Religious Symbols

I remember the first time I saw someone pray on a rosary. I wondered if the beads they held made their prayers be heard stronger. It looked like a long necklace of beads to a little girl who didn’t grow up with a strong religious background. The first time I went to a religious store, I had to look at all the rosaries and decided that I would buy one or two and start praying with them. I was baptized Catholic, but without being raised that way, I had a lot of confusion when it came to religion. As I grew older, I started to seek out different paths, not knowing which one was for me. I still have the rosary, but because it wasn’t ingrained that I was to pray with one, it’s a habit that just didn’t become solid in me. I look at the religious symbols in my house that I have acquired over time and still keep them. I’m not sure if I’ll put them out and use them, but they are here.