Precious Is My Child: Anti-Bullying Awareness

By Mirthell Bayliss Bazemore

Precious Is My Child is a compilation written by students of all ages, parents, victims of bullying, and members of the community who have joined together through written word to proclaim that bullying must stop!

We all have a responsibility to choose peace over hate, love over war, and most of all to follow Gods first and greatest commandment:

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself (Matthew 22:3739).

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Sep 30, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504948630

Mirthell Bayliss Bazemore

Mirthell Bayliss Bazemore was born June 19th, 1964 in Oakland, California. After graduating from Castlemont High School, she immediately began her career in banking while attending Heald Business College. Goal oriented and proud of her family heritage as entrepreneurs, Mirthell is no stranger to hard work. Nurturing an extraordinary gift and love of writing, Mirthell launched her career by publishing her fictional novels in 2006. Since 2008, and as an affiliate of AuthorHouse Publishing, she published over ten novels, which two are charitable books donated to Oakland Children’s Hospital Foundations and the Gwinnett Children’s Shelter in Buford, Georgia. Mirthell has been helping and encouraging others to embrace their creativity, even providing a nationwide network and marketing platform to assist other authors and writers. In October 1988, Mirthell was baptized in the name of Jesus Christ by the late Bishop L. Hunter, and later filled with the gift of the Holy Ghost. Mirthell has continued her spiritual journey under the leadership of Bishop Joe C. Tisdale. In addition to helping others, her greatest joy is serving God while keeping others encouraged and making a difference…one book at a time. “To God be the Glory”

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Published by AuthorHouse   09/30/2015

ISBN: 978-1-5049-4862-3 (sc)

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Contents

Acknowledgements

A message from Maureen Kornowa

A message from author Mirthell Bayliss Bazemore

About the Author

Precious Is My Child

Precious Is My Child

An Outlook on Bullying

By Destiny Adams

Bullying from a Grandmother’s perspective

Bullies Have No Age Limit

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Book Illustration by

Amber Marie

Selena Martin

Edited by

Jay Stallworth

M. Bazemore

Music by

George Whitehill

Audio Book Narrated by

Stephen James

"Making a difference, one book and child at a time"

A young hero who fought to protect his sister

In memory of Martin L. Cobb Jr

March 9th, 2006 – May 1st, 2014

Love

Love is nice, Love is kind, and Love can make new friends by your side. Love can make you beautiful, Love can make you smart… Love your mom, dad, brother, and sister, the way Martin Cobb did. – By Maia S. Johnson

Bullying is a national epidemic

You are NOT alone

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

1 [phone]

Hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week

Languages: English, Spanish

www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Precious Is My Child is a compilation written by students of all ages, parents, victims of bullying, and members of the community who have joined together through written word to proclaim that Bullying Must Stop!

We all have a responsibility to choose peace over hate, love over war, and most of all to follow God’s first and greatest commandment:

"Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

This is the first and great commandment.

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."

Matthew 22:37-39

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to Principal William Matthews and Teacher Stephanie Asbury at

Mineral Wells Elementary School, Mineral Wells, W. Virginia &

Principal Ronald Mitchell and Teacher LaShain Blake at Dr. Ronald E. McNair Middle School, Atlanta, Georgia

Gwinnett Children’s Shelter, Buford, Georgia

Pastor Lee Adams of New Day Covenant Ministries &

Dr. Mary Canty Merrill, Merrill Consulting Associates, LLC

Atlanta Falcons football players who donated to this cause

Jonathan Babineaux

Bernard Reedy

Freddie Martino

&

Albert Mills, Rodney and Valerie Richardson of Serenity Salon and Barber & The Wilson Group

Lionel and Sandie Bazemore for your support & encouragement

Precious Is My Child book proceeds are donated to

Gwinnett Children’s Shelter

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A message from Maureen Kornowa

Executive Director of Gwinnett Children’s Shelter…A Home of Hope.

T he Gwinnett Children’s Shelter has been serving our kids in a loving and nurturing environment for more than 26 years! As we GROW forward and expand on our programs to best meet the needs of our children in crisis, we take this moment to say thank you for your caring and genero sity.

Our new program is designed to help homeless children and their young mothers, as well as youth who age-out of the foster care system, achieve the necessary life skills training they NEED to successfully thrive outside our program. We have the opportunity to