Be properly awed-it's the nicest thing anyone's ever gotten me--and it's the only piece of jewelry I wear aside from a broken $5.00 silver band that I've been wearing since I've been in high school.

It's not the ring that I love so much, it's the man behind the ring...the man who put thought in the diamond, the setting, the inscription--the effort that he put in to make it the best ring for me. It's kind of like the little things that he does everyday, to make sure that it's the best life for us. Although, this ring...is not a little thing. Most of all, I love that it's part of our present and our future.

Because I have chubby fingers that looked horrendous on film, I made John hold the ring while I took the picture.