The cover
The family’s name and a photograph of your choosing.
Example book · A life story
See a finished memory book
Dad, In His Own Words is a life story book Grace made with her family for her dad, Desmond: his photographs, his own stories, and the memories of the people who know him best. A book like this is something to look through together. For someone living with dementia, it also helps carers get to know the person behind the diagnosis. Use the arrows to turn the pages.
Or open the example family and add a memory yourself.
Cover
Cover
Names, photographs and memories in the example are illustrative. Download the PDF (32 pages)
Example book · A family history
The Hartleys
This is the Hartleys’ book, made by Ruth with the whole family. Flick through every page below, exactly as Lovingly Kept lays it out.
The Hartleys
Cover
Cover
Names, photographs and memories in the example are illustrative. Download the PDF (16 pages)
What’s inside
What’s inside every book
Every book is 8 × 8 inches. We lay out every page for you, and you can change any of them.
Photograph pages
Each photograph with its caption: what it is, when, and where.
Everyone’s memories
Several people remembering the same photograph, side by side, each in their own words. When someone remembers it differently, both versions are kept.
Found photographs
The ones nobody could place, with the family’s best guesses.
And if anyone records their memory out loud, a small listen card sits beside it in the book. Scan it with a phone camera to hear their voice.
Start your own family’s book.
Or try being a relative in the example family, and add a memory of your own.