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
Category: Life Adventures
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
The International Dinner Party
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
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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!
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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
From dreams to reality…
You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality. - Walt Disney
You Create It
The exciting thing about every day is you create it. Michael C. Watson.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Our kiss, a beautiful gasoline rainbow
“Our only kiss was like an accident- a beautiful gasoline rainbow.” ? Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones Weekly Photo Challenge: Kiss: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/02/15/weekly-photo-challenge-kiss/
The Little Green Toothbrush
It was a long, boring drive to the diamond company's headquarters in Indianapolis. Although the rest of the nation's managers flew in cozy airplanes, the Kansas City supervisor thought he would score points with the president by asking all of his store managers to travel by car. In the lobby of the Sheraton, the ten… Continue reading The Little Green Toothbrush
The Benefit of Giving
Years ago I remember spending time with my little girl reading children's books. I’m not sure who enjoyed the stories more but there is one tale I will never forget. It was called, "Milo and the Magical Stones." Milo was a mouse that lived on an island with other mice. He discovered a beautiful, shiny,… Continue reading The Benefit of Giving
To Be Human
As we prepare for the future, we realize that the Why Mom Deserves a Diamond® contest serves a very important purpose, and that is to bring back human connection into our world. With our new technology, more and more people communicate with each other electronically. We constantly turn our attention to computers and smart phones.… Continue reading To Be Human