If you've ever thought you should ask Mum more about her life and then not done it, this is the gift that handles it for you. The prompts cover memories, first jobs, life lessons and family moments.
You're not asking her to write a memoir. The structure does the work, so she answers at her own pace with a cuppa rather than facing a blank page.
Sitting someone down and asking about their life rarely goes well. People freeze, or give short answers, or feel like they're being examined.
A journal removes all of that. She writes when the mood takes her, revisits things, and says more than she ever would across a dinner table with everyone listening.
That's particularly true for the generation this is aimed at, where talking about yourself at length doesn't come naturally and a quiet half hour with a pen does.
When it's finished you have something in her handwriting that no amount of money could buy later, which is the part that makes this different from every other Mother's Day gift.
It's ideal for Mother's Day, a birthday, or any point where you want to give something genuinely thoughtful rather than another candle.
Give it with a specific ask rather than just handing it over. “Fill in a page a week and I'll read them when you're ready” gets it started, whereas a blank journal with no expectation often sits in a drawer for a year.
✔ Prompts covering memories, first jobs, life lessons and family
✔ She answers at her own pace rather than being interviewed
✔ Structure does the work, so there's no blank page to face
✔ You end up with a keepsake in her own handwriting
✔ Genuinely different from another Mother's Day candle
