The worth of Family Heir Looms...

I just don't get it... I have made a life separating myself from my family... Never felt like I fit in, never felt understood, just never felt...Unless I was at my grandparent's house. It didn't matter who it was, their door was always open. I have memories of going to visit, and my cousins, or their friends just walking in as though they lived their too. And my grandparents happy to see everyone of them.
Some of the happiest memories, dare I say the only happy memories I have of childhood(I know probably harsher than the reality) took place in my grandparents house. To be specific around my grandparents dining room table. So now that we are at a time where my grandfather's gone and my grandmother is over 90, she has been staying with one of my aunts. They all decided that it was best to make that a permanent situation, which was the best decision to make.

This led to the distribution of 'the family heir looms. Since I was a teenager, I have been determined to see my family sitting around that dining room set. Building memories for my kids the way my grandparents did... Slight problem,,,, Divorced, no kids, no family... So I conceded, thinking that for sure one of my many cousins, all with families with many children would jump at the chance to have that memory in their house...build on the memories for their children and share the stories that started there...

No one wanted it... The best idea anyone had was to sell it in a yard sale... I was devastated. I thought for sure if I thought it had so much value, me the one who lives so far away who only sees family once a year, that one of my cousins, who had spent more meals around that table than I ever could would surely want it... Nope...


Even my mother, who I have tried to explain this to more than a dozen times keeps telling me.. 'You know it's not worth very much, I don't think the woods very good,,, etc, etc, etc'... Just doesn't get it... My parents idea is,,, keep it in their garage until I can take it... The garage in western NY,,, where it gets colder than hell 6 months out of the year,,, no that won't damage the wood... So I came up with an alternative, let's keep it at the apartment in Hilton Head... They have this god awful 1970's beach dining room set, so why not put this set there,,, Nooooo,,, they LOVE that dining room set.... ??????????????? I just don't get it.... They are all looking at the worth,, what would it be worth if we sold it?,,, is it worth what it would cost to get it to HH? worth, worth, worth...... Let's talk value... value of memories, value in family connection, I can't beleive that of all the family members I'm the one who sees the value...