Just like Bruce Springsteen, I have been singing about my Glory Days lately. Perhaps this spark was fueled by many of my old college friends with whom I have reconnected on Facebook. Sixty fraternity brothers and sorority sisters, all smooshed together on the sticky fraternity house floor, smiling for a group photo after a day of flag football and plastic cups: priceless. And last night, Dad mentions he found my Smurf watch….the watch I so distinctly remember Mom gifting me on my fifth birthday. I kid you not, my friends, Dad wound it up, and the thing still keeps time! Which brings me to the point of today’s post…quality. Just like an old friend or a watch you thought was lost forever….the quality people and things in our life truly last a lifetime. What do you want your baby to have for his/her lifetime, as a reminder of babyhood? I choose this simple Padova baby feeding set by Elsa Peretti at Tiffany and Co. It includes a spoon, fork and silver cup, $615.

The set is useful, elegant and timeless. And hopefully, an heirloom for future generations. Because I’m into stuff like that. Still, I know my little ones are really going to want the Smurf watch…also priceless.