A Gift That Lasts a Lifetime

I’m still trying to find those unusual baby gifts, but meanwhile my eye was caught by a little envelope addressed to me which is sitting on my desk.

My mother died a while ago and this is one of the many treasures we found while clearing her house.
I had it in mind that this contained a letter from my Grandfather, written to me at a time when I could read. But I was wrong. Inside was a card from my Godfather at the time of my Christening in October 1955. Curiously appropriate to my present search…

In this case the gift may not have lasted a lifetime, but the card which came with it has.
Now I need to find the letter from my Grandfather which, if I’ve got it right this time, does refer to the actual gift.

Fifty years later these things are still around, setting of all manner of echoes and resonances.

Making me wonder, for example, who did give me the engraved silver napkin ring which certainly is with me still and is a gift which has lasted a lifetime. So far!