The Best Gift I Have Ever Gotten

    The best gift I have ever received was on my thirteenth birthday. My neighbor Lois gave me a beautiful gold and diamond ring that was a family heirloom. Lois never had any children, but she helped to raise me. She would pick me up from school and I would stay at her house until my parents got home from work. I also stayed at her house during the summer. She was an amazing lady. She passed away a few years ago and I was so upset. It was the first time that someone very close to me had died. It took me a long time to be able to even talk about her without crying. Now, with this ring that she gave me, I will always have a little piece of her with me wherever I go. It meant so much to me that she gave me the ring. She had cousins that she could have given it to, but she chose me. It was her way of saying that I was a part of her family, whether I had been born into it or not. I still miss her every day, but I can look at her ring and I know she is watching over me.