How Did They Make You Feel?

How Did They Make You Feel?

Want to write a memorable portrait of your siblings for your grandchildren?

Start with one revealing question:

How did they make you feel when they walked into a room?

Did they bring sunshine and laughter? Or did they bring dark clouds and a 90% chance of thunderstorms?

Were they always smiling, ready with a joke? Or were they so grumpy in the morning that even the family dog avoided eye contact?

Were they fashion-conscious, or did they believe that wearing the same shirt for three consecutive days was simply conserving water?

Did they greet you with a warm hug, a sincere question, or a request to borrow money?

And how did they change at ten, twenty, forty, or sixty?

Did they grow wiser, kinder, funnier? Or simply louder?

Your grandchildren don't need a family history filled with names and dates. They need the stories that bring those people back to life.

Especially the funny ones!