About Maggie
Maggie's Tea Room is named for Jackie Sayles' (one of the owners of Miracles) best friend, Maggie Monk, who died on March 2, 2006 (her 60th birthday). Jackie met Maggie on the stage of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London's West End while auditioning for "Hello Dolly." They were the youngest members of the cast and decided to share an apartment. This started one of the most precious friendships one could ever imagine. After a long and successful theatrical career, Maggie opened and ran one of the largest dance schools in the south of England, and although Jackie moved to Florida with her family in 1980, there friendship remained constant and strong.

Maggie was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease (also called ALS) early in 2002 and we wish to honor her for the courage, strength, and never-ending faith she showed while fighting this debilitating motor neuron disease. We will be forever grateful that she was here with us at Maggie's Tea Room when it opened on November 25, 2005. She died just 3 months later after her four-year battle.

To learn more about Maggie, we invite you to read "The Parable of Friendship" from Jackie's book, "The Power of Present Day Parables." Click here for more information about Jackie's book. All profit from the book goes to help the local chapter of ALS.