SS officers dagger my grandad took(killed) of a camp guard in bergen belsen according to him many guards/outlying guards were killed in retribution whether thats true or not i know from drunken chats what he saw never left him

This wasn't inherited, but when my granddaughter was 5 years old, she sent me a $5 bill in a card. This was 6 yeas ago. I still have both the card and the bill. When I croak, I want her to get it back.

My Mom embroidered for me two Norman Rockwell's and then had them framed.

Nothing. I was a minimalist well before it became a thing. I figured out long ago that stuff is just that, stuff. It has no memories. Those are all in my head. The few family things I had I gave to the ex during our divorce (she will give them to the kids if they even want them) and a few years ago I gave them what little I had that had been passed down. When doing do, I made it clear there was no obligation or expectation to keep anything. Whenever my time comes, they will have nothing to sort through other than my clothes and few personal possessions.

Not much. My deceased mother had a lot of jewelry but it was mostly costume stuff. After she passed my step dad's girlfriend told me she wanted to give back jewelry that dad tried to give to her. She just knew it was mom's, she said. I told her to keep it. How could I possibly know it was once mom's jewelry?

Mom also had a set of dishes that we never ate off of. That was the "good china" that stayed in a cabinet but was always visible. I'm not sure where it went after mom died. Do I want that stuff? Hell no. What are you going to do with it? Not expensive at all, it was just "stuff."

My mother’s pragmatism and my father’s love of soccer

My dads silver and gold pen

My dad's ruby ring. He wore it every day I knew him from childhood to his passing at 96 5-years ago. Now it's my turn. An attractive gal (with a guy I assumed to be her husband) noticed it at a restaurant a few weeks ago and asked about it. I told her the story and wondered why she noticed it. "I'll tell you something... women ALWAYS notice spectacular jewelry on a man... that's a $20,000-dollar ring you're wearing"! Hmmmm... I kinda doubt that, but nice to hear from a random beautiful lady.

My wedding ring belonged to my late husband's grandmother, then his aunt.

A cedar chest my grandmother had. It was her older sister's before her.

Her sister was much older and she lived with her to help take care of her. I spent much time with them as a young child and loved that chest. I once ran away by hiding in it.

I did not have a stellar childhood when I was older but those times with them are among the happiest in my memory and that chest is a representation of that time.

The chest was put in a shed outside after my grandmother moved to Fl and was the only thing left on the slab after hurricane David. My grandmother gave me the chest when I was out on my own and has been near me most of the time ever since

I had an illness 10 years ago and lost nearly everything except my truck, my dog and what I could fit in a small storage unit. All my photographs and personal mementos went into that chest and I paid to store it off and on for a couple of years while I rented a room in other people's homes.

I only share my previous travails to illustrate how determined I am and was to keep that chest
It currently sits at the foot of my bed and contains chrismas decorations I deem too fragile to store in the garage.