This was an easy choice for me, because my engagement ring is one of my most significant recent gifts. Significant, because to me it signifies a promise of a shared future with the man I love. It's a symbol of joy and hope that reminds me of my good fortune every time I look at it. "At last, my Love has come along...".

The second gift in this photo: the ring is lying on my old marble-topped bureau, a family heirloom which I got from my father, who in turn got it from his great-aunt. It's been my companion in nearly every place I've lived so far, much to my friends' chagrin who have helped me move in the past:-)