[ I was adopted by my maternal grandparents, but my mother stayed in my life even though I didn't get to build a relationship with her until maternal grandmother died in 2012. As a child I really clung to items I was given - either from my mother herself or items from her childhood that were given by my grandmother. ]

• a Donnie & Marie paper doll book from the 70s
• a Victorian ladies paper doll book from the 70s
• a little jewelry box with pink satin & a ballerina inside that danced to Greensleeves, and a cute fabric doll reclining on the top
• a Magic 8 ball with ancient discoloured water
• The Sunshine Family dolls & house
• Dawn dolls
• a ceramic pink & white unicorn my mother gave me
• a beaded blue & white anklet my mother gave me