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Why I started Rainbow Fields
April 2026
When my grandmother passed, I realised I had lost more than her. I had lost the way she pronounced my name. The cadence of her stories. The folder on her old phone full of recipes she had never quite written down.
I built Rainbow Fields because every family I spoke to had the same quiet ache: that the small everyday details of the people they loved were slipping into folders nobody opened, into chats nobody scrolled back to. The grand obituaries are written. The day-to-day texture of a life is not.
I wanted a place that felt like sitting at a kitchen table with a photo album, not a database. A place where a niece who never met her grandfather can scroll through his garden, his voice, his terrible jokes. A place where grief is allowed to be slow.
This is only the beginning. Thank you for being here.
with care,
the Rainbow Fields team
What is coming.
A few things we are working on, in roughly the order we hope to ship them.
Up next
May 2026
Voice notes and audio memories
A way to keep the sound of someone's laugh, the songs they sang while cooking, the way they answered the phone. Recording, transcription, and gentle reminders to capture them now, not later.
Soon
Summer 2026
Android version
The most-asked question in our inbox. We hear you. The Android build is in active development, with an early invite list opening soon.
Exploring
Later in the year
Yearly remembrance prompts
Quiet, opt-in nudges around birthdays and anniversaries: a small invitation to add a memory, light a candle on the page, or simply pause.
From our community.
Stories and small moments families have chosen to share.
Story shared with permission
March 2026
My kids never met him. Now they know him.
Maria's father passed before her children were born. Over the past year, her aunts have been adding stories to his memorial: fishing trips, recipes, the songs he hummed while gardening. "My eldest now asks for Grandpa stories at bedtime," she wrote. "I cry every time."
Pet memorial
February 2026
Sophie, beloved cat, 2007 to 2025
One of the most-visited memorials on Rainbow Fields belongs to a tortoiseshell cat in Sheffield. Her family invited her vet, neighbours and dog-walker friends to contribute. The result is a small, perfect record of a small, perfect life.
Older letters.
Notes from earlier this year.
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February 2026
On building software that does not rush
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January 2026
Why we will never train ads on your memorials
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December 2025
A first holiday season, together
if you would like to share your story, write to us anytime.
