Maybe I should take a lesson from myself. When my mother died, I could have had everything (I was her only child). Her jewelry was willed to my kids. I kept only a few things…a Nippon China cup and saucer that I remembered from my childhood, a set of white Royal Doulton dishes that we use for everyday eating, a service for 12 of sterling silver flatware, and a picture I made in 6th grade that my mom had framed (it’s in our son’s room now). That’s it. Everything else was just “stuff”. It was given away, donated or tossed.
I can’t imagine our kids will want much more than I have of my mom’s.