@Acadia
well, beck from drinking my beers (got 4):
I held my promise to salute you with the first glass,  2 times.

meaning, from the bottom of my heart , just truly , simply wish you the best for your  future.

i think i can say that because i have some "bitter" experience with cancer in my family.

About your ring, (that looks sooooo beautiful)
We (humans) need things to hold on, THAT ring may be your thing to hold on.

In general, one of our human strength is to never give up, because you ARE human, you have this strength inside you.  (Just gets forgotten too many times)

Once i met a greece wise man, he told me that one task in our lives is to find the right keys.
Keys, yes there are so many, how to find them ?
For me one of these key's is music.
I am very much related to / concerned by music (srry not sure that this is expessed well, so
i say "music" or songs, or mp3's or you name it , means a lot for me.)

Thinking shortly about your positive message - and what it means for me - to be happy for YOU, 2 songs appears in my brain.
First one would be, "Ozzy Osbourne - Symptom of the Universe, and i MEAN the soft part it the end, not the hard-rock part at the beginning.
(just simply explains what happiness is  for me, or what i'm dreaming off:)
Second one would be , Offer Nissim - Happy People.

Writing that, hearing "Derek Sherinian - Man with no Name" you can call me
crazy, poser addicted, or any thing that comes across your brain.
and yes, i love rock music, and yes im very much concerned to this,
and yes i better stop now.