looking back

I am wearing an older ring of mine today.  It is a ring I made in my first semester of Jewelry Studio.  Looking at it now, the craft is seriously lacking, but I still love the design and it represents, to me, my passion for jewelry design.  For being a very green metalsmith at the time when I made this ring, the goal of this design was lofty yet I was relatively successful.  I have thought about removing the stone and starting over with the setting, but now I don't know... despite the ring's flaws, I guess I am still a little impressed at my own early accomplishments!