When I was in a Creative Writing 101 class my freshman year of college, the professor told us to do a writing exercise wherein we listed the contents of our main character's pockets. This was supposed to reveal secrets about the inner life of the character and help us to better develop the character's personality. Or something like that.

So, on the chance that my professor was right and the pockets are the windows to the soul, here are the contents of my pockets, over the course of several days.

Day One
1. pacifier
2. cherry-flavored Chapstick
3. pink infant-sized headband
4. crumpled grocery list
5. crumpled grocery receipt
6. crumpled coupon for Pampers-brand diapers
7. random piece of plastic from a package that once contained Barbie clothing
8. red hair ribbon
9. blue polka-dot hair ribbon

Day Two
1. crumpled pink Disney Princess sticker that I fished out of my infant's mouth
2. red plastic gear from a baby toy
3. My house key

Day Three
1. Puzzle piece from a Winnie the Pooh puzzle
2. Wrapper from a Reese's peanut butter and chocolate heart
3. Picture drawn for me by Beth featuring 5 purple-crayoned smiley faces of varying sizes (I think it is supposed to be our family?) and an 8-segmented caterpillar (also smiling).
4. Picture drawn for me by Lucy featuring random pink and green crayon splotches
5. Pink plastic barrette
6. Lucy's rock friend

What do my pocket contents say about me? What insights can I draw from this? Other than the fact that I have lots of messy children, I really don't know.