“What was the first time they surprised you with something they'd learned?”

Why this question

A skill, a fact, a piece of knowledge you didn't know they had. The gap that had opened up while you weren't looking.

Capturing it in voice

• ·Thirty seconds is plenty. A short answer you actually record beats a long one you keep meaning to.
• ·Say the date and their age out loud at the start. In ten years that one detail will do half the work.
• ·If a sibling wanders in mid-recording, keep going. The interruption is the memory.

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