Sobbing Altar, to set spawn in the Nether, and a nod at a scrapped block

Combine one of each of the following:

• Warped Roots
• Weeping Vines
• Ghast Tear
• Obsidian

You now get Sobbing Altar. It has 3 "uses" (these would be stored as block states). When you place it, you set the spawn point for yourself at that location. Every time you respawn here, it dries up a little bit, removing 1 use. At 0 remaining uses, it reverts to Obsidian.

The Sobbing Altar would have its original texture restored and updated with a light purple color for the tears. It would produce particles like a Wet Sponge, but the same light purple as the texture.

Optionally, the block could have its own new sounds for being placed (would have an Obsidian place sound, with a sniffling nose sound added on), and periodically it would produce a very quiet groan with sniffling. When you break it, it would play some kind of crying sound, and drop obsidian. With Silk Touch, it would drop itself.

When you respawn and it loses a use, it would also cry, producing a large amount of particles around its base, as well as make a weeping sound.

TLDR:
Sobbing Altar has 3 uses to respawn you in the Nether, and has crying related sounds/particles, and is crafted with ingredients that involve crying or "warping".