Forward

№ 01

“What do you most want the people who come after you to know about who you really were?”

№ 02

“If you could leave one sentence behind that someone might still read fifty years from now, what would it say?”

№ 03

“What's the most important thing your parents (or those who raised you) tried to pass on to you?”

№ 04

“Imagine a great-grandchild you'll never meet, sitting down to listen to you. What would you most want them to hear?”

№ 05

“What's a piece of advice you've heard yourself give more than once that you'd like to write down properly?”

№ 06

“What do you most hope for your children, grandchildren, or the young people closest to you?”

№ 07

“Is there a younger person in your life you've never quite known how to talk to — but love?”

№ 08

“What's a value you wish your descendants would never let go of?”

№ 09

“Tell me about a possession — small or large — that you'd want a particular person to inherit, and why.”

№ 10

“Are there things you'd want said about you at your funeral — and things you wouldn't?”

№ 11

“Is there an apology you'd still like to make, even if it's too late for the person to receive it?”

№ 12

“Is there a forgiveness you'd like to be remembered for offering — even retroactively?”

№ 13

“What's a hope you have for the world that you don't say out loud often?”

№ 14

“If you could choose a single photograph to represent you — taken or not yet taken — which one would it be?”

№ 15

“What's a tradition you'd like your family to keep, even after you're gone?”

№ 16

“Is there a question you'd want every generation after you to keep asking?”

№ 17

“Imagine your descendants in fifty years' time, in a kitchen, saying, "She/he/they would have loved this." What's the *this*?”

№ 18

“What do you want forgiven, in advance, by the people who'll outlive you?”

№ 19

“What would you put in a letter to someone fifteen years younger than you — that no one ever sent you?”

№ 20

“What's the smallest, most everyday gift you'd want to leave behind — beyond money or possessions?”

№ 21

“Is there a piece of family history you want to make sure gets passed on, even if it embarrasses you?”

№ 22

“What do you hope is on your great-great-grandchild's bookshelf, by accident or design?”

№ 23

“If you could give one person one thing — not money, not an object, a *thing* — what would it be?”

№ 24

“Looking at your whole life now, what's the title you'd give it?”

№ 25

“If today were the last entry you ever made — and it isn't, but if — what would you most want to have said?”

№ 26

“If you knew you had only a year left, how would you spend it?”

№ 27

“What does "dying with dignity" mean to you, in your own words?”

№ 28

“Have you made plans, written things down, or said things out loud about your own end?”

№ 29

“Is there a letter you'd like to write to be read after you're gone?”

№ 30

“How does it sit with you that the world goes on after we're gone?”