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Their childhood, written down

A separate journal for each child, tagged photos, and a private 'on this day' so you can show them, ten years from now, what they were like at four.

Start a journal for your kidSee how it works
1 / child
private journals
Their story, kept apart
Quote-of-the-day
tag
Capture the way they said it
Milestones
first-class
Firsts, lost teeth, school years
Export
as a real book
PDF + Markdown

A journal that grows with them

One journal per child

Each kid has their own private space. Tag entries that involve more than one.

Capture the quotes

The half-invented words and the tiny philosophies that won't survive next year.

On this day, every year

Open Sojourner on a Tuesday and see what they were doing — and saying — on this Tuesday in past years.

Catch the quote before it's gone

A few seconds is all it takes. A year later you'll be glad.

Eli's journal
Age 5 · Sunday
“When the moon is gone in the day, where does it go? On its own holiday?”
#quote#eli#bedtime

What's inside

One journal per child
Each kid has their own private space. Their story, not a sub-thread of yours.
Quotes and milestones
Quick-tag the funny things they say so they're easy to find later.
On this day
See what they were doing — and saying — on this day in years past.
Photos in context
Drop in a photo from the day. It lives with the words, not in a separate album.
Find the firsts
Tag entries with milestones — first steps, first day of school — and pull them all up in one view.
Print as a keepsake
Export a year — or their whole childhood — as a PDF you can hand them on their 18th.

How parents tend to use it

  1. 1
    Start a journal per kid

    Two minutes. The journal exists, with their name on it, ready for the next funny thing they say.

  2. 2
    Catch the quotes as they happen

    Phone-friendly editor. Open it standing in the kitchen, type the line, done.

  3. 3
    Drop in a photo or two

    From your camera roll. The photo sits inside the entry, with the words.

  4. 4
    Look back at 'on this day'

    A year in, the journal starts surprising you with what they were like one, two, five years ago.

  5. 5
    Print it as a book when you're ready

    Export the whole journal as a PDF. Hand it to them on their 18th, their wedding, whenever.

Built for these moments

Newborn
The first year that's a blur

Three lines at 2am. Worth more than the photos.

Toddler
Quote-of-the-day

The half-invented words. The bedtime philosophies. Catch them while they're new.

Big school
First day, every year

A new entry on the first day of school. Five years later, the whole arc is on one page.

Teenager
The years they don't tell you about

Your version of the story, kept honestly. They'll want to read it later.

What parents say

“We've kept Mara's journal since she was two weeks old. The 'on this day' view is unreal — opening it on her birthday and seeing the four years before is the closest thing to time travel I've found.”
A new dad · Two kids
“The quote tagging is the bit that's stuck. I open the app while I'm making lunch, type the line my five-year-old just said, and close it. That's it.”
A mum · Three under seven
“I exported the whole first year as a PDF and had it printed. It sits on the shelf with our wedding album.”
A parent · Ottawa

Frequently asked

Yes — exports come out as clean PDF or Markdown. Plenty of parents send the PDF to a print-on-demand service to get a real bound book. We're also working on a built-in print product.

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