Guides to capturing a life story

24 specific questions for your mother about her whole life, from who she was before you to the people she loved, the family she raised, and what she knows now.

Interview questions built for fathers who answer in one word: boyhood, work, becoming a dad, and the things he keeps but never explains.

24 specific questions about your grandmother's childhood: the house she grew up in, her family, school days, and the world around her. Use the ones that fit.

Questions that get a grandfather talking about growing up, work and service, important relationships, and a world that has changed.

Questions adult children put off asking: your parents' childhoods, the relationships that shaped them, and family history they can help explain.

Family history questions for grandparents: the names, old towns, characters, and heirlooms, with room for the context behind them.

A working set of life story interview questions, era by era, plus how to run the interview so you get scenes and stories rather than a résumé.

A practical guide to recording your parents' life story: when to start, which format you'll sustain, and how to turn the recordings into a book.

Family History Month is October. Use it to record one living relative with a four-week plan and a 31-day checklist that ends in a book.

An AI biographer interviews you or a parent about their life and turns the recorded conversations into chapters, an audio file, or a printed book.

A practical, research-grounded guide to recording a parent's life story after a memory-loss or dementia diagnosis.

Research on reminiscence therapy and life review, including depressive symptoms, life satisfaction, loneliness, and studies involving people with dementia.

A step-by-step guide to writing your mother's or father's biography, from gathering their stories and putting them in order to drafting and editing.

What an ethical will is, what to put in a legacy letter, plus a structure checklist, template, and examples to write one your family will keep.

What dignity therapy is, the nine questions in its protocol, and how to ask them at home with a parent or loved one.

Where the PDF download lives in Storyworth, what the file includes, what happens to your stories when the subscription ends, and what to do with the file next.

Gift ideas for elderly parents who need nothing and want less: attention, recorded stories, practical help, and one thing only they can give back.

Real gift ideas for grandparents who have everything: shared experiences, a biography of their own, small things done well, and what grandkids can give.