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Telling a life story in chapters

· By Remember Me · 3 min read

A whole life can feel impossible to write down. It becomes easier when you stop trying to write it all at once. In Remember Me, a life story is made of small pieces: chapters, events and the dates you want to remember.

An illustration of a timeline with four chapter cards, beside forget-me-not flowers

Chapters: the shape of a life

A chapter is one part of their life. Remember Me suggests a few kinds to start from, such as childhood, love and marriage, family, work, passions and later years, but you can write about whatever matters.

Each chapter can have:

  • a title, in your own words;
  • a period, such as "1962 to 1970" or "the summers in the village";
  • a place;
  • as much or as little text as you want.

You don't have to begin at the beginning. Start with the chapter you know best, or the one you most want to keep. You can reorder chapters at any time.

Life events: the moments that mattered

Events are the single moments on their timeline: a wedding, a birth, a move to a new country, a graduation, a first home. When you add the date, Remember Me shows how old they were at the time, which often helps relatives place their own memories.

You can attach photos to an event, so the picture from that day sits right where it belongs in the story.

Honest dates

Families rarely know every date exactly. Remember Me lets you write a date as you know it:

  • exact: 12 June 1948
  • partial: June 1948, or just 1948
  • approximate: c. 1948

We think an honest "around 1948" is better than an invented day, and the app will never fill in a date for you.

Anniversaries

When an event has an exact date, it appears in the memorial's anniversary calendar. For the dates that matter most, like a birthday or the day they passed, you can turn on a gentle reminder once a year. You choose the time it arrives in your notification settings, and you can turn it off whenever you like.

Writing together

Some chapters belong to other people's memories. A sister may remember childhood far better than you; a colleague may know the working years. Invite them as contributors and let each person add what they know. See sharing a memorial with family.

There is no deadline and no right length. A memorial can be a few lines today and a full story years from now.