Sew Melissa Writes

 This is another of my favorite short stories, perhaps even my own all time favorite. I hope you enjoy it! Seven little faces looked up with awe and fear at the stern, wrinkled face that gave no sign of friendliness as they entered the Sunday school room. Seven pairs of eyes took in the sparsely decorated room, wondering how they had managed to deserve moving from the fun kindergarten class to this scary, unfamiliar first grade class. Seven pairs of feet shuffled in unwillingly as the old lady who was to be their teacher boomed out,  “Let’s take our seats boys and girls.”  Little Rhoda Jones sat down on the closest chair to the door, her best friend Amber sitting next to her. The two scooted their chairs as close together as possible as if being closer to each other would protect them from whatever happened in first grade Sunday school.  “Now, since this is your first Sunday in my class,” Miss Todd said, her voice monotone and somber, “I’ll go over the ru...