Remember When?

Douglas Andrew, Utah, USA

Although our children are grown and have families of their own, my wife and I still look for ways to have meaningful family home evenings with them. One way we have found to do this is by holding a special family home evening once a year in which we invite all of the family members to share their memories.

Before they come to this special family home evening, we ask them to write down three stories from their lives. We call these “I remember when” stories. During family home evening, each family member takes a turn telling or reading their stories.

We laugh and cry for hours about the experiences. When we are done, we collect the written stories and compile them in our family history book. It is a good way for us to continue building our relationship as a family while creating a family history at the same time.

Illustration by Beth Whittaker