MAGGIE STORY: BACK TO SCHOOL

"...Cuz, that’s what you do when your heart is filled with God." 

It’s late August and Maggie is getting ready to go back to school. Sigh… Though she likes school – it’s okay, Maggie’s free spirit is not always a fit for all teachers.

Mrs. Marvel takes Maggie shopping for her new backpack, sneakers, and first day of school outfit. Here’s what Maggie will be wearing when school opens this year: Pink knee-length bike shorts, pink glitter t-shirt with hearts, a pair of unmatched (on purpose) pink short socks, neon pink sneakers with dazzling pink twinkle lights between the sole and the base of the shoe, and she will carry her new denim backpack with five outer compartments in the most pleasing shade of pink. Maggie loves pink.

It’s here. Maggie checks her email every day to find out about her classroom assignment, and it’s finally here. Which teacher did she get? Who is in her class?

Room 111, Mrs. Phillips. The TOUGHEST teacher in the entire school. In the entire history of John F. Kennedy grammar school, there has NEVER been a stricter/meaner teacher than Mrs. Phillips. Everyone says so. Even Mrs. Marvel shuddered a little when Maggie did the big reveal.

By the time Maggie had the chance to digest this big news the snapchat convo began. One by one her friends shared their assignments. Her best friend Kelly got Mr. Wong. Her second bestie Maya got the new teacher, Ms. Temple...read more