A gift for Mum, Dad, Nan or Pop
Every Sunday for a year, your loved one receives a question by email. Week by week, stories you’ve never heard find their way back to you, and at the end of the year, they become a keepsake book.
On being sent to bed without supper, and a grandmother who had other ideas
I opened the window and there to my surprise was Grandma below with her long cane fishing rod with something tied to the end of it. Much to my delight I discovered it was some dinner for me.
Love always, MumOn finding a perfect hideaway as a girl
I cleaned up the old chook pen, set up my table and chairs and books, and made it my very own library. Sometimes I’d climb into the frangipani tree and perch there with my book happily reading in the sunshine.
Love, Mum
You know them, and yet you don’t. Not what your dad dreamed of being, or who first broke your mum’s heart. Dear To You asks, one gentle question at a time.
So, what would you ask first?
Chapter IHow it works
Choose a plan and the Sunday it begins.
They just hit reply, and can add a photo.
A small window into their life, every week.
After 52 weeks, their story as a hardcover heirloom.
Chapter IIA glimpse inside
Weeks 1–12
Week 7Who was your best friend when you were ten, and what mischief did you two get up to?
Weeks 13–24
Week 16What was your first car, and do you have any memorable road trip stories in it?
Weeks 25–38
Week 25How did you meet your partner? What was your very first impression of them?
Weeks 39–52
Week 46If you could tell your twenty-year-old self one thing, what would it be?
Chapter IIIReal stories
On the best part of a day at the beach
There was nothing better than bright red beetroot juice dripping down my arms as I sat there devouring my lunch.
Mum xOn a favourite family meal growing up
In the 1950s chicken was a treat. There was no KFC in those days. Chicken was a treat and was generally only eaten on special occasions such as Christmas or on a birthday if you were lucky.
DadOn expectations, and finally letting go
After so many years, I acknowledged I didn’t have to please him or the Church any more, and I felt a weight had lifted from my shoulders.
Love, Mum xReal memories from Mums and Dads, shared with permission.
Things I hadn’t thought about in years are coming back to me. It turns out I have far more to say than I ever imagined.
Writing about Dougy the ram, I actually cried. I hadn’t thought about him in sixty years.
Sundays have become something special… I find myself calling or emailing her after almost every reply, just wanting to know more.
Chapter IVNo tech needed
Week 15: Your very first job
How much did you get paid, and what did you spend your first pay cheque on?
Just hit reply. One line, or a full page, it’s totally up to you.
Mum’sChapter VThe keepsake
You don’t lift a finger. We design it, print it and post it, and it’s all included in the price.
Chapter VIWhy Dear To You
I grew up thinking I knew my parents pretty well. A few months into asking them one question a week, I realised I’d barely scratched the surface.
Dad’s boarding school days. His childhood on the coast, and the way he learnt to fish. Mum’s school holiday rituals and the weekly trip to the shops. The small, significant details of lives I thought I already knew.
I built Dear To You so more families get to have those conversations, without waiting for the right moment or learning a new app. One question every Sunday, and a book at the end to keep.
Jake Founder, Dear To You Chapter VIIChoose their journey
Digital
Two dollars a week, for a year of their stories.
A dollar a week, for a year of their stories.
Hardcover
The most loved way to give.
The most loved way to give.
For the whole family
One for you, one for them.
One for you, one for them.
Secure checkout with Stripe
Prices in Australian dollars.Prices in US dollars. Checkout charges in A$ in Australia and US$ everywhere else. Every hardcover is designed, printed and posted for you, free. After checkout you’ll choose the Sunday their first question arrives.
Chapter VIIIFrequently asked questions
Something else? Send us a message.
That’s exactly who Dear To You is designed for. All they need to do is receive an email and hit reply. No app, no account, no password. If they can send an email, they can do this.
Completely fine. There’s no pressure and no catch-up required. Some parents answer every week; others take things at a slower rhythm. The year continues gently regardless, and the story builds at whatever pace feels right.
Yes. You’re copied in on every reply throughout the year, so each response arrives in your inbox as it happens and you’re part of the story as it unfolds.
Yes. Each week they can upload a photo alongside their written reply: an old family snap, a place they’ve described, or anything that brings the story to life. Photos are woven into the final book alongside their words.
Both. Every plan includes instant digital delivery, so you can give it today. After checkout you choose the Sunday their first question arrives, so you can line it up with a birthday, Mother’s or Father’s Day, or Christmas.
After 52 weeks we professionally design and typeset a hardcover book from all of their responses. It’s printed on premium paper and bound as a quality hardcover: a proper heirloom, not a pamphlet.
Yes. We ship anywhere in the world, with no hidden shipping charges on print plans.
