Table of Contents
- OUR STORY – Noel and Ruby Petersen
- What were your Dad and Mom like when you were a child?
- Were you named after a family member or does your name have a special meaning?
- Where was one of your favorite places to go on vacation as a child?
- Describe what primary and secondary school was like for you. Did you ever get in trouble at school as a child?
- What early memories do you have of your siblings? What stories have you been told about yourself growing up?
- What were your grandparents like?
- What advice did you take, or wish you had taken, from your parents? What was your relationship with your parents like as a teenager?
- How far back can you trace your family ancestry?
- How would you describe your parents’ faith? How was it the same or different from yours?
- Did you have a favorite dish or meal as you were growing up? What kind of traditional foods or meals do you remember?
- How did you choose what college to attend? What advice would you give to a family member about to go to college?
- What were your favorite courses in college? Did you write a thesis in college?
- Did you play any sports in college? Play an instrument? Did you have a car?
- Describe your career. How did you decide to do what you did? What was your first job? Did you have a job that you did not enjoy?
- What is your best advice when it comes to calling, work, and career?
- How did you meet your spouse? When did you know you wanted to marry them? What was your first date like?
- How did you decide to get married? What was the proposal like?
- What was your wedding like? Describe your honeymoon.
- What was one of the most romantic moments in your life?
- Describe where you lived after getting married.
- What are the top 8 things that you and your spouse have in common?
- Does your spouse do anything that annoys you?
- What is your best advice when it comes to raising children? How did you figure out how to be a parent?
- How did you decide how many children to have?
- What was one of the toughest parts about raising your kids? What are some choices you made about how to your kids?
- What are your favorite memories of each of your children growing up?
- What’s been good and difficult about being a parent to adult children?
- What has surprised you about growing old together?
- What are some of your favorite sounds?
- What are some of your family traditions?
- What were you like when you were 50?
- What qualities do you most value in your better half?
- What is your morning ritual?
- If you had to go back in time and start a brand new career, what would it be?
- How did you get your first job?
- What is the best job you’ve ever had?
- Tell me about one of the best days you can remember.
- What things matter most to you in life?
- Epilogue