The memory of forgotten things

Kat Zhang

One of the happiest memories twelve-year-old Sophia Wallace has is of her tenth birthday. Her mother made her a cake that year. This memory, and a scant few others like it, is all Sophia has of her mother, so she keeps them close. She keeps them secret, too. The truth is, Sophia Wallace s mother died when she was six years old. But that isn t how she remembers it. Not always.