Give a parent a guided Life Story experience, with thoughtful questions that open up memories and conversations. Discover more about the person you have known all your life.
Explore Life Story giftsA meaningful gift, with room to write at their own pace. Explore both writing approaches below.
Your memories, in your words
Guided Life Story sample
Your memories. Your starting point.
A little structure can help you begin. So can a memory you cannot wait to tell.
Follow a thread through your life
“I would like some help knowing where to start.”
Explore chapter themes with thoughtful questions and follow-ups. Choose an alternative when an eligible question does not fit, and review your memories before creating each chapter.
One-time guided packages. Begin with the free Prologue.
Begin with the memory on your mind
“I already know the story I want to tell.”
Start with your own writing, an optional idea, or one photo. Add passages in your own time, use guidance when it helps, and finish each story in your library.
One calendar month free for eligible accounts, with no card required. Guided packages do not include separate annual access.
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Built for group contributions. Invite family and friends, collect stories and photos, and bring many perspectives together in one shared gift.
Tribute contributors receive an easy sign-up link, create an account for extra security, and then share memories.
Turn submissions into a shareable reveal and keep an offline keepsake your family can revisit.
Reach support by email, get a tracked ticket confirmation, and keep your story project moving.
Theme-based chapters, flexible question choices, and follow-up prompts that help you explore the details you remember.
Package selection, contributor invitations, reminders, reveal flow, and keepsake outcomes in one journey.
See how guided answers become a polished first chapter extract, with both the narrative and original Q&A included in the full book.
View exampleSee how five friends collaborated on a birthday tribute keepsake for Olivia.
View example"My mom read her keepsake cover to cover in one sitting. It became the highlight of her birthday."
"The guided questions helped us uncover stories we had never heard before."
"I expected this to feel complex, but the process was clear from day one."
Choose guided chapters, independent stories, or a group Tribute. Each approach has its own access.
Start with a question, your own memory, or a photo. Add details in short sessions and check that your writing is saved.
Review your writing and finish it when you are ready. Book creation and sharing follow the rules of your chosen experience.
Use guided Life Story to explore chapter questions, Tell It Your Way to capture individual stories, or Tribute to collect a group keepsake. Each approach has its own access and finishing steps.
Choose guided Life Story for chapter structure, Tell It Your Way for a memory you already want to tell, and Tribute for group contributions around someone special. The two personal-writing approaches can be used together with separate access.
No. Guided questions can help you find a starting point. With Tell It Your Way, begin with a few sentences of your own and use optional guidance when it helps.
Contributors receive an easy sign-up link, create an account for extra security, and then submit responses from phone or desktop.
Choose guided questions for a little structure, or Tell It Your Way for a story you already want to tell.
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