Remembering

Every Family Has Stories Worth Remembering

Some stories are memories we lived ourselves. Others belong to parents, grandparents, ancestors, and generations before us. First Year Storybooks helps families preserve and share those stories so children can understand where they come from, strengthen their sense of belonging, and stay connected across generations.

When children know the stories that came before them, those stories become part of who they are.

Tiny Moments, Big Love

A tender collection of first-year memories that preserves the ordinary moments families never want to lose. Through gentle poems and heartfelt reflections, this keepsake celebrates the love, laughter, milestones, and quiet beginnings that become part of a child’s family story—helping them one day understand where they came from and how deeply they have always belonged.

The Christmas Ribbon

A heartwarming Christmas story about the memories we inherit and the love we carry forward. As Alexis follows a red ribbon through her family’s Victorian home, she discovers treasured traditions, meaningful keepsakes, and the quiet ways one generation’s love becomes part of the next—helping children see how family stories and traditions connect them to the people who came before.

📖 READ

Read the stories, journals, photographs, letters, recipes, keepsakes, and family heirlooms that carry pieces of your family’s past.

A young girl in a red and black plaid dress with lace trim sitting on the floor, reaching out towards a knitted star ornament hanging in front of a decorated Christmas tree with wrapped presents around her. The cover of a book titled "Tiny Moments, Big Love: The Story of a First Year" with decorative borders and small hearts.
Cover of "The Christmas Ribbon: The Red Ribbon," a children's storybook. Shows a young girl in a red dress holding a stuffed horse, standing in snowy front yard of a decorated house, with a large red ribbon laid out on the snow leading to the house. Two street lamps with red bows and a bird on a tree with a red ribbon are also visible.

How We Remember

Remembering begins when we revisit the stories, photographs, keepsakes, and traditions that help us understand where we come from and who we belong to.

💬 SHARE

Talk about who was there, what happened, why it mattered, and what the story means to your family.

🧰 PRESERVE

Capture the story through writing, photos, keepsakes, traditions, recordings, recipes, or family records so it is not lost.

❤️ CONNECT Pass the story forward so children understand where they come from and feel connected to the people and generations before them.

Pass the story forward.