“Every family has a shape. What's the story of how yours came to be?”

Why this question

One parent or two, step-siblings, two houses, one house — however it is. The honest, warm version you'd want them to grow up with.

Capturing it in voice

• ·Answer it yourself first, then ask them the same question and keep both. Two voices, one moment.
• ·You don't need quiet. You need now. Record it in the car, on the walk to school, at the foot of the bed.
• ·Record it on an ordinary day — the background noise of your kitchen is part of the keepsake.

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