A Gem in Every Day is a different kind of book in that it actually tells the reader how to identify the Gems and how to "dust them off". It is a guidebook of how to go mining in our lives for Gems, just like a miner would learn to mine for gems.

Attorney Barbara B. Smith has been an Administrative Law Judge and Magistrate, in addition to working as a court approved domestic relations mediator, and a family law practitioner. She has been a magistrate instructor, and an adjunct professor at Oakland University. Among her civic activities, she was the Board's Chairperson for the Women's Survival Center of Oakland County (MI), and she was the Founder and Director of WAY TO GO! (providing positive reinforcement for safe teen driving). Barbara B. Smith has authored Core Democratic Values Curriculum for Elementary and Middle Schools, and has been a contributing author to legal publications. A GEM IN EVERY DAY is her first adult trade book.