What is the most precious thing you have ever held in your hands?

A baby

My sons.

My great grandsons, both of them. They both had a hard time and were preemies to start, but now they are healthy and doing great, and both of them look like line backers.

My daughter.

My baby.

My nieces and nephew as infants

It seems to be unanimous!

Yep. My nieces and nephew, most recently my twin brother’s daughter, born in April. She’s beyond precious. :D

My girlfriends, and my current cat.

I wonder if the OP meant inorganic precious things.

Other than my neice to as a baby I would say $2,300 in cash. When I was in saving money mode.

Edit I asked a money question in a spinoff of this question.What is the most cash that you have had in your hands?

Excluding human babies now, for obvious reasons.

Most monetary value: wedding ring.
Most sentimental value: the puppy I got as a child
Most fragile: freshly hatched baby sea turtle

My kids, and later their kids.

Most meaningful: my fiance’s hand
Most valuable: a unit of blood
Most fragile: a frog about ¼” long

^^They need ‘most precious’ keep going.

‘MY PRECIOUS!’