Dad,
Tell Me Your Story
A guided life-story journal for the memories, choices, mistakes, people, lessons, and ordinary moments that shaped his life.
By WistMem · Paperback & hardcover · 7 × 10 in · 160 pages · English
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Preview the Questions
There are stories
only he can tell you.
The view from his childhood window. The friend who made him laugh. The choices that brought him to the life you know.
A small question can open a door you have walked past for years. Let him begin wherever the memory takes him.
Start a conversation with DadYour dad had a whole life before you knew him.
There were jobs before the one you remember, friends whose names you may never have heard, risks he took, things he got wrong, places he wanted to go, and versions of himself that existed long before he became “Dad.” The journal is a way to ask about them.
Room for a whole life.
12 chapters, 96 main questions, and space for the details. Each question has an optional memory cue and a lined response page. There is no daily schedule; begin anywhere and skip anything you prefer to keep private.
Where my story starts
Before I was grown
Learning and belonging
Finding my own way
Making a living
People who mattered
Becoming Dad
The days we shared
Habits worth remembering
Choices and changes
Life as I know it now
In my own words
Made for stories in your own handwriting.
160 black-and-white pages include room for recipes, photo stories, important people, timelines, a remembered place, letters, and extra memories. Write independently or invite someone you trust to help record your words.
7 × 10 inch paperback and hardcover editions, designed for handwriting. Print editions only; no ebook is planned. See the current ordering status above.
Ask about the details.
Five questions from the journal. Below, explore three actual interior pages.
- What was the best place to play near your childhood home?
- Who was your closest friend when you were young?
- What was your first paid job, and what did you do with the money?
- What is a mistake that taught you something useful?
- What is one ordinary day from your past you would like to experience again?
A place for his stories, in his own words.
Give it with a little time together. A question about a first job might become a story you tell for years.
Help him tell the stories
behind the photographs.
A few words in their own voice. Something your family can return to.
Begin with a free question