10 Questions for Mum

“10 Questions for Mum” is a keepsake book built from ten questions answered in your mum's own words. It gives her a gentle way to tell you who she was before you arrived, what she remembers from your earliest days, the happiest and hardest moments of being your mum, and the lessons she hopes you'll carry with you. The very last question is written completely by you and printed exactly in your own words, so the final page of this book holds a question that only you would ask.

Questions to Mum

1. Where were you born and where did you grow up, and what do you remember most about that place?

2. What were you like before you had me, and what was your life like then?

3. What were your parents and grandparents like, and what did you learn from them?

4. Who are the important person in your life, and what did they teach you?

5. What kinds of work or roles have you had in your life, at home or outside, and what did each one teach you?

6. What has been one of the hardest moments in your life, and how did you get through it?

7. What do you remember most about the day I was born or the first time you saw me?

8. What has been one of the happiest moments in your life as a mother?

9. What advice or values from your own life do you most hope I will remember?

10. Add your own question here.