Jacqueline Baker

Jacqueline Baker
Jacqueline Baker is a Canadian writer. Originally from the Sand Hills region in southwestern Saskatchewan, she studied creative writing at the University of Victoria and the University of Alberta...
feeling lift
When I'm feeling down I could look over to Maria. She was smiling. That would lift me up.
bad kids lifted smiled smiles time
She smiled all the time even during the bad times. She always had a smile. She lifted me up and the other kids up.
cried ran saw understand
When she saw me, she ran out the only thing I could understand was Maria. She latched on to me. I latched on to her. We cried together.
class loss loved terrible
It's a terrible loss to our class as well as the whole school. Everyone loved Maria.