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Questions to ask · Home and everyday life · for your Parents or Grandparents

What little thing always makes you smile?

Why this question matters

Homes hold a family's habits and traditions. Ask about them while them 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.

  1. What has changed most in the world during your lifetime?
  2. Which recipe of yours should never be lost? Write it here.
  3. What is something you can make with your hands?
  4. What is a film or book that changed how you see things?
  5. What is your favourite place you've ever been?

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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