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Questions to ask · Life lessons · for your Parents or Grandparents

What is worth worrying about, and what isn't?

Why this question matters

A lifetime teaches things no book can. This question gives them a reason to put the lessons into words, and gives you something to return to when you need it.

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

  1. What are you most grateful for?
  2. Is there anything you regret, or would do differently?
  3. What has made your life a happy one?
  4. What does it mean to be a good person?
  5. What is the best advice you've ever been given?

From the journal

Keep their answers in one book.

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

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