For as long as I can remember, our mom was always reading a book or two... or three. As my brother mentioned in a previous story, she even read in the passenger seat while we teens learned to drive! During our vacation travels by car she always had a stack nearby her. Even on train trips she insisted on taking a bunch of books that took up half her suitcase!
She kept a collection of her favorite books so I am looking forward to reading them in the future.
As for cards, she loved playing and collecting them. Poker and bridge were two of her favorite card games. She spent many years playing both and loved it. She collected sports trading cards and postcards since we were kids. She even had a baseball card shop for a few years where she bought, sold and traded cards as a hobby.
She kept a special box of the sports trading cards aside for my brother which I am sure he will enjoy having and she also set aside special boxes of postcards for each of her grandchildren which I am sure they will enjoy having too.