On the things worth keeping
Guides and ideas for parents, grandparents and godparents: letters children open at 18, time capsules, and how a childhood's memories are kept — or lost.
How to write a letter your child opens at 18
The 5-part structure, 20 prompts that unblock you, a real example and the mistakes that turn a moving letter into a generic one.
Read the guide →A time capsule for your child: the complete guide
Physical box, digital, or both? What goes inside, what degrades over 18 years, and how to make sure everything actually reaches your child.
Read the guide →Meaningful newborn gifts: ideas that still matter at 18
Clothes stop fitting in 3 months, toys are forgotten within a year. For grandparents, godparents and friends: gifts that still mean something when the child becomes an adult.
See the ideas →"I thought I'd remember": why we forget our children's first years
Your child will remember nothing from before age 3–4 — and your memory fades too. What science says, and a simple two-minutes-a-week system.
Read the essay →Pregnancy journal: what to write, week by week
Nine months pass faster than you think. What's worth noting each trimester, 15 entry ideas, and the format that survives the years.
Read the guide →First day of school: how to keep the whole moment
Everyone takes the backpack photo. The yearly interview with the same 10 questions, the morning voice and the September letter — in 10 minutes a year.
Read the guide →First birthday traditions worth keeping
From the smash cake to Romania's moț and Korea's doljabi — and how to preserve the day itself, not just the highlights.
Read the guide →How to organize thousands of photos of your kids
20,000 photos and you can't find anything. The rule of three, fast triage, real backup — and the "I have 20 minutes a month" version.
Read the guide →Long-distance grandparents: how to stay close
The weekly ritual, voice messages, the family stories only they can tell, and heritage language — what actually works across the distance.
Read the guide →Why the second child has far fewer photos
The first has 5,000 photos and an album. The second has 600 and nothing written. It isn't favoritism — it's arithmetic, and it's fixable.
Read the essay →Christening and naming day: a practical guide
What to prepare, who does what, what's worth keeping — plus the forgotten part: how the day actually reaches your child, 18 years later.
Read the guide →The first month with a newborn: what's worth keeping
The most intense month of your life disappears almost entirely from memory. What to note in 60 seconds a day — and what not to attempt at all.
Read the guide →What to do with your kids' artwork
Three full boxes and you can't bear to bin any of it. How to choose, how to photograph properly, and why the words on the back matter most.
Read the guide →60 questions to ask your child, by age
The same questions, year after year, become the best portrait of a childhood. The list by age, and how to run the interview so it doesn't feel like an interrogation.
See the questions →How to film your kids so it's worth rewatching
You have hours of footage nobody has ever rewatched. The 10-second rule, and why sound matters more than picture.
Read the guide →"What was I like when I was little?"
It arrives around 5 or 6 and puts a finger on the gap in every family's archive: we know what the child looked like, but no longer who they were.
Read the essay →Two minutes today. In 18 years — everything.
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