English 111-008
March 18, 2013
The item in my life that i cherish the most is my engagement/promise ring. I recieved it about two years ago from my best friend, partner in crime, and now fiance. I was the happiest i could ever be because from day one I knew he was the one for me. I know many folks out there say, "there is no such thing as love at first sight" but we knew since the day we met that we were going to be together for the rest of our lives. On some days we have our arguements, but it doesn't stop us from loving one another because at the end of the day we laugh it over and forget what we were arguing about. I know he loves me and I love him. Just as we were very attached to each other, he had to leave to California, for work and that was two weeks before my birthday, I was devasted and sad because I thought he wasn't going to spend my birthday with me. I didn't want to let him go, not that i didn't want to be with him all the time but I was five and a half months pregnant with my second and his first child, and had that strong attachment to him. One thing that helped us cope with being so far apart from one another and that was our second baby's first ultrasound appointment. That's when we seen the little bundle of joy for the first time and found out what we were having. Within twenty minutes of the ultrasound the doctor pronounced that we were having a little baby girl. The expression on his face showed complete happiness and seeing that made my life so much better because not every young man expresses such an emotion. After we were finished at the hospital we went home and announced it to everybody. Both of our family were ecstatic and excited to be blessed with another beautiful being. From then on time flew because before we knew it, it was already time for him to leave. It was hard to let him go but all I could think to myself was, "you have to do this to make your relationship stronger and he's only doing this because he