Dear Friend, from you to me : Memory Journal capturing your friend or relative's own amazing stories (Timeless Collection) (The Timeless Collection)

An award-winning, beautiful fabric and gold foil blocked memory journal, filled with over 60 fun and inspiring questions, carefully compiled to make it easy for your close friend or relation to tell their story and share their wonderful memories and aspirations with you. It’s a priceless gift that’s returned to you once completed!

This journal is perfect for a great friend or your aunt, uncle, cousin, husband or wife – there are many possibilities! The luxurious finish, complete with a gold ribbon bookmark, makes for a wonderfully timeless keepsake that is classic, but contemporary. All in their precious handwriting and on their own or with you, your friend can recall moments, funny stories and memories that make up their life. The thoughtful questions are designed to help them enjoy telling their story, describing the past and the present, as well as thinking about the future. Alongside their handwritten memories, there’s also space for them to add photos and memorabilia too.

Once filled in, this journal will be a wonderful record of your friend’s story, one that can be treasured forever. It’s a great way to ask those questions that you may never think or get the chance to ask in everyday life, but the answers to which are invaluable.

What are some of their favourite things? Find out more about some of the experiences and adventures they have had and what they enjoyed. Understand more about their memories of the times you have spent together, their relationship with you, as well as their hopes and dreams for the future. Everyone has stories to share about their amazing life and it’s so important to find ways to capture and treasure them.

When you get their completed journal returned to you, it’ll be one of the most emotive gifts you’ll ever receive, and therefore this is quite possibly one of the most valuable gifts you’ll ever buy.

Some example questions from this journal:

•What were your favourite childhood toys or games?

•Tell me about what you remember from when we first met?

•Describe some of your fondest memories of the times we have spent together . . .

•Tell me what you like about me . . .

•What would you still love us to do together?

•What are the happiest or greatest memories of your life?

Everyone has a story to tell . . .

A great present for your friend, aunt, uncle, cousin, husband or wife on their birthday, at Christmas or just because you care. This guided journal would also be suitable for a close friend or relation to buy for themselves to complete and then give as a gift to one of their friends or relations once filled in.

Also available in the Timeless Collection: Dear Mum, Dear Dad, Dear Grandma, Dear Grandad, Dear Daughter, Dear Son, Dear Sister and Dear Brother.

Made with paper & love, from you to me.

Why we love it

This is such a precious gift that enables you to ensure you’ve captured the memories of your loved ones for posterity. The luxury fabric cover with gold foiling makes this a stunning gift to give – and then get back. We really like the clock illustration in gold foil on the cover and the flash of matching colour on the high-quality internal pages.

•Portrait 21.5 x 15.3cm

•120 pages of 120gsm uncoated, acid-free paper

•Hardback book

•Fabric colour cover with gold foil detail and colour internal pages

•Printed end papers with head and tail band and gold ribbon bookmark

•Ethically produced from sustainably sourced materials

•Designed and published in the UK

Neil’s background in psychology, and strong family values, allowed him to create a number of journals that allow people to easily and joyfully record their memories via a series of fun guided prompts. The guided journals he has created have won several awards globally and have been translated into many languages. More importantly they have allowed families and friend to understand each other more deeply and leave legacy of information for generations to come.

Outside of working, you will likely find him on, or by, the sea which he loves or making a delicious dish.  He keeps fit by regularly running long distances at an ok speed, and he has also held the winner’s trophy for the Dittisham Regatta Over 50s Coxed Pairs for 7 years now! His latest passion is to learn about Sports Psychology so watch this space for more journals from Neil.