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Questions to ask · Home and everyday life · for your Mom

What is something you make with your hands?

Why this question matters

Homes hold a family's habits and traditions. Ask about them while your mom can still describe the rooms, the recipes and the rituals in detail.

Ask it on a quiet afternoon, give time for the answer, and write down the small details. That is where the story lives.

From the journal

Keep Mom’s answers in one book.

This is one of the 100 guided questions in Tell Me Your Story, Mom. Every page has room to write the answer by hand.

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