So glad my mom gave me a few things before she and dad moved into a care facility (and then memory care) that had a story attached to them for me. Things can get emotionally ugly with a big dynamic family. When my mother in law passed, I made her silver spoons into Christmas ornaments for her grandkids. She had a painting , that years after her death, I found out who painted it ( a local man) and thanks to technology, I found a family member (grandkid) of the artist who was so happy to have it!