I've always been a positive thinker. Perhaps it started at an early age when my mother encouraged me to do my best at everything, and that I could obtain anything in life with determination. Fortunately, it does not take much effort for me to be positive. As I gaze at the wonderful objects and people… Continue reading Dream Your Life
Author: Diamond Mike Watson
Diamond Mike lives in Orange County, California. He is a diamond merchant and the founder of Gallery of Diamonds Jewelers and the Why Mom Deserves a Diamond writing contest. He is a music writer, book author, and time traveler. To contact him call 714-549-2000, or email him at info@galleryofdiamonds.com. He would love to hear from you!
Follow Your Spark
After only ten minutes, James tightly wrenched the last nut of his drum set and cuffed the headphones over his ears. "I'm ready. Start recording." I really liked James. At only 20 years old, he was already playing the Louisville club scene drumming for the Buster Brown band. He was tall with groomed blond hair,… Continue reading Follow Your Spark
Gallery of Diamonds Awards 21st Annual Diamond Winner in Why Mom Deserves a Diamond® contest.
Just in time for Mother’s Day, Gallery of Diamonds in Newport Beach will award a quarter-carat diamond to two grand prize winners. These two students were nominated from a team of forty Orange County teachers for the most creative essays by grade level. Beginning in 1993 in honor of founder Michael Watson’s adoptive mother and… Continue reading Gallery of Diamonds Awards 21st Annual Diamond Winner in Why Mom Deserves a Diamond® contest.
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Express Yourself
It is always so heart-warming to hear positive experiences from the Why Mom Deserves a Diamond® experience. Keep the tweets, the Facebook comments, Instagram photos, and blog posts coming! Our team appreciates it! ___________________________________________________________________ "Heather's writing was chosen as a winner, and we were invited to go and pick up our garnet on Friday. I… Continue reading Express Yourself
Weekly Photo Challenge: It changes color!
Mimicking the unusual properties of rare alexandrite, this gem actually changes from a teal blue to a purplish red! Exotic 14K yellow gold ring displays a color-changing created purple sapphire with triangle diamonds. www.galleryofdiamonds.com/shop/rings/cushsapph-17258.html Weekly Photo Challenge: Change : http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/weekly-photo-challenge-change/
There’s No Shame in Origins
“Mrs. Price was a small woman, wore her hair in a pig-tail. She also wore cheap jewelry and stale perfume. She said she know nothing about the father of this baby. Some mutual friends had introduced them, and the child was conceived after they had had too much to drink. She never saw her baby,… Continue reading There’s No Shame in Origins
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Weekly Photo Challenge: With Flying Colors!
"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Weekly Photo Challenge: Color! http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/weekly-photo-challenge-color/
Chapter 1. Primal Beginnings
I always knew I was adopted. That was never a secret. Mom used to call me her little adopted angel. I felt special because I was chosen. Dad told me that they picked me out from a large room filled with cribs of babies. After seeing me in the middle of the room, he… Continue reading Chapter 1. Primal Beginnings
Telepathic Love
Now it’s time for me to go away I told you from the start that I can’t stay Just remember that love can travel Through endless time and stars So it doesn’t matter how far away we are I’ll send my telepathic love I’ll send my telepathic love I’ll send my telepathic love I’ll send… Continue reading Telepathic Love
A Day in the Life of Diamond Mike
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The Power of Positive Words
How many different ways can a child express his or her appreciation for mom? Perhaps millions. I wouldn’t be surprised if that is how many essays have been submitted to my jewelry store since 1993. I searched for my own birth mother since I was a teenager. I was adopted as a child, and although… Continue reading The Power of Positive Words
Weekly Photo Challenge: Lunchtime!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Lunchtime! http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/photo-challenge-lunchtime/
The Diamond in My Heart
For most of my life I have been a diamond merchant. I was 22 when I first helped another young man decide on a precious gem that would later be presented to the girl of his dreams. I worked on the seventh floor of a historic office building in Louisville, Kentucky. Loose diamonds had recently… Continue reading The Diamond in My Heart