I teared up at the cookie part.  That was personal.

When we cleaned out my parents' home, after they'd moved into the nursing home, I wound up with the cookbooks and recipe box (along with the quilting and sewing and craft "stuff").  At Mom's funeral, two of the grandkids were asking for that one particular cookie recipe that was always Mom's specialty and had become everybody's favorite.  We must never underestimate the value of such a simple thing.