The Book of Memories — Holly Jacobs

Looking Back Might Lead to a New Path Forward Years ago, Dee's neighbor gave her a book, instructing her to write down a memory each day. A good memory. The best memory. Why bother remember the bad ones? Dee took that lesson to heart and she took that neighbor, Miss Ida, into her heart. Years later, Miss Ida needs her. Dee drops everything to go home to Erie, PA, despite her fiancé's objections. Because Miss Ida was more than an old neighbor, her first employer or even the December part of a May-December friendship. Miss Ida was family. Dee goes home and rediscovers not only old memories, she finds new ones that just might change the direction of her life. In the end, the memories are all we have left. That's why sharing them matters. When I tell you a memory, I'm showing you the truest part of myself.