• Who has been the most important person in your life? Can you tell me about him or her?
  • What was the happiest moment of your life? The saddest?
  • Who has been the biggest influence on your life? What lessons did that person teach you?
  • Who has been the kindest to you in your life?
  • What are the most important lessons you’ve learned in life?
  • What is your earliest memory?
  • What is your favorite memory of me?
  • What are the funniest or most embarrassing stories your family tells about you?
  • If you could hold on to just one memory from your life forever, what would that be?
  • If this was to be our very last conversation, what words of wisdom would you want to pass on to me?
  • What are you proudest of in your life?
  • When in life have you felt most alone?
  • What are your hopes and dreams for what the future holds for me? For my children?
  • How has your life been different than what you’d imagined?
  • How would you like to be remembered?
  • Do you have any regrets?
  • What does your future hold?
  • Is there anything that you’ve never told me but want to tell me now?
  • Is there something about me that you’ve always wanted to know but have never asked?
  • Is there any message you want to give to or anything you want to say to your great-great-great grandchildren when they listen to this?