The arc of life is long and bends towards growth. At one end of the ring, a small white gold loop, the suggestion of a seedling’s leaf sprouting from the soft soil. From there, a ribbon of beautiful red cherry winds around her finger held gently in the precious setting, tracing through her life, following its themes, documenting its change. It arrives at the end of the band having grown: A larger leaf, still keeping the form and function of its predecessor, but mature now. Not the leaf of a seedling, but the leaf of an adult plant, maintaining the image of the younger, but with the heart of the mature.