What object do you hold dear?

[fuzzybuddy]

We all own objects that have special meaning to us. It could be a 1964 World's Fair glass, a Niagra Falls key chain, an old bike, a book etc.

What object do you hold dear?

 

[That Lady in PA]

a sculpture my husband bought for me

 

[IrishEyes]

This mountain river canyon my youngest grand daughter
painted and designed when she was 4 from a broken branch in my back yard.

 

[Bella]

My most treasured keepsake is my Grandma's rosewood rosary beads.

 

[CallMeKate]

My great grandmother's jewelry box.
My grandmother's cookie cutters and favorite vases.
My mama's Bible.
Slides of my dad during Korean War.

 

[Pinky]

A rectangular ruby ring, set in white & yellow gold, that was my mother's.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

My Dad's pic in his U.S. Navy uniform and the pic of his ship, USS Gregory DD 802
A small replica of Big Ben Tower I bought in London, and a small Eifel Tower I got in Paris. Never thought I'd ever get to go.
And yup, my 1964 World's Fair mug.

 

[Kika]

I have a few things. But this first came to mind. I was there a few times in the early to mid 90s.

 

[VaughanJB]

I have a plastic peg solitaire game I hold dear. My parents had it many years ago, and they allowed me, as a child, to play with it.

When my father passed away, I was clearing his things, and I found they owned two identical sets. I kept one. It means more to me than any photograph.

 

[astralcat]

My engagement ring – an emerald with two diamonds on either side. Unfortunately, it got lost or misplaced so now I try to stay detached on anything.

 

[Lewkat]

My baby ring with my initials.

 

[Oldeagle66]

A couple favorite books.

 

[hollydolly]

My daughters baby things. I kept one little dress.. a christening gown.. her first tooth to fall out..... her Christening papers ( she was chirstened on an Aircraft carrier ).. and the gift we received from HRH The Queen Mother and Prince Charles who were on board ship that day.. visiting with the Captain.

My husband was the Captain's steward at the time.. so the Royals were informed about the baptism in the ships' Chapel, and sent down a gift of beautiful boxed candles and a note of congratulations

 

[KSav]

A little toy stuffed dolphin that my son gave me when he was about 4, my mother's rosary beads, and several clay pots my kids made me in preschool/kindergarten/vacation bible school. I keep my paper clips and binder clips, etc., in them now.

 

[CarolfromTX]

My aunt’s baby locket. I wear it as a necklace. My aunt loved me unconditionally, and I her. She died young, only in her thirties. If I have a guardian angel, it’s Aunt Ailene. It’s my most treasured possession.

 

[officerripley]

A couple favorite books.

Same here.

 

[rbtvgo]

a piece of metal from Vietnam. 122mm rocket exploded and the metal rained downed. Burt my finger it was so hot, but I kept it. Silly, I know but it means the most. Have all my children's keepsakes, notes and they round out my life but I keep that chunk of metal.

 

[WOLF ANGEL]

I have a small piece of the Berlin wall
(It's bit like this, though the graffiti is Green)

 

[KSav]

I have a small piece of the Berlin wall
(It's bit like this, though the graffiti is Green)

Very cool! I have a chunk of part of the concrete stage supports from Woodstock (chipped off myself before the Bethel Performing Arts Center was built on the site), and a piece of coal from Titanic before salvage of that sort was banned. Although my ex used to joke it probably just came from a mine in West Virginia. But it came with a certificate of authenticity signed by then-owner George Tulloch and P. H. Nargeolet, who sadly perished in the Titan submersible implosion in 2023.

That is really neat, @WOLF ANGEL.

 

[jujube]

A necklace that was the last present I gave to my mom before she died.

A little china hand that my beloved grandma kept her hairpins in on her dressing table.

A little plastic chicken that lays eggs when you press down on it.....it was one of my favorite toys when I was little.

A U.S. Navy pin that my grandmother wore 24 hours a day while my dad was serving during WWII, the little Blue Star Mother's Flag she hung in the window and the tattered and fragile American flag that she kept hanging in another window.

 

[Born_To_Lose]

My dad’s signet ring. No one could put a value on it.

 

[MountainRa]

All my photograph albums. From great great grandparents down to a new grandchild.

 

[MaidMarian]

My mother’s birthstone ring that she always wore. Now, I always wear it.
A necklace that belonged to my grandmother.
A book of poetry that my daughter wrote for me and gave me for Christmas when she was very little.
A rock that my son found and gave to me when he was very small. It was the first thing he ever gave me.

 

[Imogene]

I would have to say my son‘s high school graduation picture as it is one of the things I grab when I have to go in the closet for a tornado warning.

 

[hollydolly]

All my photograph albums. From great great grandparents down to a new grandchild.

Me too... however I also painstakingly copied every photo from the albums into my photos in the Cloud, and then I transferred them onto an external Harddrive... but I still keep the Albums as well