Teacher retirement
A retirement card for a teacher, signed by students and parents one lamp at a time
A retirement card for a teacher that a whole school can sign: the link travels round the class chat, each person lights one lamp with their own words, and the teacher opens the finished wall. Free to build and preview, €3 to send.
No account needed to start
Write it your way
Write every line yourself, or let the AI writing helper draft one for you.
€3 once to send
Building and previewing are free. Sending costs €3 one-time - 3 for €5, 10 for €10 - and never renews.
One private link
They open it in any browser on any phone. Nothing to install, no account for them.
Live demo
Lamps light one after another, so a thirty-year career reads as a single arc instead of forty tiles in upload order.
- Live since 2025
- 38 formats
- 6 languages
4.9/5 from early users
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Happy 30, Mira!
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This is what they get
What to write in a teacher retirement card
“Thirty years of other people's children. Thank you for every one of them, ours included.”
“You taught both of ours, eleven years apart, and they came home saying the same thing: that you listened first and corrected after.”
“Enjoy the slow mornings you never got to have. The school will keep running on things you started.”
How it works
What they will see
- Holds the medallion until the flame catches and the gold doors open.
- Walks the wall of lamps and taps each one to read the words behind it.
- Lights a lamp with their own words, then answers your closing question.
Pick the format and fill it in
Names, your message, and the details this format uses - a date, a place, wishes or a few photos. No account needed to start.
Preview it as they will see it
The live preview runs the real page: opening ritual, reveal, and the closing question. Building and previewing is free.
Send the link
Sending one giftable costs €3 (3 for €5, 10 for €10). It opens in any browser with no app, and their answer comes back to your dashboard.
Frequently asked questions
How does everyone sign it without making an account?
You pass the link on. Each parent or student adds one lamp with their name and forwards it to the next person - no sign-up, nothing to install. The words travel in the link itself, so agree who closes the chain: whoever sends it to the teacher carries everybody with them.
Does the teacher say anything back?
Yes. At the end of the wall the teacher answers the question you wrote and can type a line back, and it lands with whoever sent the link - by email and in their dashboard. A paper card that goes round the staffroom never tells you what they felt while reading it.
What do you write in a teacher retirement card, and is a link enough after thirty years?
The formula that works is one specific memory, what it changed, and one wish for the mornings after - "you listened first and corrected after" carries more than "enjoy your retirement". On the link: forty separate notes in an envelope get read once and lost, while these arrive one lamp at a time, in a rhythm, and the page still opens on the anniversary of that last day. Free to build and preview; €3 to send one, 3 for €5 or 10 for €10.
Made to feel personal
More like opening a gift. Less like reading an e-card.
Your real memories
Photos and words from your relationship, arranged as a small story.
A moment of discovery
Scratch, tap, and swipe interactions slow the moment down in a good way.
Their answer comes back
Their answer to the closing question lands in your dashboard.
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Ready when you are
Make the message feel like a moment.
Start with the photos already on your phone. You can edit every word before anything is sent.
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