The list begins

1. The carved cedar chest Terry brought back from China in 1989

2. My great-grandmother's writing desk

3. A blue glass vase given to me by my great-aunt
Elaine and the letter she wrote with it saying "This came from the old country, it belonged to my mother's mother. It's not valuable per se, except for the stories it could tell."

4. My viola and it's beautiful case

5. The poems I've written since I was a child -back to the age of 6!

6. Love letters

7. A magnificent red velvet cape lined with white silk

8. My old diaries

9. Alexandria and Samantha's baby keepsakes

10. The cradle that was mine and Kelli's and we refinished it for my girls