Give your son the most meaningful gift he will ever receive: the story of her own life, written by you.
From the first steps to the high school graduation, Our Story For My Son is a premium, guided keepsake journal designed to chronicle 18 years of unrepeatable moments. This isn't just a notebook; it’s a time capsule of your family’s emotional journey, beautifully illustrated with a "growing bird" motif that mirrors your son’s path from the nursery to flying the nest.
Why Parents Love This Journal:
•A Year-by-Year Legacy: Dedicated sections for every year of her life, ensuring no memory is lost to time.
•Guided Effortless Journaling: Carefully curated prompts help you record her personality, growth, and your family adventures in just an hour or two each year.
•Inclusive & Thoughtful: Our age-neutral prompts make this the perfect childhood journal for adopted children and all family structures.
•Preserve the Visuals: Includes ample space for precious photos and physical memorabilia from every stage of her childhood.
•Easy to Complete: Parents only need "one or two hours a year" (usually on a birthday) to create something this significant with easy-to-follow emotive prompts.
The Perfect Gift for New Beginnings
Whether you are starting a new tradition on her birthday or looking for a standout baby shower, christening, or naming ceremony gift, this journal is a lasting alternative to toys or clothes. It is the ideal companion to the Bump To Birthday, a pregnancy and first year journal but shines perfectly as a standalone keepsake.
Premium Quality Meets Ethical Design
•Hardcover Luxury: A durable, matt color cover with color-coordinated endpapers, headbands, and a built-in ribbon bookmark.
•Superior Paper: 160 pages of 140gsm heavy-weight, acid-free FSC certified paper, designed to prevent ink bleed and last for generations.
•Sustainable Choice: Ethically produced from sustainably sourced materials because we care about your son’s future planet as much as her past.
•Dimensions: Portrait size (6.8" x 9.5" / 24.2 x 17.2cm).
Stop the clock and start a tradition. Create a keepsake he will treasure forever. Once completed can be gifted on his18th birthday.
ABOUT THIS ITEM •
•THE GIFT OF A LIFETIME – An award-winning, premium 18-year childhood journal designed to help you create a unique, hand-written keepsake your son will treasure forever as he grows from baby to adult.
•GUIDED & EFFORTLESS MEMORY KEEPING – Features carefully curated, year-by-year prompts that make it easy to record unrepeatable moments, personality shifts, and family adventures in just one or two hours each year.
•BEAUTIFUL "GROWING BIRD" ILLUSTRATIONS – Lovingly designed with color illustrations of a baby bird that grows with your child, symbolizing the journey from the nursery until he is ready to fly the nest.
•INCLUSIVE & ADOPTION-FRIENDLY – Thoughtfully worded, age-neutral prompts ensure this journal is perfect for all family structures, including adopted children, focusing on emotional milestones rather than just biological markers.
•PREMIUM ARCHIVAL QUALITY – Built to last for generations with 160 pages of heavy-weight 140gsm acid-free paper, a durable hardcover cover, and elegant features like a ribbon bookmark and color-coordinated endpapers.
Helen Stephens is a multi-award-winning author celebrated for creating beautifully crafted books and journals that capture life’s most meaningful moments. Her bestselling titles include Bump to Birthday, a treasured pregnancy and first-year journal; The Story of Us, which follows childhood milestones; and the much-loved gift book Mum to Mum, Pass It On. Helen has also written a collection of heartfelt children’s picture books, including Hopes & Wishes For You, My Wish For Christmas, My First Birthday With Mummy, and My First Birthday With Daddy. All of her titles are published by FROM YOU TO ME LTD.
Deeply inspired by family, creativity, and everyday rituals, Helen’s work is rooted in connection and reflection. Her journal The Reading Log, designed to help readers capture and celebrate the books they’ve read, has become a bestseller. When she’s not writing, Helen leads an active and creative life, enjoying ceramics and painting, playing tennis, gardening and always finding time to read. Her passion for storytelling and thoughtful living shines through every book she creates, making them keepsakes to be cherished for years to come.
FROM YOU TO ME believes that family, however it’s defined, is at the heart of life’s most meaningful moments. Since 2007, FROM YOU TO ME has been creating distinctive, high-quality journals, books and stationery that deepen connections and turn shared moments into lasting keepsakes.
Each product is crafted with care using FSC-certified, acid-free paper. All children’s products are rigorously tested to meet US safety standards, ensuring quality you can trust. Every design is hand-illustrated and created in-house, making each piece feel truly special. Our thoughtfully designed products help people celebrate love, connection and life’s milestones through beautifully made, heartfelt gifts.
