The Observer considers multiple facets at the Crater of Diamonds

Diamonds are not foreverShortly after The Observer’s parents separated for the first time, but not the final time, we all — my parents, my younger brother and I — took a trip to the Crater of Diamonds State Park at Murfreesboro in an effort to remain as much of a family as possible despite the fresh schism. I don’t really know what I expected from the diamond mine. The Observer doesn’t remember a whole lot from that period anyway. But I do recall that digging