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Category Archives: Childhood Memories

The Empty House

August 2, 2020by Diamond Mike Watson 1 Comment

The living room of my childhood home in New Albany, Indiana. 1725 Grantline Road. I always wanted to slide down the stairs but the post at the bottom would surely […]

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Childhood Memories, Life Adventures

Courage

July 4, 2020by Diamond Mike Watson Leave a comment

I loved my adoptive mother but I didn’t always agree with her. I’m glad she taught me to stand up to bullies and defend myself. But I remember her instructing […]

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Adoption, Childhood Memories, Life Adventures, Philosophy

Concrete Gray Steps

December 4, 2019by Diamond Mike Watson Leave a comment

This is my childhood home in New Albany, Indiana. In the summertime the hot sun would blaze behind the house where I would sit on concrete steps and squint into […]

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Childhood Memories, Family Life, Life Adventures, Philosophy

Henrietta Lukemeyer

August 8, 2018by Diamond Mike Watson Leave a comment

Henrietta Lukemeyer was an elderly lady who lived down the hill from my childhood home in Indiana. She rarely stopped by to say hello to my mom, but when she […]

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Childhood Memories, Life Adventures, Philosophy

Never Be Afraid of a Bully

October 11, 2017by Diamond Mike Watson Leave a comment

When I was a child, my adoptive father would always joke with me, telling me that he and my adoptive mom picked me out from a room of babies. “I […]

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Childhood Memories, Life Adventures, Philosophy, Society

We must not Stand Silently

October 1, 2017by Diamond Mike Watson Leave a comment

Sometimes a seemingly insignificant event in one’s life may later turn out to change that person forever. That person was me. When I was a teenager I took my girlfriend […]

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Childhood Memories, Life Adventures, Philosophy, Society

Blinded by our Light

January 29, 2017by Diamond Mike Watson Leave a comment

At an early age, my adoptive mother taught me to be compassionate, kind, and to respect every human being. She instructed me to be slow to anger, to laugh at […]

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Childhood Memories, Life Adventures, Philosophy, Society

Belching at Grace Lutheran

July 30, 2016by Diamond Mike Watson Leave a comment

I accidentally projected a tremendous belch at the lunch table at Grace Lutheran Elementary in New Albany. Mrs. Moore demanded to know from where the origin of the discharge came. […]

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Childhood Memories, Life Adventures, Philosophy

Things My Mom Taught Me

July 29, 2016by Diamond Mike Watson 1 Comment

1. Things always get worse before they get better. 2. It always takes more time getting there than coming back home. 3. You cannot teach an old dog new tricks. […]

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Childhood Memories, Life Adventures

Shelly Perkins

July 29, 2016by Diamond Mike Watson Leave a comment

At times I believed I was the only boy living on Grantline Road, for my neighborhood roamed with females. Older girls with larger physiques eventually subdued me during any test […]

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Childhood Memories, Life Adventures, Tales of Imagination

Open your Eyes and Dream!

February 29, 2016by Diamond Mike Watson Leave a comment

I was seven when I had my first lucid dream. Of course I didn’t know the official name, but I did sense “I know I am dreaming.” I was at […]

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Amazing Today, Childhood Memories, Life Adventures, Philosophy

Dreams of Stardom

December 20, 2015by Diamond Mike Watson 5 Comments

“Hello Matt! It is great to find you on Facebook,” I typed on my tablet. It was so nice to catch up with Matt. He had a great sense of […]

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Childhood Memories, Life Adventures, Music

The Grocery Store

December 13, 2015by Diamond Mike Watson 5 Comments

The old woman bumped her shopping cart head-on into moms. “Goodness, M.. I’m sorry,” the old woman grumbled. “Oh, that’s okay,” mom said apologetically with a big smile.” I guess […]

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Amazing Today, Childhood Memories, Life Adventures

Winds of Change

June 30, 2014by Diamond Mike Watson 1 Comment

It was a plausible answer. The Great Ice Age swept over the earth and froze all the dinosaurs. I had no reason to doubt Mrs. Moore, my fourth grade teacher […]

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Childhood Memories, Life Adventures
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I’m Gonna Shoot Ya, Dad

December 12, 2013by Diamond Mike Watson 2 Comments

“I’m gonna shoot ya, dad,” Trever said with a grin as Dad was relaxing in his favorite chair. “Trevor, put that darn thing down. You could put my eye out.” […]

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Childhood Memories, Life Adventures

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Diamond Mike Watson is a senior diamond merchant and the president of Gallery of Diamonds. He earned a Bacherlor of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University. He has been featured in the Los Angeles Times and CBS News. He is the founder of the Why Mom Deserves a Diamond contest.asdas
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