I confess to not having a favorite souvenir among the few that I have actually saved, but when I hear the term, I always think of the line my brother said when he was about three years old and found picking a scab: "It's a scab, it's a scar, it's a souvenir." 

 Recently nominated for two Pushcart awards, April Salzano teaches college writing in Pennsylvania where she lives with her husband and two sons. She is currently working on a memoir on raising a child with autism and has recently finished two collections of poetry. The author also serves as co-editor at Kind of a Hurricane Press (www.kindofahurricanepress.com).