Mom, Share Your Life With Me

I bought this for my mother for her birthday. I love the way the journal guides you through questions to help you tell your life's story. This is a book that can be handled down and shared for generations

Bought for my mom and she’s been filling it out since. She loves it. Great idea! I might buy a few for myself to fill out for my kids!

THE GIFT: I gave this to my mother as a Christmas present and we made the deal she'd give it back to me (all filled out) the following Christmas. It was the best gift ever, period. It brought back a lot of memories for her, which she truly enjoyed, and I absolutely loved reading it! It made for many good conversations, too, as we talked about the stories she shared. THE PRODUCT: - The book is somewhat small -- a larger, hard-bound version would be nice, but at 370 pages it would also raise the price tag! - A "daily journal", the pages are like a calendar (page one is "January 1"), which set it up so she could fill out one page a day and be done in a year. Of course, she didn't stick to this, sometimes writing several pages a day or not writing for a few days, but it made it easy to track progress. Also, the questions are sometimes related to the time of year (Thanksgiving, New Year's Day, summer, etc.). - Some reviewers didn't like all the questions - consider that it would be impossible to come up with 300+ questions relevant to a specific person's life! When Mom found a question that she didn't have a good story for, she just wrote something else or shared a funny story about me (at the dentist) instead of her. - I previewed similar books and found this one to be the best. I bought another one (from son to mom) from a different author and don't like the questions nearly as much. THE RESULT: A wonderful and endearing gift that I'll always treasure. I'm also looking forward to my own kids reading it to know more about their grandma. A rare "5 stars" for me!

(review written by Nick's wife) I came across these memory books in a parenting magazine and loved the idea of having my children's grandparents fill them out. I even bought some for my grandparents to fill out for me.After searching through everything Amazon has to offer, I ended up purchasing a variety of books. I bought Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa, Tell Me Your Memories. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I really didn't think they would all be the same with a different cover page as they are. I was really disappointed in the size of the books. They are 4" x 5.5" with a 1" spiral binding. Each is about 1" thick. It is laid out for a full calendar year - each day having a different question or memory for the person do write about. The pages have a question at the top and are blank (no lines) below.The other books I decided to purchase are: A Grandparent's Legacy and Memories for My Grandchild. A Grandparent's Legacy is laid out month-by-month with topics to discuss. The book measures 8" x 5" with a nice covered spiral binding and is about .75" thick. Each page has topics to discuss and lines for writing. Memories for My Grandchild has the most flexible layout - meaning there is no guide for filling things out at a certain time. It is also the largest book, measuring about 8" x 10" and just less than 1" thick. It has a covered spiral binding. This is the only book with a pocket in the back to drop in any special items and a pull-out page to fill in the family tree. The pages in this book are lined as well.The books all cover similar questions and memories. I haven't gone page-by-page to compare, but have been pleased with what I've seen so far. Since the books are so similar, I'm basing my overall opinion on the appearance. My favorite would have to be A Grandparent's Legacy.

I'm a middle aged mom of young girls and part of Gen X. I started the party late, having my 2nd at 40. Since this is a book with the first word of "mom" and not "grandma", I anticipated the questions being more geared to my generation at the very least, or younger.What I found in this book instead was many questions that had more appeal to my mother's generation. There were questions about my experience at a box social, of using an out house, where I was when JFK was shot (not born), experiences of WWII or Vietnam... NONE of this has any relevance to me.I also found many topics were missing entirely. My generation (though perhaps not moms in their 20's) lived through New Year's Eve of 1999, Y2K, 9/11. No mention of any of that was in there. Also lacking were questions on technology - like how old were you when you got your first cell phone, email address, what was life like before the internet, preference to Apple or Android... Also lacking were questions about college, where you went, your major, your life after - why not? And then the important personal questions. Like for us moms, when did we reach puberty? Have we had breast cancer? Important health questions that should be made known to our kids in case we aren't around to tell them later. Basic stuff too, like what color your eyes are, are you left or right handed, your adult height and weight... Stuff that I don't know about my grandmothers and wish that I knew.Another issue, the book specifically asks if my family "observe the birth of Jesus at Christmas". While this is a perfectly fine question for many, this book is not described as being specifically Christian. There are many moms who are not this specific religion and perhaps would find a better match in a different book.In the end, I took questions from this book and put them into a word document - then add a ton more of my own. I organized it based on topic instead of randomly putting questions of different themes together. I added questions about political affiliation, thoughts on big topics of the day, like gun control and women's rights... 90% of the questions are my own.The reality is, this book is far too small to provide any space for any meaningful descriptions of our life. Beyond that, paper products burn, and having lost it all in a fire before, I want to be able to back it up digitally so that I know I don't loose it if the worst happens again.This is a nice idea for a book, but the result is not as good as I had hoped. However, it did provide a starting point for developing my own question list on my computer. With a little thought, I think most people could easily come up with a list of their own, too.

This book has prompts of things you may not have shared with your kids. I have young adult children and think they will cherish the information this book can give them. Wish my parents and grandparents had done one for me

I bought this for my mom and she loved it. She spent a year filling it out and then gave it back to me as a Christmas gift. Then we spent the day with her telling me the stories that are in it; which is something I will always cherish.

Not as described at all . I picked my book and they sent a completely different one then pictured

The book is beautiful! What a great idea this is something kids will cherish for years to come

I feel like the same questions were asked over and over again, just with different wording. I grew bored of this after a few pages.

This is so nice. I got two. One for my Mother in Law as well.