Talk
Start an editorial conversation. The interviewer follows your lead.
Tell it like it was.
Before I Forget helps you remember, capture, polish, and share stories worth keeping.
Five ways to tell your story
However you want to share it, the interviewer meets you there.
Record
Speak into your phone or computer. Your voice, captured.
Type
Write as much or as little as you like.
Share photos
Upload a photo. The interviewer asks about it.
Upload
Old letters, documents, notes. Bring what you have.
Your words, shaped into something worth keeping
Every guided conversation becomes an editorial-quality written story. Your voice. Your details. Polished, structured, and ready to share.
Add photos with captions. Combine related stories into chapters. Build something that lasts.
A Summer in Provence
March 2024
The farmhouse sat on a hill outside Gordes, with blue shutters and lavender running down to the road. We arrived late in the afternoon, sunburnt and arguing about the map, and couldn't find the key anywhere.
The view from the terrace at Gordes
We sat outside until midnight that first night. The children fell asleep on the grass and we carried them in one by one. The kitchen smelled like someone else's cooking — garlic, herbs, old stone. By the second morning it felt like ours.
It grows with you
Stories become chapters
Combine related stories. A life takes shape one conversation at a time.
Editorial Review
See what's strong, where the gaps are, and what to explore next. Like having an editor across your whole story archive.
Re-polish any time
Add more to a conversation. The story updates. Your stories evolve.
Capture stories about someone who matters.
A Tribute turns your conversations about someone into polished, editorial-quality stories — the same way Before I Forget captures your own. For a eulogy, a retirement, a milestone birthday, or just because.
Invite others to contribute to or review your stories. They can suggest topics, comment on stories, share what they know, and help capture a fuller picture.
Create a TributeDAUGHTER
The fishing trips at Mallacoota
FORMER COLLEAGUE
His first week at the company
GRANDSON
Saturday mornings in the workshop
Ready to start?
Your story
Start with a place, a person, or a moment. The interviewer draws out the details. Your conversations become stories worth keeping.
Start your storyA Tribute
Capture stories about someone who matters. For a eulogy, a birthday, or just because. Invite others to contribute to or review your stories.
Create a TributePrivate. Secure. Yours.
Your stories are private by default.
Your data is stored securely in Australia.
You own everything you create.