Crafting Your Legacy: Your Own Story
A legacy letter is a heartfelt opportunity to reflect on your journey together as a couple. It goes beyond merely dictating ideas—it’s a chance to celebrate the love, resilience, and shared memories that define your relationship. Imagine your letter as a family treasure, a symbol of strength and unity, encapsulating the highs and lows that have shaped your bond.
These letters not only preserve memories but also serve as maps of history for future generations. They convey the values and stories that live across time, enriching your family heritage.
Messages of Love and Gratitude
One of the most powerful aspects of a legacy letter is the chance to express love and gratitude to your partner. Reflect on the moments when their love and support meant the most to you. Share stories that capture these memories, like starting with, "I remember the day when we…"
Thank your partner for the shared struggles and joys, celebrating the achievements and small moments that strengthened your relationship. These expressions of love create a lasting emotional impact, encouraging future generations to value and cherish their relationships.
Reflecting on Principles and Life Experiences
Legacy letters are an opportunity to share the values and life lessons that have guided you as a couple. Reflect on the core principles you’ve upheld together and recount stories that highlight their significance.
For instance, "There was a time when we faced…" can set the stage for a story that imparts a moral or lesson. These anecdotes not only preserve your legacy but also offer guidance and inspiration to your partner and descendants.
Looking After Memories and the Legacy of the Family
Family memories are the threads that bind generations together. When crafting your legacy letter, recall moments that highlight your collective history, such as family traditions, celebrations, or even shared challenges.
Mention key milestones, such as the birth of a child or the passing of a loved one, and consider including photographs or personal items to make your letter a meaningful keepsake. These mementos strengthen familial roots and ensure that your story continues to inspire.
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Sharing the Wisdom of the Ages with Future Generations
Legacy letters offer a platform to share the wisdom gained from life’s experiences. Reflect on how events and relationships have shaped you and what you’d like your descendants to learn from your journey.
Write informally, as though you’re having a heartfelt conversation. Empower your loved ones to face adversity with strength and resilience, and remind them of the family’s rich legacy of love and sacrifice. These letters will become enduring guides for your children and grandchildren, inspiring them to live with purpose and pride.
Evaheld Legacy Vault
Evaheld is dedicated to empowering people to complete their digital Legacy and Advance Care Planning, with an all-inclusive Evaheld Legacy Vault making it easy, enjoyable and secure to preserve and share your personal and family voice, story and legacy!
Evaheld empowers people to future-proof their voice for better care and well-being, as well as preserve and share their story and legacy for loved ones and future generations.
And with twelve comprehensive categories that cover over 140 different content types, you can confidently create a family heirloom of true value for your loved ones and future generations.
What you can secure in your Evaheld Legacy Vault
1. Family History & Legacy
2. Life Story, Memoir & Personal Truths
3. Preserve a Deceased Loved One's Memory & Legacy
4. Messages for Milestone Occasions
5. Legacy Letters, Ethical Wills & Legacy Statements
6. Life Lessons, Advice, Wisdom
7. Love, Appreciation & Encouragement
8. Future Generations
9. Forgiveness and Reconciliation
10. Funeral Preferences & Messages
11. Digital & Accessible Advance Care Directive
12. Health & Care Preferences
Learn more about setting up a personalised Evaheld Legacy Vault for your family!
With Evaheld, people are supported through the entire creation process, with the world’s most comprehensive suite of content types and in-browser video, audio and written content creation (or uploads), and of course secure lifetime storage. People also have full management over their recipient, privacy and delivery preferences, safeguarding their privacy, independence, and connections to loved ones today, and into the future.
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The Benefits of preserving your personal and family story and legacy with an Evaheld Legacy Vault
Right now you can set up your Unlimited Evaheld Legacy Vault for FREE!
And it gives you everything you need to confidently create, safe-keep and share your most precious content, and gain peace of mind knowing that:
1. You’ve unburdened your family and secured your healthcare wishes, with a legally valid Digital Advance Care Directive, and a whole lot more!
2. You’ve secured your family story, history and legacy with the perfect family heirloom and tribute to your family and past generations!
3. You’ve told your story and shared your truths so that they will be a constant source of inspiration and wisdom for your loved ones and future generations.
4. You’ve prepared a priceless gift for your loved ones, that will continue to keep on giving, such as when they receive future milestone messages from you on significant dates many years into the future, ensuring that whenever they need support, you’ll be there.
5. You’ve preserved the important stories and legacies of loved ones that have passed, so that that knowledge is carried forward to future generations and not lost with you.
With over 12 categories covering all your needs, Evaheld also provides custom resources hubs across Legacy Planning and Advance Care Planning to help you get started, including helpful content like how to write powerful personal legacy statements and an introduction to preserving your family legacy.
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Evaheld’s “Connection is all we have” Hardship Policy
At Evaheld we believe that everyone’s story and legacy is worth sharing, so if you or someone you know needs some hardship assistance, please reach out and let us know, and someone from our team will ensure that money will not prevent anyone from securing their story, connections and legacy for loved ones and future generations. Because at Evaheld we believe that “Connection is all we have,” and that every single story and legacy is worth preserving!
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