A keepsake box or memory box, typically made from wood or resin, is used for storing mementos of a special time, event or person. They are often created or purchased to mark life's major events like a christening, wedding, birthday, or First Holy Communion. They may also be given for sad occasions of bereavement, such as the stillbirth of a child, when a keepsake/memory box helps with the grieving process. Becoming common for a tiny packet of ashes to be placed and shared between loved ones.