My eight-year-old daughter asked why my mom always saved the gifts people gave her instead of using them. We were at my mom’s house when my daughter found a box full of unopened soaps, perfumes, and lotions. “Grandma, don’t you like this stuff?” My mom said she did, but she was saving it. “For when?” my daughter asked. She laughed. “For a special occasion.” My daughter picked up a bottle of lotion she’d given her for Christmas. “But I bought this for you to use.”