I was heartbroken when I lost my most precious photo of my father… until this simple little device gave it back.

Last year for Christmas, my kids bought me the most thoughtful present… which ALMOST ended up being the gift of nightmares.

After complaining, I kept old family photos “tucked away in shoeboxes,” they had my precious memories converted into digital form… where they would, in theory, be kept for safekeeping.

It was great at first – I could finally share all my favorite memories from throughout the years! My son’s first steps… the day my husband won the state bowling tournament… decades of memories were suddenly at my fingertips.

But then something terrible happened. I was looking for one of my favorite photos of my father… and I couldn’t find it.

It was the last photo taken of him with his great-granddaughter Ashley before he passed away. In the picture, he’s hugging Ashley with his gift from her (you can’t see it, but it was a macaroni necklace that says “I love you, grandpa”). It’s one of the last times I saw his smile…

We had no idea this would be their last Christmas together. I still have that macaroni necklace… but the photo – which is far more precious to me – was gone. I was heartbroken and felt helpless.

“Maybe it’s in another folder,” I thought to myself. So I started looking… and with each empty folder, my heart sunk further. I began to feel the tears build as my throat swelled up. “It can’t be gone… can it?!”

I swear, I looked through every single folder on my phone and computer – three times. I even called the company who digitized my memories to ensure they hadn’t forgotten it… but they confirmed that the file had been uploaded to my computer.