Three generations laughing on a cream sofa: a grandmother reading a dark green book, her granddaughter leaning on her shoulder, and the girl's mother beside them with an arm along the sofa back

Gifts for the holidays

A gift they'll open again and again.

Their story, in their own words and photos, printed as a beautiful book for the whole family.

Give a Life Story bookFor a mom or dad Give a First Year bookFor a new or expecting mom

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Who's it for?

An older woman at a table lifting an old photograph from a box of them, a book open beside her

Life Story

For your mom or dad

The stories you always wanted to hear. How they met, where they grew up, what they've never told you.
They don't need to be a writer. We guide them through it, one question at a time.
Pictures tell half of it. Old photos and captions instead of pages and pages of text.

$99 includes their printed book.

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A mother writing in a journal in bed, her baby asleep in a bassinet beside her

First Year

For a new or expecting mom

Moments she'll cherish forever. The first laugh, the long nights, the sound she never wants to forget.
Better than toys and clothes they'll outgrow. This one stays on the shelf.
As easy as jotting down a note. A line or two and a photo from her phone.

$79 includes her printed book.

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Pictures are half the story.

A photo can go with any answer, with a caption in their words. One snapshot says what would take pages to write.

An old photo of a mother hugging her daughter in a cap and gown at a graduation, her father holding flowers and her brother laughing beside them

An old snapshot of a mother and her teenage son laughing as they talk on two telephones at once

Breakfast at the farmhouse table, 1956. Dad always saved me the heel of the bread.

Our story

What do you hope your children remember about you?

That I was at that table every morning, and that the house was loud. Sundays we all drove out to Grandpa's porch after church, and your mother kept every snapshot in one shoebox.

Grandpa's porch, every Sunday after church.

Your grandmother made bread every Saturday, and the whole street knew it. We ate the first loaf standing up in the kitchen before it ever reached the table.

I didn't know then that those mornings were the good ones. I do now, and I wanted you to have them too.

How the gift works

Choose the gift
Add a note from you.
Give it your way
Tuck it in a card or email it to them.
They tell their stories
One question at a time, with help when they're stuck.
A book to keep
Printed and sent to their door.

An old snapshot of Christmas morning: a girl in a plaid shirt laughing as she holds up a knitted sweater, her brother digging in a box, their mother behind them with a mug by the tree

Giving it on Christmas Eve? It isn't too late.

The gift code comes the moment you pay, to tuck in a card or email to them. They start whenever they're ready.

Give a Life Story bookFor a mom or dad Give a First Year bookFor a new or expecting mom

A gift they'll open again and again.

Who's it for?

Life Story

First Year

Pictures are half the story.

How the gift works

Choose the gift

Give it your way

They tell their stories

A book to keep

Giving it on Christmas Eve? It isn't too late.