“Is this the little girl I carried?

Is this the little boy at play?

I don't remember growing older.

When did they?”

I received an SMS text message this morning that brought a lump to my throat. It was from my son. The apple of eye. My lovely little lad. It read, simply, ‘Hi dad’.

Why the impact? 

Because it is the first text he’s ever sent me. More...

We've done it!

It's taken over 2 years of hard work since the original plan for Memory Pools came about, but on 31st December 2010 we finally put the Memory Pools Beta site live. All we need now is some users!

The idea behind Memory Pools is simple - making it easy to capture, share and relive the  precious memories of bringing up your children. It's so easy to forget all the amazing things children do and say, and all the emotions and feelings we all go through as our children grow from small babies to complete individuals. Sure, we're great at capturing birthdays, Christmases and holidays - but so much of the wonder of bringing up kids is the little things they do and say. The things that can so easily slip our minds. More...