A LifeBook as a Legacy Project
A Meaningful Way to Document and Celebrate a Life
Everyone has a story to share. Helping individuals facing a challenging diagnosis, along with their loved ones, create a meaningful life story can bring emotional and spiritual relief. It offers a sense of fulfillment and reflection on their journey. Such a project can provide comfort to family members, fostering connection and understanding long after the story is shared.
Why Create a Legacy Project?
A legacy isn’t just something left behind; it’s a gift passed down, carrying deep significance for both the person creating it and their family.
A person can embark on this journey of reflection alone or with the support of their loved ones. These projects can unfold naturally or be guided by family members or caregivers. They can also be started at any point, offering a meaningful way to capture life’s essence and create lasting connections.
Why Write My LifeBook as Your Legacy Project?
Legacy projects vary widely and are unique to each individual. A LifeBook serves as a deeply beneficial legacy project, providing a structured yet personal way to document and celebrate an individual’s life journey.
We make the legacy project process simple and rewarding by having a platform that asks insightful questions which only require a brief response (a few words). Then we expertly craft those words into a personal biography.
This process is specifically designed to facilitate the easy sharing of cherished memories and photos, all while relieving the individual, their families, or caretakers of the burden of writing and designing the biography (we do that part). The individual has the option to include longer passages of writing if they wish, but it is not necessary to create a beautiful LifeBook that represents their unique life journey.
Benefits of a Legacy Project
Exploration and Expression: A legacy project allows individuals to explore and express the meaning of their lives.
Comfort and Relief: The creative process can bring relief and comfort to those involved.
Connection and Bonding: Creating a legacy project can unite people in a loving and calming way during a time filled with intense emotions.
Focus and Control: Planning and working on a project can provide focus and a sense of control during a period when things may feel uncontrollable.
Tangible Remembrance: The legacy project serves as a lasting touchstone, a physical reminder of the person’s life and essence. It offers comfort and connection, helping loved ones reflect on shared memories and continue feeling close to the individual.
The Process of Creating a Legacy Project
The creation process itself can be deeply profound and impactful, sometimes even more so than the final product. If the individual works on the project alone, the time spent in creation and reflection can be healing. When a group collaborates on the project, the shared effort can enhance bonding and reduce stress. Loved ones find comfort not just in the completed project, but in the shared memories and love that emerge during its creation.
By compiling photographs, personal stories, significant milestones, and cherished memories, a LifeBook creates a tangible record that captures the essence of a person’s life. This project not only allows the individual to reflect on their experiences and achievements, but also offers a meaningful way to communicate their values, lessons learned, and personal history to future generations. For loved ones, a LifeBook becomes a treasured keepsake that helps maintain a connection, offering comfort and continuity through the preserved memories and stories. The process of creating a LifeBook can also be therapeutic, fostering a sense of peace for the individual while facilitating bonding and shared reflection among family members, caregivers, and friends.
Legacy Project Referral
FAQs
How Do Referrals Work?
When a caregiver or organization makes a referral, our company reaches out to the family to provide detailed information about the service, and answer any questions. Once the family decides to proceed, we set up their account. We then notify the referring organization that the account has been established, and work on the legacy project can begin!
What is the Caregiver’s Role?
The caregiver assists their client with logging into their account and navigating our very user-friendly platform. They help their client answer the questions that will form the basis of the legacy project, which can be done with just a few words per question. Additionally, the caregiver aids in uploading photos to the platform, ensuring a smooth and straightforward process for creating their client’s legacy book.
Can Family Members Work on a LifeBook Instead of a Caregiver?
Who Writes, Designs and Prints the Legacy Books?
Legacy Books are written and printed directly by Write My LifeBook’s Legacy Project. Individuals will receive a beautifully written and designed hardbound book containing all of the documented memories and photos.
What is the Cost of the Legacy Project and What is Included?
The cost of the project is $175. This includes access to our platform and a professionally designed, color, hardcover keepsake book. Additional books (at a discounted rate) or digital copies may also be purchased.
“Having my mom’s life story documented as her legacy project was a true gift to her and our family. She loved reminiscing about her younger years and the times spent raising her children. Walking through these memories together was incredibly special, and the book is something our family will always cherish. It has become a treasured keepsake for all of us.”
Melinda Parker, daughter
