When asked, most grandparents told us that their biggest stumbling block to writing their life history is that they couldn't remember the details of their lives sequentially. They said they would become frustrated when they couldn't remember or had nothing to say about a particular time period in their life and would abandon the project. 

This journal has a unique format in that it doesn't have you record your life's story in chronological steps. Instead, it has a series of topics to help trigger memories that have built your character and developed the person you have become.

This allows you to write stories as the memories come to you without the pressure of having to remember a particular time in your life before you can move on to the next section.

We have created a few helpful tips on how to write your life's story. You don't have to be a fancy writer or have a particularly outstanding life for your family to want your stories and memories. And it shouldn't be difficult to write it down. We have some ideas to help you get your stories and memories down on paper.

We have also included some ideas on how to bind the soft cover book so that it is easy to write in and add additional pages to expand the journal. Or if you would like, additional pages can be typed and recorded digitally on your computer.