Hi, I mean an actual item, not family members or memories we hold dear. An actual item. It can be anything from a paper clipping, a school badge, a special card, an item from a loved one alive or passed, your kindergarten swimming certificate, tattered & old, anything at all that you hold too dear that nothing would make you part with it. I wish I had smaller house as I have everything from my first boyfriend's Birthday card to me, old newspaper clippings about me from when I was a child and fundraising for this or that, my old school badge engraved in Latin, heaps of photographs dating back to the 1860's, little trinkets that while not at all valuable in price, they are very treasured by me. I need a smaller house to make myself have to downsize all my trinkets. I have two things I would never, ever in a million years part with. ONE: A gold cross pendant with a centre ruby from my grandmother given to me when I was 14 y o & never been off my neck except to lose it -it always comes back. From long grass to pillowslips in friends houses where I have slept. Every time I lose it I look to Heavens & ask my nana to please find it. TWO: The other is a ring. A family tradition is to cut or shave some of our wedding ring off for our oldest daughter when she marries. My mum & dad divorced and I found mum's wedding band in the garbage I was told to put out. I kept it, cotton thin as it was, for 30 years without telling her. When my Nana died, I inherited her rose gold thin band. It already had SEVEN generations in it. I took it all to the jeweller who layered all the different golds. White, rose, yellow & all different carats are of course a different colour. With some shavings off my ex wedding ring, my ring now has 9 generations in it. Mum's pretend diamonds in her old eternity ring, thrown out with her wedding ring, turned out to be antique cut so I had the three of them set flush with the band. The oldest girl of the oldest girl and so on. How COULD I ever part with it? What means so much to you that you wouldn't part with for any amount of money and WHY. What is the background to your most precious & treasured item? I would love to hear from you. Thank you. Myo :)))