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It was Sarah's birthday and she was having a big party! There were cake 

and balloons, family and friends, and a lot of presents! After they ate cake 

her sister Renee shouted, "Let's open presents!"

Sarah started unwrapping her presents with great joy! As she was nearing 

the bottom of the pile, she noticed something different about one present. It 

was oddly shaped and wrapped in shiny gold wrapping paper with an 

emerald green ribbon tied around it. 

Sarah picked up the present and asked, "Who is this from? There is no tag or 

card to go with it!" 

But no one had any idea who the present was from or where it had come 

from! 

Sarah quickly unwrapped the oddly shaped gift and pulled out a metallic 

object with a handle on each side. 

She was unsure what to do with the object when her friend Brittany piped 

up, "It looks like there is a hand print on each handle!" And her friend 

Keziah joined in, "Look there is a switch on the side!" 

So Sarah flicked the switch and placed one of her hands in one side and her 

other hand on the other side but nothing happened. Then she asked her 

friend Caitlin to place her hand in one of the handles. 

As soon as both their hands were on the handles the machine started 

whirring and smoke billowed from the top. 

All of a sudden Caitlin and Sarah were surrounded by a memory of Jentre's 

birthday party where everyone had dressed up, taken pictures, and had 

dinner. They had even pretended to drink wine! But it was really sparkling 

grape juice. 

memory illustrated by Caitlin Klitzke

After a few seconds the memory vanished and Caitlin and Sarah were left 

standing in awe over what had just occurred. "Did you see that?!" Sarah 

shouted. "We were just in a memory!" 

"And that is my favorite memory of us!" Caitlin added.

Everyone else in the room look amazed. They had never experienced 

something like this before!

Sarah's mom wanted to try it 

next. So she and Sarah both 

grabbed 

the machine 

handles. 

It sprang to life, billowing smoke, and a 

memory from a long time ago when Sarah 

was very little. 

Sarah's mom had been working in the 

garden and Sarah yelled out to her, "Dad 

is calling!" (He had been calling to check in 

from work.) Her mom told Sarah that she 

would be right in, and Sarah replied, 

"Don't worry, I am comforting him!"

memory illustrated by Irma Fast

Brittany grabbed the machine 

next and it took them to the 

first warm day after winter 

had ended. Brittany and Sarah 

had taken off their shoes and 

ran through melted snow to 

celebrate the first days of 

spring!

Suddenly as Sarah and 

Brittany were thinking about 

that memory, POOF! The 

machine let out a cloud of 

smoke and stopped 

completely!

memory illustrated by Brittany Barndt

 Not one sound or memory emerged from the machine. They pulled, poked, 

and prodded it, but nothing happened. 

While they were trying to figure the machine out, Keziah 

started talking about memories she had with Sarah like 

swimming as children, doing math homework at school on 

the balcony, and sleeping in a cardboard box for fun! 

memory illustrated by Keziah Johnson

This reminded Alissa of the time she and Sarah laid in the backyard, 

looked at stars, and sang Disney songs loudly. Even though Sarah's 

neighbors were having a party in their own yard and could probably 

hear them. 

memory illustrated by Alissa Allen

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