On her 13th Birthday, Carly is given a letter written by her Grandmother Liz on the day Carly was born. Now, with Grandmother Liz in an Alzheimer's care facility, Carly wants to communicate with her grandmother. This story, told through Carly's journal writing, is a year of friends, school, family, and reaching out to Grandmother Liz, who doesn't recognize Carly. Carly launches a plan to connect with her Grandmother. Carly discovers that there are ways to express love other than by speaking, and is surprised by the bittersweet results.