The first or second session I had with my current T, she handed me a basket of little toys and told me to pick something out. I picked a pink pig stress toy...because my favorite color is pink. I played with it for the whole session...it also helped me to stop sitting on my hands which T pointed out was probably left over from having been tied up as a kid....and then T instructed me to leave it in her office so I would have it next time. Reading this thread just made me realize that the pig also functions to help me realize that T thinks of me between sessions. Anyway, a couple of sessions ago, when it went to put Piggy back on her table, I realized one of her ears had fallen off. I was really anxious that session and squeezed the bejesus out of that pig. Anyway, when I stood up, the ear fell out of my lap, and I grabbed it and brought it home with me.