And per se and

So this was the really cool about the present, imo. Without giving away personal details, the ampersand and the origin "and per se and" (meaning ‘and (i.e. &) by itself makes the word and’) have special meaning to his wife and what she teaches. I was also asked to very subtly incorporate her initials in the symbol, so if you look close enough you can see the L and the A.

Fun stuff.