Mother's Day is here again. As you set aside one day to honor and thank the woman who gave you everything, everyday of your life (we should really do this more), have you ever thought...what was mom like at my age? How did mom feel about <this>? What did mom do when <this> happened? It's usually not until we are full grown adults that we begin to get curious about the humans our parents actually are and were when they were raising us. So to begin your journey of getting to know your mother better, here are 35 questions you could ask your mother this Mother's Day and record to save forever.
Learn about your mom as a kid:
- What were your parents and family like growing up?
- What was your favorite thing to do at recess?
- What did you eat for lunch at school?
- What did you wear for school, play, and church?
- What did your family do for fun?
- What was your mother and father like as parents?
- What were your siblings like growing up?
Learn about your Mom as a teenager:
- What was your first concert?
- Who was your first crush?
- What was your favorite subject and why?
- What did you and your friends do for fun?
- Did you own a Pet Rock or any other fad you regret (or loved)?
- Did you go to Woodstock?
- Where were you when JFK was shot?
Learn about your mom as a young adult:
- What was your first real job and what was it like?
- What was your favorite thing about being an adult?
- What did you and your friends do for fun?
- How did you meet dad?
- How did dad propose?
- How did you know he was The One?
- What do you wish you enjoyed more as a young adult?
Learn about your mom as a mom (from her eyes):
- What surprised you most about becoming a mom?
- What was the hardest thing about motherhood?
- What was the best thing about motherhood?
- What did motherhood teach you?
- How did you feel about <significant memory>?
- How did motherhood changed for you as we got older?
- What advice would you give us about parenting?
Learn about your mom as a wife:
- What advice you would give to me about marriage?
- What was the most surprising thing to you about marriage?
- How did you and dad get through the hard times?
- Did you do anything specific to make dad feel special?
- How did you change as a person when you became a wife?
- What were your favorite traditions you and dad created just for you?
- How did you change your marriage from what your parents's marriage was?
See how easy it is to get to know mom (or any family member) better when you break it down into life categories like this? The average story length on our app is actually 2 minutes, so you could actually have all 35 of these questions recorded in under one hour.
This Mother's Day we hope you are able to celebrate mom in all her glory and maybe find time to record her unique story so it can be passed on for generations to come. She's amazing and she deserves nothing less.
