After witnessing the farewell ceremonies for our 41st President, I write in Respect of President George H. W. Bush, who lived such a fulfilled life. His life reminded me of a poem that speaks to a well-lived, respectable and honorable man, a man who loved his God, his family. his friends and his country, who, though he walked with kings, he showed respect to all. The end of William Cullen Bryant’s poem, “Thanatopsis” says, “. . . So live, that when thy summons …
Author: Mary Diggs
My thought and prayers go out to all affected by Hurricane Harvey. Stay strong and be encouraged that you will get through this with your faith. Thanks to all who are assisting.
Looking back on that time in my life, the formative years, when my personality began to change. After the school bullying was exposed and stopped, I found myself dealing with what had happened to me. I remembered keeping my head down, withdrawing inward. My eight-year-old self-esteem had plummeted. I was afraid to raise my hand or ask a question in class, but on the playground, I became combatant. I couldn’t explain why, but I was angry, mostly at myself. I …
There is the paranormal part of Spirit Keeper, Book I, called “Identity.” In it we learn about the characters’ identities and prepare to solve the mystery of a murdered soul. I love how God works in the Bible, which transforms into our lives; His wonders to perform. I love how His angels do His bidding, appearing to announce the good news, or fighting against evil, victoriously for His righteousness or protecting His children. Though the Bible doesn’t give credence to the …
No. Though my heroine, hero and me were believers, we still had to go through the pain and anguish of being bullied. Each of us prayed in our own way, and just when we were about to give up, our prayers were answered. Our catastrophes ended when one person intervened. There’s a saying that says, “God is always on time.” We ask ourselves, why? Is it because we didn’t act the way they wanted us to? Or maybe it is …
To clarify, each of my posts in my blog are related to my novel, “Spirit Keeper,” and I’m happy to report, is completed and published. Visit “My Novel” and see the commercial video. I feel that it captures the essence of what my novel is about. I call all of this my destiny. My novel tells of two young extraordinary people destined to meet from birth. They are destined to bear the meaningful names given to them. And though they …
Everyone desires and deserves a happy life. But in life, happiness doesn’t always come easy. One blemish in life is verbal abuse: negative words that influence how we feel about ourselves, feeling rejected and unacceptable. Words hurt if we allow them to. As a Fine Arts teacher, I saw children suffer abuse from their peers as I did as a child. I try to encourage them to endure by choosing to look above cruel words and search for the beauty …
As defined in the dictionary, bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively dominate others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. The different contexts are: Cyberbullying, disability bullying, gay bullying, legal bullying, military bullying, parental bullying, prison bullying, school bullying, sexual bullying, trans bullying, and workplace bullying. Innocence. Where has it gone? Does it feel as though it’s erased by insensitivity or killed by lack of compassion. Bullying is a vehicle of fear …
How many of you can visit a place and feel the strangeness of your surroundings? I remembered when I was on tour with my university’s acapella choir. We had different assigned places to stay. It was the first time I felt we, my assigned partner, were in an unsafe place. We only stayed there over night, but I remember my roommate turning to me and saying, “Were you feeling what I felt?” Then it was clear, that we both felt …
A native of Texas, Mary Diggs is a Christian, a wife, a mother, and holder of Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Vocal music with emphasis in art from Prairie View A&M University, and taught music, elementary art, and theatre arts in public school for years before retiring.