I would lose the attachment it gives me to a time in my life when I felt closer to my religion.