“How did their grandparents meet — and where did they grow up?”

Why this question

Children who know these stories carry a quiet strength from them. Write what you know; ask about what you don't.

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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