When I bought some tomatoes from the nice old Chinese lady at the farmers’ market I noticed she was wearing a beautiful ring with an intricate pattern on it. I asked her about it and she said that it was the Chinese symbol for love. Her mother had given it to her when she was a little girl. She told me that there are many kinds of Chinese symbol rings. I really liked the way it looked so the next day at the library I found a book about Chinese symbol rings and looked at many other symbols. I enjoyed the fact the symbols looked like little works of art, but also held a special meaning. Someday I hope to be able to buy and wear a Chinese symbol ring.