Introduction
We all have diamond moments, short-lived
Like raindrops showered on us from a tree
But they last like precious jewels
In our memory...
  Colin Cole, a good friend of ours, used to say to his beautiful wife Maire, “Darling, I love you so much I would like to shower you with diamonds!”
  Some years ago when Colin was at home recuperating from heart surgery and resting in an arm-chair, Maire heard a thud. She hurried into the lounge and saw Colin collapsed on the floor.
  Months later she shared with Evan and me that at that moment of realising her husband was no longer breathing, she became aware of a beautiful shower of diamonds all around her.
  Some of my diamond moments have also come at unexpected and painful times.
  My childhood was not always a happy one. My mother, brother and I were often packing up and following my father around Australia. But we were never united as a family. I always longed for a home, and that Dad would decide to stay with us.
  One of the most wonderful moments of my life was when I realised I had a heavenly father who loved me. One who would never leave me.
  I hope you will be blessed as you read about some of the diamond moments in my life.

Leoné