The Library of Notes
These stories sit quietly in the library of Very Important Notes. Some may help you think. Some may help you remember. Some may help you find the words you were looking for.
The Yes Philosophy
Not perfection, just participation
There is a lady I know who has one of the most...
Think back to the days when cameras held a roll of film.
You took twenty-four shots and hoped one would...
There are moments in life when everything feels steady. The house is warm, the kettle hums, someone we...
I saw a photograph today.A simple one — a group of women on a beach, sunbathing.Mother and daughters,...
There is a particular kind of quiet that comes from opening an old box of photographs.
Not the crisp,...
In a world obsessed with the new, the shiny, and the immediately impressive, it’s easy to overlook the...
At the heart of Very Important Notes is a voice that feels unmistakably human — thoughtful, clear, and...
“It’s OK that my sister will inherit more”: what this really means — and how VeryImportantNotes can help...
Talking about death with your parents is a conversation everyone dreads. Yet, as a recent BBC story begins:
“Talking...
When we think about legacy, it’s easy to picture grand gestures: inheritances, heirlooms, photographs...
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