Unique idea that made shoppers ’emotional’ ideal for Mother’s Day gift

If you’re struggling to find a gift for Mother’s Day this year, a present that pulls at the heartstrings might be just the ticket to show the special lady in your life how much they mean to you. 

Your Story has created a Mother’s Day gift that will capture memories you and your family have made for a lifetime in a full-colour book that can be picked up and flicked through time and time again. 

It’s such a lovely idea for your mum or grandma as it’s something the whole family can work on together – Your Story sends over a set of questions by email that help build a personalised book that is unique to the recipient. 

As well as a section to upload photos, Your Story provides lots of helpful questions to prompt memories and uncover stories that they might have forgotten about, for example, ‘what was your first trip abroad?’ and ‘what is the funniest memory you have?’.

The £149 hardbound book is a cheaper alternative to a private autobiography which can cost thousands of pounds to create, and a much longer time to complete. 

The unique company was set up by two siblings who after experiencing their Dad passing young and witnessing their Nana’s Alzheimer’s journey wanted to make a way of preserving life stories before the opportunity was no longer there to ask loved ones about them. 

With every photo book purchased, a donation is made to the charity Alzheimer’s Society, plus the company offers support while you are building the book and you have full privacy and security so no one but the story writer will see their stories until it is printed. 

While the photo book will take a little longer to make than an alternative Mother’s Day gift, if the glowing reviews are anything to go by it will be well worth the wait. 

One person said: “Mum loved it, and so did we! She wasn’t sure she had any stories to start with, but the questions helped, and she created a book that we will keep forever.”

Another happy customer added that the Your Story photo book meant a lot to them, penning, “My family live all over the place now, so it was fantastic to write down my memories and get the book sent to them – they absolutely loved reading them, even my son got emotional!”