Panara offers a series of personal and relatable anecdotes that show us that life really is written in pencil. She shares how looking at life through such a lens allows us to discover the power and possibility encapsulated in a pencil's mightiest companion - the eraser.

In June of 2022, Melissa Panara did something she had never done: returned greeting cards. In this case, graduation cards with sayings like "Go out there and do something BIG" and "Your moment is NOW". The more she thought about it, the more she felt these sentiments were not what she wanted to convey to the newly-diplomaed in her life. Were they really supposed to now know, with a fair degree of certainty, what they wanted to do with the rest of their lives? Since a diploma is not a crystal ball, she returned the cards and wrote her own.

From this homemade graduation card comes a series of stories that offer a different perspective on life - one in which plans B through Z can lead to far more contentment than plan A.