This vase, glowing in the sunlight, was a present from my parents on my 21st. birthday. Now it’s over 43 years later, and I am still enjoying it, still struck by it when it gets this glow. I want it to stay with me always. It keeps my parents with me, reminds me of the home of my youth, and how thrilled I was to get this gift for the home of my future. The vase and I have had a long “future” together.