When enough has been gathered, Mourning weaves the archive into a life story — chapters like "A girl from Velsen," "The bakery years," "What she taught." Each chapter draws on the memories beneath it and names them, so the story stays anchored to the people who told it. It is editable, expandable, and deliberately never finished; families add a chapter years later when a grandchild is old enough to ask.
What it does
- Chapters woven from the family's gathered memories, with sources shown
- Organized around themes — early years, work, love, what remains
- Editable and re-weavable as new memories arrive
- Readable as one continuous story on the memorial page, if the family chooses
Works alongside
- The memory archive — Photos, stories, letters, and voices — gathered like a museum.
- Voice interviews — The voice itself, kept.
- AI-assisted drafting — When the words feel too heavy, a place to start.
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