Porch Stories

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

What is your signature dish or grill secret?

Why this question matters

Homes hold a family's habits and traditions. Ask about them while your dad 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 can you fix or build with your own hands?
  2. What little thing always makes you laugh?
  3. What are you secretly very good at?
  4. What has changed most in the world since you were my age?
  5. What does your perfect weekend look like?

From the journal

Keep Dad’s answers in one book.

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

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