Katie Grace and the Me Firsties
By Julie Merrin
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Katie Grace has a bad case of the "Me Firsties". She always wants to be first in everything, from getting to the car first to being first in line at school. She wants to have the most...the biggest...the best.
Unfortunately for Katie Grace, the "Me Firsties" get her in trouble with her friends. Katie Grace learns about being truly sorry, and being forgiven. But when her brother breaks something that is special to her, will Katie Grace choose to forgive as she has been forgiven?
Katie Grace's mother shares several of the parables of Jesus to help her understand about forgiveness and not always trying to be first.
Julie Merrin
Hi! I’m Julie Merrin. I grew up in Findlay, Ohio, in a large family. As the oldest of six children in an often loud and chaotic house, I discovered early on that I could escape some of the chaos by losing myself in a book. I did this frequently and with such efficiency that my two youngest brothers could be rolling around on the floor fighting three feet from me...and I would be oblivious. In my imagination, I was probably somewhere on the prairie in the old west or on a rocket to the moon. You can go anywhere in a book. It is not too surprising then, that I had a dream of one day becoming a writer. When I was in about 4th grade, I used to say that when I grew up, I wanted to be a teacher during the school year, a librarian in the summer...and a writer in my spare time. Up until age 49, my only published work was a poem that appeared as an award winner in the October 1974 "Wee Wisdom" children's magazine. The funny thing about that one was that I had forgotten the assignment given by Mrs. Gerber, my 6th grade language arts teacher, to write a poem. As I stood with my classmates outside her door waiting for the previous class to be dismissed, someone asked me what I had written. Frantically, I asked if anyone had a piece of paper I could borrow. Someone gave me a small sheet torn from a 3X5 notepad on which I scribbled eight lines of poetry, breathed a sigh of relief, and turned it in. I didn't find out until I was in 7th grade that my teacher had liked the poem, submitted it, and that it had been published. Over the years, I have written a number of other things including a Christmas play, a children's musical, and a number of short skits. These have all been performed, but not yet officially published. I have three ideas in various stages of development for collections of anecdotes on topics ranging from language bloopers to Merrin family legends. The first would likely appeal to expatriates living around the world. The last, though, is likely to have a fairly limited audience. Currently, I am working on a series of children's books for kids aged 5-9. The "Katie Grace" series follows the adventures, trials, and challenges of a seven-year-old girl. Katie Grace is energetic, enthusiastic, competitive, sometimes selfish, and other times tender-hearted. In the first books of the series, her parents use several of the parables Jesus told to help Katie Grace find solutions to the challenges she faces. Book #1 in this series is available on Smashwords as of early March 2013. As for my personal life, I currently minister with children and teens at a children's home in Southeast Asia. I have lived in this area of the world since 1993, and deeply love the people here. I am a single mom to a beautiful daughter who I adopted from this country. She has been with me since she was six weeks old, with the adoption finally being finished when she was two years old. That could be another story to write, but as it is HER story, I don't think I'll ever publish it as part of a biography. But who knows...a fictionalized version might show up somewhere along the line in that novel I want to write someday.
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Katie Grace and the Me Firsties - Julie Merrin
Katie Grace and the Me Firsties
By Julie Merrin
Pictures by I Kadek Suraksa
Copyright 2013 Julie Merrin
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Contents
I Wanna Be First
All Alone
The Parable of the Wedding Feast
Beating the Me Firsties
It’s Good to be Forgiven
No More Me Firsties
I Don’t WANT to Forgive Him!
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
I NEED to Forgive Him
Andrew Acts Up
I’d NEVER Do That!
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Bagging the Bragging
Coming Soon
Connect With Me Online
I Wanna Be First!
Good morning, Sweetie,
Mommy said, shaking Katie Grace’s shoulder gently. Time to get up. Time for school.
Mommy opened the curtains and then went across the hall to wake up Ben, Katie Grace’s brother, who was one year older.
Katie Grace didn’t want to get up. Morning came way too early as far as she was concerned. Mr. Tibbles tried to help by licking her on her right ear. Katie Grace just covered her head with her blanket.
She took her time crawling out of bed. Ben had gotten up quickly and had already picked out his clothes for the day. After a few minutes, Katie Grace realized that her brother was already up.
Suddenly, she started moving very fast. Katie Grace did not like coming in second in anything…not even getting dressed for school. Unfortunately, nothing seemed to be going right for Katie Grace that morning. She had trouble opening her closet door, which sometimes got stuck. Then she couldn’t find the shirt she wanted to wear. Mr. Tibbles seemed to be in the way wherever she turned. Ben, wait! Stop right now,
Katie Grace ordered. I don’t want to be last. Awwwww!
With that, Katie Grace plopped down on her bed and pouted.
Come on, Katie Grace,
called Mommy. Don’t waste your time fussing. Hurry up and get dressed.
But Ben’s going to be done first, and I wanna be first!
Sorry,Honey. Maybe tomorrow, you’ll remember to get up more quickly. Besides, it doesn’t really matter who gets dressed first.
Ben came out of his room, dressed for the day. Katie Grace sat around grumpily for awhile, and then slowly finished getting dressed.
She got to the kitchen just as Mommy poured breakfast cereal and milk into two bowls for the kids. When her mother turned to put the milk carton back in the fridge, Katie Grace took a spoon and scooped some of Ben’s corn flakes into her own bowl.
Hey!
Ben shouted. That’s not fair! Mo-o-o-o-m, Katie Grace took half of my cereal.
Mommy took Katie Grace’s bowl and evened things out again. Katie Grace, you know better,
she said sternly.
But Mommy,
Katie Grace whined. I want the most.
That’s it! You each have enough. I don’t want to hear any more whining. Now sit down and eat your breakfast,
Mommy said firmly. Don’t forget to thank Jesus for your food.
Katie Grace sat with a grumpy face while Ben prayed. She ate two spoonfuls of cereal and pushed the bowl away. If she couldn’t have the most, she didn’t want any.
OK, Katie Grace, it looks like you’re done,
Mommy said finally, taking the