Articles tagged with “family stories”
Lists & Roundups
WWII veterans are passing at roughly 130 a day. Vietnam vets are now in their 70s and 80s. These 40 questions are the ones their families will wish they'd asked — with the gentle framing that gets them answered.
The Memory Murals Team • May 17, 2026
How-To Guides
Most of us mean to ask. We don't. Then we lose the chance. Here's an honest, parent-neutral guide to interviewing your mom or dad — what actually works, what doesn't, and where the recording lives for the next twenty years.
Patrick Moore • May 13, 2026
How-To Guides
Most dads don't open up across a kitchen table. They talk sideways — in the truck, in the garage, walking the dog. Here's how to record him anyway: why he deflects, why audio is the medium that finally works, and 30 questions ranked from 'first car' to 'your father.'
Patrick Moore • May 5, 2026
Lists & Roundups
Your grandparents are the last living link to a world nobody else around you ever saw — your parent as a kid, the country you came from, the century before yours. These 40 questions unlock the stories that disappear when they do.
The Memory Murals Team • May 2, 2026
How-To Guides
Most moms deflect when you ask them to 'tell their story.' Here's how to set up the kitchen-table interview, the script that breaks the deflection, the five pivots when she says 'oh, nobody wants to hear about that,' and the three questions to ask if you only get twenty minutes.
Patrick Moore • April 30, 2026
How-To Guides
After a dementia diagnosis, voice fades in a specific order — vocabulary, then patterns, then the laugh. Here's a 7-step plan to record your parent before that order runs out.
The Memory Murals Team • April 23, 2026
Lists & Roundups
He taught you to ride a bike and pretended the burnt pancakes were fine. But do you know what scared him? What he almost did differently? What he wishes he'd said? These 50 questions unlock the man behind 'Dad.'
Patrick Moore • April 18, 2026
Comparisons
My dad tells the same Thanksgiving story every year — and my aunt told me the real version is better. Seven memory sharing apps tested for the families who want to save the story behind the photo, not just the photo.
Patrick Moore • April 15, 2026
Comparisons
A voice recording book can turn a grandparent's storytelling into something your kids will actually hear someday. But there's a wide gap between the gimmicky ones and the ones that really work. Here's what to look for.
Patrick Moore • April 14, 2026
Lists & Roundups
Flowers die. Candles burn out. But your mom's voice telling the story of the day you were born? That lasts forever. Here are the most meaningful Mother's Day gifts for 2026 — the ones she'll still be grateful for in 20 years.
Patrick Moore • April 9, 2026
Lists & Roundups
Most of us think we know our mothers. But between the school pickups and the phone calls, there's an entire life you've never asked about. These 25 questions will change that.
Patrick Moore • March 31, 2026
Insights
You back up your photos, your contacts, your passwords. But the most irreplaceable data in your life — your family's stories — has zero redundancy. Here's how to fix that.
Patrick Moore • March 31, 2026
