Parents, grandparents, godparents and school friends each record a memory and a piece of advice. Your eighteen-year-old gets a book of it all.
Gathering is free. You won't need a card.
We are enabling over 1 million people to say it. Share the stories, love and gratitude. Your voice is what makes the world's greatest gift.
Put in their name, then send the link to the family group.
Friends and family can capture a memory by voice, video, writing or photos, wherever they are in the world. It's easy on any phone and nobody needs an account!
We write out every voice note and gather it all into a podcast you can play and a beautiful book you can hold.
Open the book six weeks ahead. Grandparents and godparents have stories from before your child can remember, and an aunt or uncle abroad can record from wherever they are.
A grandparent who'd rather not use a phone can tell you their story at the kitchen table while you record it.
You can read and play every message before you order anything.
Each person can add a photo with their message, from the first day of school to the Debs.
Give them one piece of advice you'd stand over.
"Ciara, it's Dad. I drove you round Ballymun at two in the morning every night for a month because it was the only way you'd sleep. Mind yourself, and text your mother when you're home."
"Ciara, it's Muireann. Thanks for sitting beside me in German for six years when neither of us knew what was going on. See you Saturday."
"Ciara, it's Fergal in Perth. Open a savings account this year and put something in it every month. Happy birthday from all of us over here."
"Ciara, pet, it's Granny. You learned to knit at my kitchen table when you were six and made a scarf for the dog. Happy birthday love."
The printed book takes about three weeks to arrive. If the party comes sooner than that, the podcast link and the book online are ready the day you order.
We gave a book of stories about Mam to her for Christmas and she said it was the best gift she had received. There were some stories she had never heard! She felt really surrounded by love.
Want to write your own questions? Start a blank book
A book they'll still have at thirty. Ask every grandparent, godparent, aunt and uncle for one message, and give them the printed hardcover on the day.
One memory from when they were small and one piece of advice for the next few years. Say it the way you'd say it to them across the table.
Yes. Turn on video when you start the book, and their friends can film a message instead of recording their voice.
On the morning of the birthday, or at the party with the podcast link playing. You could also keep the printed book back for the day they leave for college.
Start the book now and invite people whenever you're ready.
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