Living Legacy · While they still can
Let them tell their story while they still can
Living Legacy is a private, unhurried interview for someone you love who is still here: your mother, your father, a grandparent. Rachelle or Nate asks one question at a time. They type or record their answers in their own words, skip anything they like, and decide when their chapter is ready to share. Nothing reaches you until they approve it.
Living Legacy is part of The Legacy, a one-time plan ($300). No subscription. See plans and availability
Most of us wait too long to ask
Celebration, not commemoration. We usually start gathering someone's story once they're gone, from photos, from other people and from what we half remember. Living Legacy turns that around. It gives the person themselves a quiet place to say what they want remembered, in their own voice, at their own pace.
It isn't a test, and it isn't a form. It's a conversation they can open whenever they feel like it, close halfway through, and come back to next week.
How Living Legacy works
i. You set it up
Begin a memorial for someone who is living. You choose whether Rachelle or Nate does the asking.
ii. They get a private link
They don't need an app or an account, just the link. When they open it, the interviewer greets them by name and explains how it works before the first question.
iii. One question at a time
The questions are written for them. They can type an answer or say it aloud and record it. They can skip any question, and if they close the page, their place is saved. The same link takes them back to where they stopped.
iv. They read their chapter and approve it
Their chapter is exactly what they wrote and recorded, word for word. They can change anything. Until they approve it, their answers stay private to them, and that includes you.
v. You choose whether to publish
Once they approve, you can read and listen. Then you decide whether their chapter appears on their life-story page. Approving it doesn't publish anything on its own.
They stay in charge of their own words
- They decide. Nothing is shared until they read their chapter and approve it.
- They can change their mind. While they're living and their link is active, they can skip any question, edit or delete any answer, and withdraw their approval.
- You publish. Only you decide whether the approved chapter appears on their life-story page, and whether that page is private, shared by link or public.
- Follow-up questions only when they ask. After a typed answer, they can press a button to have the AI suggest one follow-up question based on what they wrote. It only happens when they ask. Recordings are never used for follow-up questions.
Some words wait: "Share after I'm gone"
Some things people want said later. Living Legacy has a "Share after I'm gone" section for exactly that. Answers there are held until after they have passed. You can't see them while they're living. They stay hidden until you confirm in the memorial's settings that they have passed.
They can also address one of those messages to a particular person, such as a grandchild, a sister or an old friend.
In their own voice, kept as they said it
If they record an answer, the recording is kept in their own words. It isn't rewritten or turned into a summary, and it isn't automatically transcribed.
Rachelle and Nate are AI interviewers, not people. They're there to ask good questions and then get out of the way.
What The Legacy includes
Living Legacy is part of The Legacy, a one-time plan at $300. There's no subscription. The Legacy includes:
- Living Legacy: a private, AI-guided interview so the person can tell their own story while they're alive
- Up to 50 completed guided interviews per memorial with Rachelle or Nate, for family and friends
- Every voice recording on the memorial, plus unlimited photos and video
- One engraved, weather-resistant QR headstone plaque per memorial ($8.95 US shipping is paid separately)
A lifetime plan means a one-time purchase, not a guarantee of perpetual hosting. You can download everything at any time.
Every memorial starts free. You can begin the memorial, invite family and start gathering stories before you choose a plan.
Not sure what to ask? Start with ours
If you'd rather sit down with them yourself first, we've put together 100 questions to ask your parents, grouped by stage of life, with a free printable list.
Read the questionsQuestions families ask about Living Legacy
Does my parent need an account or an app?
No. They open a private link in a web browser. There's nothing to install and no password to remember.
What if they don't like typing?
They can say their answer aloud and record it instead, one question at a time. Recordings are kept in their own words.
Can I read their answers as they go?
No. While they write, their answers and recordings are private to them. You see their chapter only after they read it and approve it.
Can they change their mind later?
Yes. While they're living and their link is active, they can skip questions, edit or delete answers, and withdraw their approval.
What happens to the "Share after I'm gone" answers?
They're held and not shared while your parent is living. They stay hidden until you confirm in the memorial's settings that your parent has passed.
Is Rachelle a real person?
No. Rachelle and Nate are AI interviewers. The questions are written in advance. The AI suggests a follow-up question only when your parent asks for one after a typed answer, and never from their recordings.