Although it is too late for my parents to journal their lives, it is not too late for my husband and I to fill out these journals for our future grandchildren (and our own children – there are probably many things they didn’t know about us!). I was thrilled to find out that there are journals specific to grandparents – Grandmother’s Journal and Grandfather’s Journal – Memories and Keepsakes for My Grandchild.
About the journals:
The perfect gift for your grandparents for Mother’s and Father’s Day, these beautiful keepsake memory books are designed to capture and preserve grandparents’ unique memories, from the days of their own childhood through the precious moments they spend with their grandchild.
Charming illustrations make these guided journals perfect gifts for today’s grandparents, wonderful keepsake books that they will want to share with each of their grandchildren. Beautifully designed and offering plenty of space for grandparents to tell their own life story, keep a living record of their experiences, and share their hopes and dreams for their grandchild, Grandmother’s Journal and Grandfather’s Journal are sure to be treasured gifts. Each page includes thoughtful prompts to inspire and encourage any grandparent to record their most memorable and meaningful experiences, plus a family tree and plenty of space for memorabilia and photographs.
I was REALLY surprised to see how much was included in each journal. There are family trees to fill out and very interesting questions to be answered. All of this is packed inside these beautifully illustrated books that will surely be treasured for many years and generations to come.
Here is an example of pages from the journal. I like this, as it is interesting to learn more about our heritage.
The Family Tree – now THIS is so nice to have. My parents passed away several years ago, and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wondered about some older relatives (mom used to tell me stories about them all…it was interesting to say the least!), as I cannot always remember what my mom or dad told me. There are some questions I will just never know the answers to, unfortunately.
Learn more about Grandmother’s Journal and Grandfather’s Journal on the Walden Owen website.
You can find Grandmother’s Journal in stores now, and Grandfather’s Journal will be out on May 8th. You can purchase the journals at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Indie Bound and Books-a-million.
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One (1) winner will receive:
~Copies of Grandmother’s Journal and Grandfather’s Journal to fill in your family history
~$50 Visa gift card to use on a grand gift for your grand-child!
Open to US only. Ends May 14th.
Prizing provided by Bluestreak Books. Good luck!
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Dana Rodriguez
I would love to ask them how they met and what dating was like then.
Dana Rodriguez
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Lisa Brown
I would like to ask them what was life, the world really like when you were young
Maureen
I would love to know how they met.
Barbara Mayes
I never met my dad’s mom and dad. His mom died when my dad and his twin was a couple weeks old. Complications of childbirth. His dad passed away when he was 8 years old. I would ask them if I could take a selfie with them and ask them out for a wonderful dinner.
Patricia Colletti
I would like to ask them for parenting advice!
heather
I would like to ask my grandparents what like was like when they were my age.
heather
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Jessica To
I would love to ask my grandparents what it was like to raise 12 children.
Maria Beas
I would ask my Grandmother to teach me how to cook red rice and chiles rellenos. Thanks for the chance to win such an amazing giveaway.
HS
I would love to ask my grandparents about their childhood.
KV
I’d like to ask them what they wanted to be when they were children.
Elena
I would like to ask how they managed to stay married for 60 years.
Elena
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shelly peterson
I would like to ask my grandmother about my Moms biological father.
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Cheryl B
I would ask my Grandmother how she managed caring for her 6 children as a widow.
Kristen
I’d like to ask my grandmother why she made the decisions she did.
Natalie
I would love to ask my grandmother what she most regrets about her past or her life.
jenny
I would pick the grandmother’s journal! My mom would love this!
Kristi C
My grandfather on my dad’s side passed away when I was a baby. I would ask him everything because I have no memories of him.
Surbhi K.
I would love to ask them how much they love me 🙂 I enjoy hearing from my grandparents, they’re the best!
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jodi Hassel
I would love to ask them how they met and how they fell in love
Cindy
I would ask about their journey to America.
Vickie
One grandma I was blessed to have in my life a long time. We shared everything m so I cant think nk of much. She had so many amazing stories, living in farm, darkness..first airplane..lol..and first ice cream cone expiercence.
But,
My paternal grandmother died before I was born. I would love to meet her and talk about their life and daddy.
Julie Bickham
I would ask my Nana and Papa how they felt when they found out they were going to be grandparents for the first time.
Lauren
I would ask what it was like during WWII.
Chrissy
I would love to ask my grandmother what advice she would give herself at my current age if she could go back in time.
