25 questions to ask your mom

Mom has probably spent years asking about your day. Turn it around. These questions are a gentle way into the stories behind the recipes, the photos, and the advice you still hear in her voice. Ask one at a time, and let the conversation wander.

When she was little

1.What’s your favorite memory from when you were small?
2.What was your mother like when you were growing up?
3.What did you want to be when you grew up?
4.What games did you play, and who did you play them with?
5.What smell or sound takes you straight back to childhood?

Finding her way

6.What was the bravest thing you did as a young woman?
7.What was your first job, and what did it teach you?
8.Who was your closest friend at 20, and what were you like together?
9.What did the world expect of you, and what did you decide for yourself?
10.Is there a road not taken you still think about?

Love and motherhood

11.How did you know you were in love for the first time?
12.What do you remember about the day I was born?
13.What surprised you most about being a mom?
14.What was the hardest season of raising a family, and what got you through it?
15.What do you hope your kids learned from you without you having to say it?

The things she keeps

16.Which family recipe matters most to you, and who taught it to you?
17.What’s a keepsake in the house with a story behind it?
18.What tradition do you hope we carry on?
19.What song always makes you want to dance?
20.What’s the best advice your own mother gave you?

Looking back, looking ahead

21.What are you proudest of?
22.What made you laugh the hardest in your whole life?
23.What do you wish you’d worried less about?
24.What do you want your grandchildren to know about you?
25.Is there something you’ve always wanted to tell me?

Keep her stories, in her own voice

Give Mom an Afterlife Album. She can answer questions like these by writing or recording her voice, add photos, and leave notes for the people she loves. You can download the whole album anytime.

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