Personal Time Capsules was born from love, loss, and a quiet realization too many families have far too late.
It started with a gift.
One Christmas, I was given a book—one of those keepsake journals meant for a parent to write down their life story. My mom poured her heart into it, and when she gave it back to me, I was grateful… and then something unexpected happened.
I realized how much was missing.
Not because she didn't want to share—but because writing is hard. Typing is harder. Memories don't come in neat paragraphs. There were stories she skipped because they felt too long, details she left out because she wasn't sure they mattered, moments she couldn't quite capture with words alone. And there was no way for her siblings, friends, or family to jump in and add their memories alongside hers.
Around that same time, I was sitting with my mom and one of my uncles—she's one of ten siblings—and they started talking about the boxes of old photos scattered across the family. Pictures of my grandparents. Snapshots of moments frozen in time. Each sibling had some, but no one had the full story. No names written on the back. No voices explaining the moment. Just fragments of a life that once felt so full.
Then it happened again—from a different generation.
My niece bought my dad a similar book, asking him to write down his life story. When I asked her why, she told me something that stopped me cold. Her grandfather had recently passed away, and at his funeral she learned stories about him she had never heard before. Stories that made her wish she could go back and ask questions. Stories she wanted her own kids to know someday.
That's when it clicked.
Memories aren't meant to live in boxes.
Stories aren't meant to die with us.
And our legacy shouldn't be limited by our ability to type or write.
Personal Time Capsules exists to preserve what truly matters—our voices, our faces, our stories, our love—as a living, digital legacy.
Not just words on a page, but:
- Video messages
- Voice recordings
- Photos with context and meaning
- Messages sent into the future for children, grandchildren, and loved ones
- Stories created together, across generations
This is for the grandmother who wants her grandkids to hear her laugh again.
For the father who wants to explain why a photo mattered.
For the parent who wants to leave guidance, encouragement, and love long after they're gone.
For families who don't want their history reduced to guesses and half-remembered stories.
Personal Time Capsules is simple by design, because it was built with our elders in mind. No pressure to "get it perfect." No fear of forgetting a detail. Just a safe, private place where memories can be captured naturally—and shared intentionally.
Because one day, someone you love will wish they could hear your voice again.
We're here to make sure they can.