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

What is your favourite place you've ever been?

Why this question matters

Everyday life is what disappears first: the Sunday routine, the smell of the kitchen, the jobs everyone had. This question keeps the ordinary days, which are often the dearest.

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 do you do when you finally get a moment to yourself?
  2. What little thing always makes you smile?
  3. What does your perfect weekend look like?
  4. What is your signature dish or grill secret?
  5. What song always gets you singing?

From the journal

Keep their answers in one book.

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

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