“Who was there that day — and who was the first to know?”

Why this question

Whoever stood beside you, or the way you stood it alone. The first call you made, the message you sent, and what came back.

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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