You don’t need a long biography to tell someone’s story. Sometimes legacy lives in the smallest things — a recipe card in your mom’s handwriting, a note your uncle scribbled on the back of a photo, a ticket stub tucked in a book.

When someone dies, it’s often the little details that we want to hold on to: the way they laughed, their favorite book, the photo where they looked truly at peace.

Sometimes the most meaningful gift you can give someone isn’t a thing — it’s a memory, saved and shared with care.

A restored photo, a tribute card, or a printed family tree is more than a product. It’s a way to say: “I see this person. I remember them. I want you to know who they were.”

There’s something both comforting and overwhelming about opening a box of old family photos. You might be looking for one image in particular — or just hoping to finally “get through” the whole collection. But where do you even start?

The first thing to know is: you don’t have to do it all at once.

Paul found the illustration in a folder — a piece his mother had drawn decades ago while studying at Bible college. It had been commissioned by the school, one of the few formal projects in a lifetime of creative work. She was a lifelong artist, primarily known to those close to her, and though many of her watercolors have survived, this particular drawing stood apart.