Community Highlights: Meet Kyle George of Ever After Memoir

Today we’d like to introduce you to Kyle George.

Hi Kyle, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
My story started in 2018. I was in Seville, Spain. It was three in the morning, and my sister was ringing my phone. After the third call, I finally answered and I said what any big brother says to his little sister “I’m sleeping”, call you back in the morning. The next words that came out of her mouth changed my life forever. I’ll never forget it she said, “Dad’s dead”. I said I’ll be home as soon as I can. That very same day I booked a flight back to Miami Florida to bury my dad. I never lost anybody in my life before; that’s the first time I ever did. I went through a lot of emotions, the first one was disbelief and denial. I said to myself this can’t be my dad; had to be somebody else with the same name as my dad. I Googled it and found the article talking about the accident of my father, and it turned out to be my dad from the same town my dad was from. When the doubts started to leave my mind, grief entered and it took me on a ride. I’ve never cried so much in my life.

As I was taking a train from Spain to go to to Barcelona to fly to Germany to then go back to Atlanta and then Miami to see my family, I don’t think I stopped crying for more than 10 minutes. I learned a lot when you lose somebody you love, your whole world ends. I remember thinking my world was over but as I looked around life continued for others. As the years went by I learned that grief is different for everyone, I would reach out to my mother and people who knew my father and I wanted to hear stories about my dad to keep his memories alive in my mind. I wanted to hear and learn more about my dad, I would ask my mom if he love me because I wanted that reassurance because I couldn’t ask my father anymore. It’s true what they say God turns Ashes to Beauty. In 2020, I became a father. I was given a little girl who I named Ivy. She changed my life. One evening I was thinking about how it would be like if my dad was here to meet her. He would love her so much, and he would spoil her. Other thoughts crept into my mind. When my father died, my little brother Henry was three years old. My little brother will never know who my father was, only what others tell him. It got me thinking about my own mortality.

If I were to die today, would my daughter know who I am? How would she know what I want for her in her life, the dreams I have for her, the lessons I want to teach her? Sure, somebody else could tell her what I want for her and how much I love her, but it wouldn’t be the same. I decided to start writing letters for my daughter in the event that I was to die unexpectedly. It might sound morbid to others but I lived it, and nobody knows when their final day is. I want to make sure that when I leave this world, my daughter would have no doubts that I love her. I kept writing letters and it piled up the drawers. And then I thought to myself, what’s better than letters videos! So I decided to create a database where I can leave pre-recorded videos and letters for people who I love to have once I pass away. I discovered firsthand that when someone dies, it’s the people who are left behind who suffer the most and who are in grief. On July 2022, I launched my company Ever After Memoir. I made a platform for people to write letters and leave videos behind while they’re alive for the people who they love. I believe it’s the last act of kindness you can do for the people you love. I love leaving videos for my daughter every week to have, and I know one day when I’m gone, she’ll look back and know that her dad loved her 100%. As the company grew, I expanded our services and added Will services, memory bears and now my new product called QR Memorial. I have integrated technology with the funeral services.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
No, nothing is ever smooth in life. And if it is, somethings wrong. It’s been difficult to market the product. But I have been making a lot of breakthroughs and creating lasting partnerships with funeral home directors who are taking the chance to market our services.

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
My company is called Ever After Memoir. I, Kyle George, am the founder and CEO of the company. We are known for our pre recorded messages for loved ones, memory bears, will services and our most recent and innovative product a QR Memorial. Which the producers of Shark Tank have shown interest in. The QR Memorial is a fascinating way to keep memories alive. We developed to sell to consumers and funeral homes at a very affordable price a QR memorial. It is the most affordable product in the market, made with the highest quality. It is a stainless steel grade 304, the kind of steel you find in your kitchen sink. It comes with an engraved QR (quick responds) on it. When you scan this, it takes you to the online obituary of the person who passed away. These QR memorials are placed on headstones, markers, urns, or anywhere. It is a very affordable way to add photos and videos to the headstone and not have a headstone with just a name and date of birth and death. These QR Memorials tell the story of that person who passed away.

Can you talk to us about how you think about risk?
I am definitely a risk-taker. Life would be boring to me without risks. Doesn’t matter where we are in life, we must all take risks to achieve something. It was a risk for me to create this company and have people invest their money into it. I was getting into a space I knew nothing about, but I think the reward would be bigger than the risk.

Pricing:

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• 69.95

Contact Info:

• Website: www.everaftermemoir.com
• Instagram: everaftermemoir
• Facebook: everaftermemoir
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/everaftermemoir/
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• Youtube: everaftermemoir