AN APOLOGIA IS A SUBTLE GIFT, a chosen vulnerability, and if it’s not offered in a very open-handed, easy-to-reject way, manipulation is sure to come as part of the package. None of us can expect our pasts to be trump cards we can play on others. It is a great gift when someone is willing to indulge our wounds or unmet needs, to find such parts of us charming, but there is no such thing as forceful charm, or a demanding apologia.

YOUR STORY will include many layers of apologia, because it will be offered with love and honesty. It will stand ready, as your love already does, until the time is right for any who read your words to receive whatever gift your apologia may hold for the their hearts.

ULTIMATELY OUR WORK, as with any decent legacy, is about conveying the sort of love that adds life, trajectory, and freedom to generations of families.

While your story is the core of anything we do, we can find ways to highlight various ideas for different audiences. Common expressions include children’s books, books of family proverbs, advice books for “thresholds”in children’s lives, commissioned art, family events, purposeful trips, poignant reunions with old friends ... anything, really, that adds simple depth to life. Every family is different, so everything is custom, but there is always a way to love and pursue one another more effectively. We’ll uncover the right options together.

Couples can offer a shared apologia, too. This option is particularly powerful when a couple addresses the unasked questions that live in the shadows of so many families.

For many families, there’s also great value in adding stories gathered from friends, colleagues, and others who can paint a more complete picture of who you are when you’re not at home.

The thing about a family’s DNA is that the present traces directly to the past. Siblings can often work together to create a remarkable view into their parent’s life. This can be a very healing experience for strained relationships, and a fantastic gift for the children, nieces and nephews who gain a fresh perspective on themselves within the world painted for them by their families.

The ideal successes for us are decades-long relationships with families who share a vision, express that vision in diverse ways, and invite one another into their own journeys with a gentleness worthy of the love that connects them. While the eldest generation often takes the lead, the goal of a truly loving legacy is to give voice to children and grandchildren as well. There are a thousand fun and adventurous ways for us to work together to draw the rest of your family into the story.

That may be the greatest reward this effort could bring you.

We take a team approach. A creative lead will define the vision with you, and will make sure everything that follows lines up with your vision. A producer conducts interviews, collects research, and creates the framework for the writer to execute against. Our writers add muscle to the skeleton, ask for more information, and shape the story. Our editors and proofreaders make sure you only review what we consider material that could go directly to print. By the time you see chapters for review, they're our suggestions, not rough first drafts.