They'll have everyone from home with them for the first homesick Sunday.
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.
Add their name and send the link to the group chat and the family.
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.
The book is handed over at the going away drinks.
Whoever shared a kitchen with them has a story about it.
Record them on your phone with the link the next time you call in.
The printed book can be waiting for them when they find a flat in Sydney or Toronto.
Tell one story only the two of you know.
"First year, you shrank your jeans in the laundrette dryer and wore them for a month anyway. I'm over in March and I'm taking the spare bed."
"My brother Jim went to Melbourne in 1964 and we wrote letters for forty years. I've his letters in a biscuit tin if you want to read them before you go."
"Find the local GAA club the first week. They'll know someone with a job and a room going."
"I'm coming out for Christmas next year whether you want me or not. Mam's coming with me."
If the flight is sooner, 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
Ask the people they're leaving to say when they'll visit. A message with a date in it gives them something to look forward to in the first year.
Yes. They can record from anywhere in the world with the link. We post the printed book to Ireland, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, every EU country, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland.
Yes. The last night in the pub is a good time for it.
Yes, until you close the book. Order once the late messages are in.
Yes, if you turn chip-in on. Everyone who records can put money towards the book and saves their card. Their cards are charged when you go to pay, and it comes off what you pay. If you don’t finish paying, their money goes back within a week.
Start the book now and invite people whenever you're ready.
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