Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

You know, Lord, the first day of school has arrived. But where has the summer gone? We surely didn’t get everything done that we had planned to do this summer … not yet, anyway. Then once in school, how can we put our minds to the task of studying when it is such lovely weather just outside the walls? But school is school, so we need to be brave and face some challenges and have some good times, too.

School can be exciting but also a little scary. Oh! The building is so big! Now where’s room 104? And look at all these kids, big and little ones! We certainly all come in different si...