A story of friendship, secrets, and growing up with life choices that just can’t be fixed.

A sweet friendship that refreshes the soul was Sheila’s earnest prayer. For years, she prayed for a friend to call her best. Jenna McCauley was the answer to that prayer. Led by a persistent crow, the two meet Sister Mary-Margaret, Baker Pond’s keeper of secrets. Together they experience deep faith and friendship, until one stupid secret changed everything.

As the wise hermit explained, “today will never come again. You will face trials, make unwise choices, experience things beyond your belief, and go places you’ve never imagined. They all matter. The good, the bad, it all matters. Somethings you’ll want to forget but nothing in this life can be erased, nor should it. Somethings you’ll want to fix, but as you know, not everything can be. We are like the willows; whose thirst propels their roots deep. The deeper they go, the stronger the willow becomes. When storms hit, it’s branches suffer the most, yet the thirsty roots persist. But regret. Great regret—that’s where the willows weep. Yet the willow remains.”