For Dr. Debbie Holliday-Phillips, it’s the taste of sweet potato pie that brings her mother, Altee Frazier, rushing back, her strength, her faith, and the quiet love that shaped an entire family.

What began as one daughter’s tribute became something much larger. When Dr. Debbie invited others to share their own mother stories, responses poured in from every direction: mothers of different faiths, races, and backgrounds, each one leaving her own mark.

The result is a book organized into six chapters of memory: the flavor of home, foundations of faith and strength, lessons in resilience, laughter and childhood mischief, unwavering support, and love that outlasts loss. Woven throughout are blank pages for you to add your own mother’s story, her recipes, her lessons, her photo, so this book becomes as much yours as it is hers.

Whatever your relationship to motherhood — daughter, son, mom yourself, or someone grieving — this book offers a simple, powerful reminder: love like this never really leaves us.