thank you all for your questions. yes the issue is after finding out. the things they had I had assumed lost forever. They were things that disappeared and & wondered about. i assumed they had gone with the girls when visiting their father. He has no sentimental feelings so I figured he threw them out. the true issue I have is a sibling going in my house and taking/stealing things that were not theirs. my younger sister hem hawed about the truth waiting for my reaction. I stayed neutral b/c I wanted to see the box contents. When I did I started to cry. everything was from a time in my life that i was so depressed I could not function. sold my ranch moved to a one room cabin made my ex-husband take the girls b/c I was incapable of being a mother. What is so bothersome is the motivation. I have zero interest in my nieces baby things. My sister did not even know whose baby blanket it was. I did not keep the box b/c it made me so sad about my life before depression and the war i fought to overcome it. I just can't get over the motivation.why?