Questions to ask grandparents

Every family has stories that only one person can still tell. These cards help you draw them out — what Saturdays looked like at sixteen, the first paycheck, the advice that stuck.

Bring the deck to Sunday lunch, or use it on a call. Consider recording the answers; future you will be glad.

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All questions in this deck

What did your childhood home smell like, sound like, feel like?
What's a piece of advice your own parents gave you that stuck?
What was the hardest decision you ever made — and would you make it again?
What did a Saturday look like when you were sixteen?
How did you meet your closest friend, and are you still in touch?
What invention changed your life the most?
What's a family story you're afraid will be forgotten?
What did you spend your very first paycheck on?
What do you know now that you wish you'd known at thirty?
What was your proudest moment as a parent?
What tradition from your childhood do you wish we still kept?
What do you hope people remember about you?

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