{"product_id":"9781891665264","title":"Why Mom Deserves a Diamond: 2,002 Essay Contest Winners for 1998","description":"President Michael Watson of Gallery of Diamonds began the \"Why Mom Deserves a    Diamond\" contest in 1993 in honor of his adopted mother and the birthmother he    had never known.  In 1998, Watson awarded thousands of children African    garnets, amethysts, and diamonds to those who wrote the most touching essays    about their moms.  This anthology of 2,002 winners includes all those who won    a gemstone for their mothers.  $3,500 in proceeds from this publication has    been donated to the Orange County Public Library for books on creative    writing, public expression, and for adoptees searching for their roots.    \u003cp\u003e    From humble beginnings in 1993 with a total of 250 entries, the Mother's Day    contest has now enabled over 25,000 students to become a little closer to    their moms.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Two students from Orange County, California and two students from Los Angeles    County were awarded a quarter-carat diamond with a retail value of $400 to    give their mothers for Mother's Day.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The (4) diamond winning essays for 1998 :    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    A diamond has all the colors of the rainbow. My mom deserves a diamond because    she is all the colors in my life.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Jason Kirstein\u003cbr\u003e    Grade: 3\u003cbr\u003e    Irvine, California\u003cbr\u003e    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr width=\"80%\"\u003e        Her lips are roses, her complexion is cream.  She understands my deepest    thoughts and dreams.  She is my angel with a halo of gold.  She is my mother.    \u003cp\u003e    Tawnya Ravy\u003cbr\u003e    Grade: 7\u003cbr\u003e    Yorba Linda, California\u003cbr\u003e        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr width=\"80%\"\u003e    My mother deserves a diamond because she's unique, priceless, perfect, pure,    precious, dazzling, flawless and rare.  She sparkles with love and glistens    with knowledge.  She is a gem to me.    \u003cp\u003e    Vicki Ann Blood\u003cbr\u003e    Grade: 4\u003cbr\u003e    Lakewood, California\u003cbr\u003e    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr width=\"80%\"\u003e        A heavenly calm, and pure state of grace\u003cbr\u003e    A lovely expression falls on her face\u003cbr\u003e    A whisper of words, like velvety lace\u003cbr\u003e    Soft summer's glow, in securing embrace\u003cbr\u003e    My Mother. \u003cbr\u003e    \u003cp\u003e    Jennifer Plankenhorn\u003cbr\u003e    Grade: 8\u003cbr\u003e    Valencia, California \u003cbr\u003e                \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gallery of Diamonds Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49869067452656,"sku":"9781891665264","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781891665264","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}