Part One of Three Somewhere between the calendar and the group chat and the best of intentions, we stopped gathering the way we used to. Not all of us. Not all at once. But slowly, across years, the rhythms that used to pull families together (the weekly dinners, the Sunday calls, the visits that lasted […]

Twenty-five years. Thirty. Fifty. At some point you’re shopping for an anniversary gift and you hit the wall every gift-giver eventually hits: they have everything. New dishes? They have dishes. A nice bottle of wine? Sure, fine, but it’s gone in a weekend. A weekend getaway? Lovely, also gone in a weekend. You can only […]

You spent decades providing. Food on the table, a roof over their heads, braces, college, the down payment, the late nights, all of it. That was the job, and you did it. But here’s the thing nobody tells you: that job isn’t actually finished. Your phone is not a legacy Right now, somewhere on your […]

Fill-in-the-blank memoir books have been a popular gift for decades, and the idea is a good one. Hand someone a beautiful book full of prompts about their life, and they’ll fill it with stories worth keeping. Except, often, they don’t. The half-finished memoir on the shelf If you’ve ever given or received one of these […]

Open your camera roll, take a good look at it, and ask yourself – how many photos are there actually worth keeping? There’s a certain type of panic that comes with opening your camera roll. Birthday parties, milestones, recipe screenshots, selfies, a quote that struck you at the right time – it practically feels like […]

Guided life-story journals have had a moment. Services like StoryWorth and Remento have made it mainstream to ask Mom or Dad a weekly question and turn the answers into a keepsake book. And honestly? That’s a great thing. More families are capturing stories than ever before, and any tool that gets someone to sit down […]

Dear Grandma, There are things I never got to ask you. While you were still around, I thought I had all the time in the world with you. I thought you would always be there with stories that would amuse and touch me for a lifetime. But, reality struck, and I realized that the time […]

This week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that Britain will ban children under 16 from using social media apps including TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and X. The ban is expected to take effect early next year. Platforms that don’t comply face multimillion-dollar fines. Starmer’s reasoning was blunt: “Every parent can see it with […]

By Andrea Simpson Here’s what nobody tells you about losing someone: it’s not the big stuff you miss. It’s the voice. I kept my dad’s last voicemail for years. Years. And then one day, in some kind of digital declutter, I deleted it. I still think about that. Not because I forgot him, but because […]

When people think about leaving a legacy, the mind jumps to wills, trusts, and financial plans. Important as those are, they only tell the next generation what was left behind – not how it came to be, or why. A balance sheet shows the numbers. It doesn’t show the values, the lessons, or the moments […]

By Andrea Simpson, Founder of My Peeps There’s a moment every new parent knows. Your baby grins for the first time, or takes that wobbly first step, or falls asleep in a ridiculous position with food on their face and your first instinct is to share it. With your mom. With your best friend. With […]

You think you will remember everything from your baby’s first year. It feels like you are in a trance from their first smile and the way they look at you like you are their whole world.  It feels impossible to forget, doesn’t it?  And then, slowly, pieces of what made up your everyday life start […]

And how to make sure we never forget them It took ten thousand years to build the rituals that hold families together. It took fifty to let them go quiet. By Andrea Simpson, founder My Peeps – June, 2026 There is a book sitting on a lot of nightstands right now, including mine, called A […]

You have thousands of photos from your baby’s first year.  Everything is there – their first smiles, sleepy car rides, random afternoons on the floor.  And yet, when you scroll through your camera roll, it feels flat. Like everything is there, but without a certain flow or concept. You tell yourself you will organize baby […]

There’s a particular kind of magic that happens when a mother and daughter leave their everyday lives behind — the texts go unanswered, the to-do lists get ignored, and somewhere between the first meal together and the last walk on the beach, something shifts. You stop being Mom and daughter for a moment, and become […]

You buy a baby book with the best intentions. It’s beautiful. Thoughtful. Full of prompts you genuinely want to fill out. At first, you keep up with it. You add the birth details, the first photos, maybe even a few little stories from those early weeks. And then life happens. The book slowly disappears into […]

Your baby’s first year feels impossible to forget — until the little details begin to fade. From sleepy routines and tiny milestones to the sounds they made before they could speak, these are the moments that truly matter. Here are 10 meaningful things to save from your baby’s first year so those memories become part of a story you can revisit forever.

You take the photo. You type the caption. And then you stop. Not because the moment does not matter, but because it matters too much. Somewhere along the way, sharing our lives online became automatic. You post the birthday photos. The first day of school. The funny thing they said at dinner. The messy moments […]

You think you’ll remember everything. The moment you saw the positive test. The first time you heard the heartbeat. The way your body changed. The tiny, everyday thoughts you had about the life growing inside you. But you won’t. Pregnancy is one of the most meaningful seasons of your life—and somehow, it becomes a blur […]

You will forget how this feels. Writing this letter is how you don’t. You are told to take pictures, keep mementos, and save every first. But sometimes, it’s the words you write that become the most treasured keepsake of all. Writing a letter to your baby can feel big but really, it’s just about capturing […]