Storyworth: A Bright Spot, Some Pushy Advice, and A Prayer Request

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A Bright Spot

For Mother’s Day, I gave my parents the *best* of all gifts– the gift of an obligation.

Storyworth is a company that emails questions to your chosen recipient. The recipient then typity-types up their response in a reply email. Those replies are compiled into a hardbound book by Storyworth. I gave my parents subscriptions to Storyworth (thus the gift of an obligation to answer questions via email).

• I chose some questions from the Storyworth bank of questions and also chose to write some of my own.

• I chose to have my parents’ responses cc’d to me.

• I chose to have the questions emailed to my parents every other day. (The other options were daily and weekly.)

These emails have been the bright spot in my last couple months. I have loved both reading stories I already had heard a million times and learning new things about my parents.

Some Pushy Advice

Maybe your dad isn’t fighting cancer. Maybe you see your parents every day. Maybe your grandparents will be around for another decade. I still recommend Storyworth for your grandparents and parents.

I don’t have the book in my hand yet, and I already treasure this obligation-of-a-gift. I’m excited to present a copy (one is included with the subscription, but additional copies can be purchased) to my parents and each of my siblings.

I wish so much that I had the words of all my grandparents now that they have all passed away. But– I do have the words of one of my grandparents. Sort of the like dinosaur ancestor of Storyworth, one of my aunts gifted a question a day journal to my grandpa. And they printed copies for all their siblings and any interested grandkids. What a gift!

Everyone thinks they have more time than they do. Don’t wait. Click my referral link for $10 off your subscription.

A Prayer Request

Speaking of my dad, he is set for a stem cell transplant the beginning of July. The donor cells are to be collected (from a young lady in Europe!) on July 5th, and then the process begins. And it’s a process. Multiple days of chemo. Full body radiation. The transplant. And then four weeks in the hospital, if everything goes well.

The beginning of July can’t come fast enough, since it holds the probability of the maximum days of hugs and jokes in the long run. But because the procedure is so involved and risky, we also dread its coming.

Please pray for healing for my dad. This is going to be tough.
Please pray for my mom. This is going to be tough.
Please pray for my siblings. This is going to be tough.

So many thanks. <3 And let me know if you have questions about Storyworth.