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I remember always playing with these at the drug store when I was little. They’d be sitting in a basket on the counter and I just couldn’t resist. It’s squishy! Who couldn’t resist? I didn’t actually know what it was meant for, but I liked picking out my favorite color of the time and occupying myself while my mother was done spending my dad’s money. She never noticed me pick one of these up; there were other things to look at.

Even when I got older, I still absent-mindedly would grab one while I was waiting at a counter. Actually, I still do. Not that I go shopping much anymore. But that’s when I finally realized what they were meant for. And at the time, I really didn’t need much stress relief, but as the years passed.. boy, did I wish I had twenty of them.

My best friend actually bought one for me a few years ago. Either for Christmas or my birthday. But it was a gift full of small, cute and/or useful things. One of which being this green squishy. And it seems even though I seriously needed to take advantage of its miraculous healing powers, I barely used it. If anything, if was fun to play with when the day was done. Then, it sat in a box for a while. Now, I’m not all that stressed. But it certainly does the trick for writer’s block!