These are the questions I used. Some of them will be applicable to everyone, others might prompt you to write your own depending on the recipient's age and background.
Tell something about each of your children, their personalities, their talents and traits that make them different and special.
Describe your favourite holiday since you were married.
Tell about home cures or old wives tales, hiccups, toothaches, earaches, and arthritis.
Where were you and what were you doing the day the wall came down in Germany?
Describe your wedding dress.
Write a description of your husband or wife.
What does retirement mean to you?
Describe your mother's wedding dress. What do you know about her wedding?
Where did you live as a child? Town, country, suburb, etc?
What is your greatest joy, your greatest sorrow?
Do you have a favourite author? Why? Who? Tell about your favourite books as a child and as n adult.
What do you feel have been the most significant world events that have taken place in your lifetime and why?
Describe the most serious illness or accident that you have had.
What are you reading at the moment? What do books mean to you?
Describe your yard as a child - what are your memories? Draw a diagram if you can.
Tell about Family Reunions.
Tell about your teenage social life. Your friends, dances, dating, outings, church functions etc.
Can you remember your first day – at school, University…
What was your first job?
What would you like to be remembered for?
Describe your first home as a young couple.
What lessons did you take as a child? Did you carry any over into adulthood?
What were the favourite places to go with your family when you were young?
Tell about any ancestors that you know about. Names, dates, etc. for historical purposes and any stories about them.
Tell about anniversaries, celebrations, trips, and gifts.
What were your fears, expectations, and anticipations about getting married?
Tell about a special date you had with a boyfriend or your fiance.
What is your mother's best trait? Worst? What are the traits you share?
What is your father's best trait? Worst? What are the traits you share?
One word on how to live successfully.
How do you feel about winning? Losing?
Tell a courtship story about your parents, how they met etc...
Tell the same about your own courtship.
Describe a favourite childhood friend and something you did with her or him.
Tell about your grandchildren - how do you feel about being a grandparent? How did you feel after the first time of becoming a grandparent? How does it feel now?
Have you met or worked with famous people? Who? Where?
How did you become engaged?
What is the most wonderful thing that ever happened to you and the worst?
What is your child rearing philosophy?
Describe your Sundays as a mother or as a child.
What can frighten you the most and why?
Do you wish you had more sisters or brothers, and why?
Tell about your favourite aunt.
What is the most exciting place that you have ever been to and why?
What was your worst, really embarrassing moment?
What games did you play as a child - inside and outside?
Where did your Grandparents live? What was their home like? Did it have a certain smell or look?
Tell about your favourite aunt or uncle.
Did you have a close relationship with your grandparents? Tell about it.
Tell how, when, where you learned to drive and any memorable experiences.
Tell about each of your children's names, birth date, where, doctors, circumstances surrounding the birth, bringing them up, problems, joys etc.
How did you like being the youngest(/eldest/middle etc.) child? What were the advantages or disadvantages?
Tell about a frustrating experience that you have had with a car.
What is your advice to those younger than you?
What sports clubs did/do you belong to? What did/does the sport mean to you?
Did you and your father share any interests together? What and why?
What is your favourite part of scripture and why?
Describe a childhood Christmas.
Describe a typical day in primary school.
What did you do when you were a child that got you in the most trouble and how did your parents handle it?
How did you feel about school?
Do you remember any of your four grandparents? Any greats? What were their names? Any memories that you have.
Tell about your mother: personality, characteristics, stature, coloring, talents, temperament, family stories about her, her role in your home, etc.
What is your personal secret of happiness?
Describe a perfect spring day and activities on that day.
What is the most important lesson, message, or advice that you have learned that you might pass on to others?
Thinking back, was there a teacher who had a great influence on you?
Tell about your own family traditions. Christmas, Easter, birthdays, graduations, weddings, funerals, first communions, confirmations etc.
Describe a childhood birthday.
What personality trait do you admire and why?
Did you have a favourite TV or radio program as a child? Tell about it.
Did it snow much when you were a child? Tell something about it, what did you do?
Write about some places you went with your father.
Write about some places that you went with your mother.
Write about some places that you went with your sibling/s.
What do you think about films - what is your favourite film and why?
If you could be an animal, which one would you choose and why?
Describe a typical day during your secondary school years.
What kind of extra-curricular activities did you participate in at school?
Tell about the house you lived in during your childhood.
What do you think brings good or bad luck?
Tell about all the places you have worked.
Tell about your siblings. What made them the people they were? How did they change from childhood to adulthood?
Tell an evacuation story about you or your siblings.
Tell about the war where you grew up.
Describe your wedding day.
What are your food preferences and how did they come about?
1 comment:
Blimy Clare it must have take you ages to write this post.
Keep meaning to do this, maybe the time is now.
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