Guided sessions at your chosen pace, wherever your loved one is: at a facility, at home, or on location. Stories accumulate in a private archive only your family can access. Order a memorial video, book, or keepsake whenever you're ready.
Life is busy. Visits are short. And every time you leave, you think: "Next time, I'll ask them about that."
But the stories don't wait. Memories fade. Health changes. And the window to capture a lifetime of wisdom, love, and experience quietly closes, one unanswered question at a time.
Get started online. We coordinate, guide, record, and archive. You watch the stories grow.
Sign up online. Tell us about your loved one: their name, their location (assisted living facility, adult family home, or their own home), and any background that helps our guides prepare. No long onboarding call required.
Our team reaches out to arrange the first session, contacting the facility directly if your loved one is in a care setting, or coordinating with the storyteller for in-home and on-location visits. You don't need to arrange anything.
A trained interviewer visits in person each month for a warm, unhurried session. They know how to draw out memories that don't surface in family visits: the childhood details, the pivotal moments, the stories never told.
Each session is added to your private family archive, password-protected and accessible only to your family. Listen from any device. Share with family members anywhere. Submit story prompts through your portal to guide next month's session.
When your family is ready, order a produced memorial video, printed story book, QR-code keepsake, or raw audio feed, built directly from your accumulated archive. No deadline. No pressure. Order on your timeline.
This is a real 4-minute excerpt from John's archive, session 4. His family gave permission to share it so other families could hear the depth and warmth of what a guided session produces.
The stories that surface in guided sessions are different from what comes out in family visits. John's children had no idea he'd once broadcast the World Series from the press box. That story now lives in their archive. It plays every time his grandkids visit.
A real session, shared with permission from John's family.
Each session covers everything needed to capture and preserve your loved one's stories, at your chosen pace.
A trained interviewer who knows how to draw out stories, not just yes/no answers. Sessions run up to one hour and are scheduled at your loved one's location at whatever frequency fits your family.
We reach out to your loved one's facility, home, or location and arrange all scheduling. Your only job is to get us started.
Every session lands in your password-protected family portal. Stream or download from any device, any time, for life.
Submit topics and memories through your family portal each month. Our guide uses them to shape the next session.
Share with every family member at no extra cost. Children, grandchildren, cousins: everyone gets access.
Order a memorial video, book, or keepsake from your archive at any time. Legacy products are ordered separately. No pressure to order until your family is ready.
One price. We gather at your preferred pace. Choose how often sessions happen based on your loved one's energy and your family's timeline, not based on cost.
Bi-Monthly · Monthly · Bi-Weekly
Stories stay in your archive after cancellation. Cancel with no penalty. What's been captured is yours to keep.
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| What you get | The Living Legacy Project | Recording yourself |
|---|---|---|
| Trained guide draws out deep, unrepeated memories | ✓ Every session | ✗ You have to lead |
| Regular sessions at your pace; archive grows over time | ✓ Automatic | ✗ Relies on your availability |
| Session coordination & scheduling | ✓ We handle it | ✗ You arrange it |
| Comfortable working with cognitive decline | ✓ Trained, no guarantees | ✗ No guidance |
| Private family archive, permanent access | ✓ Included | ✗ Just a file on your phone |
| Legacy products built from the archive | ✓ Order any time | ✗ DIY from raw recordings |
| Happens even when you can't visit | ✓ Every month | ✗ Only when you're there |
Consider what you're paying for: a trained interviewer who knows how to draw out stories you've never heard, full session coordination you don't have to manage, a growing private archive your entire family can access forever, and the ability to order a produced keepsake whenever you're ready. The cost of not capturing these stories is losing them permanently.
Our story gatherers are trained and comfortable working with older adults at any stage of cognitive decline. That said, everyone at this stage is different, and we can't promise the sessions will produce the kinds of stories you're hoping for. You know your loved one best; you'll be the best judge of whether there's still a meaningful window. If you'd like to try, we're ready. If sessions aren't producing what your family was hoping for, you can cancel at any time.
Cancel any time. There's no penalty and no contract. Everything already in your archive stays there. Sessions already captured are yours permanently. You can also resume sessions later if your situation changes.
In nearly all cases, yes. Facilities welcome structured, meaningful activities for residents. We handle the entire introduction. You don't need to ask or arrange anything with the facility yourself.
Whenever your family is ready. There's no deadline. Sessions continue and the archive keeps growing. You can order a product after 3 months of sessions or after 3 years. It's entirely on your timeline.
Most families who intend to record their loved one's stories never do. Life gets in the way, and eventually there's no more time. We remove every obstacle: a trained guide handles the scheduling, shows up every month, and draws out stories that don't surface in family visits. For families who are long-distance or juggling busy schedules, we bridge that gap entirely. Every subscription also includes a 5-minute life overview audio, a shareable link your family can use in a memorial program, at a gathering, or wherever it fits. We make sure it gets done.
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Story Gatherers sit with seniors, ask the right questions, and capture something their families will treasure forever. It’s not a side hustle. It’s a calling.
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