A "reward" one gets for merely participating. Although usually given with good intentions, more often than not it will remind the owner that he failed, and that his best is not good enough.
A final tangible reminder of a person for a period of time, delivered to the person leaving (or being left behind) by the first.
"With a huff, she left the room, tipping over the banana tree plant, spilling all of the wet coffee inside all over the floor, a final parting gift for her former girlfriend Stacy."