Sheila Kadra is married, the mother of four and the grandmother of four. She holds both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Education and has done post-graduate studies in writing at several colleges. For nearly thirty years, she has taught both creative and expository writing to students at middle school, high school, and college levels. She is co-author of Painting with Words: an imaginative approach to writing competency, a writing text for students in grades 6 - 10 published originally by Independent School Press, later by Longman and Addison-Wesley. Prior to teaching, she was the local correspondent for a community newspaper. Now that she is retired, she has time to practice what she preached for so many years. Meggie's story is the result of that practice. Others will follow.