Elena
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Fiona N
I would like to ask my grandparents how they survived during the Indochina war, and Vietnam war
Thank You for the chance!
shelly peterson
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Rosie
I was named after my grandmother, and she passed away before I was born. I loved looking at albums with pictures of her when I was a kid. I’d want to ask her what my dad was like growing up. I heard my grandmother was very short and she would chase him with a broom when he was fresh, he was the youngest and had a lot of older sisters who spoiled him.
Rosie
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Rhonda Rudd
I would liked to have asked my grandmother who my mothers real dad was and all his info so we could find him and any other family related to him. I would also liked to know what the world was like when she was growing up in her perspective.
Christine Yvonne Groce
My grandmother was from Ireland and has passed away. But, I would love to talk to her more about her life there and what it was like. She come to the United States when she was 16. I do have some of the heather (dried) and her school books that she took to school on a donkey that she rode. I know that her father worked for the railroad there; but I still wish I had asked her more questions.
Betsy Barnes
I would love to ask my grandparents detailed questions about their childhood, to learn more about my ancestry.
Betsy Barnes
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Jennifer Williams
I’d love to sit down and map out our family tree as far back as they remember!
shelly peterson
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Janice Cooper
I would ask them how was life when they were my age
Margaret Smith
I’d like to ask how it was for them to live during the depression.
Barbara Montag
I would like to ask my grandma how to make her fantastic dumplings!
thank you
Chrystal D
I’d love to ask my grandma what the whole world was like when she was a kid compared to how things are now.
Cindy Merrill
My Grandfather once told me his mother was Dutch and she lived in Canada- I’d like to find out how my Grandfather met her and why they decided to move to Maine.
Amber
I would love to ask my grandmother to tell me stories of her childhood in wartime and get some of her favorite recipes so I could try to recreate them.
Shirley Emitt
I would love to ask my grandmother about her parents.
Anne Higgins
I would like to ask how she kept it all together with all the kids, no modern luxuries as we have today. But the best thing, I would like to thank her for raising such great kids as they all turned out great kids of their own – best of all, my Mom and Dad. I have been VERY lucky!
Ann Fantom
I would love to ask my Grandfather about his experiences during WWII
Sharon Yarrell
I would ask how they met.
Tracy Shafer
I would ask them all about their life. They were already in their 70s when i was born, so I don’t know much about them
Abigail Gibson
I would love to ask my grandfather why he always said, “Like the good ole” days.” and then next breath say he would walk five miles in the snow each day to go to school.
brandy c
I wish I could ask my great grandpa more about what it was like to work at the Corning glass factory.
Carolsue
I would ask my Grandfather about his family. They came to the US from England, but I never really heard anymore than that.
Azeem Isaahaque
I would love to ask them how they met!
dartony
how did you keep your love alive after all of those years?
Cynthia C
I would like to be able to ask my grandfather about his life growing up in Italy.
Kari
I would love to ask my grandmother how she met my grandfather and what life was like when they first got together.
Rosie
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kathy Persons
Where did she meet my grandpa
Gina E
What is it like where they live? 🙂 <3
Mary Cloud
I love hearing stories about my Grandparent’s childhood
BIRDIE SKOLFIELD
Id love to hear stories of my grandfathers police work in LA in the 30s
Jackie
Who is your favorite grandchild?
April
I would like to hear about their childhood!
Christina Gould
I would ask my grandmother what her dreams were when she was a young woman. Thanks for the giveaway!
Shelby Gil
I need marriage advice from my grandmother!
Dana Rodriguez
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James Robert
Mine have all passed away but I would like to ask them if they knew how much I loved them all.
Lasonda
I really don’t have a question to ask them, I would just give them a big hug.
BusyWorkingMama
I’d like to know what some of my granmother’s happiest childhood memories were
latanya
what advice she has for me
David Hollingsworth
Although both of my grandparents are gone, I would have loved to tell them how sorry I am that I didn’t spend more time with them when they were alive.
Kelly D
I would love to ask my grandfather about his adoption.
Debbi Wellenstein
If my grandparents were alive, they’d be over 120 years old! I would ask them why they left Poland for the United States in the 1910’s.
Heather S
I would love to ask about her childhood in NY.
Daniel M
what life was like way back when
Mita
I would like to ask them for parenting advice
shelly peterson
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Cathy Truman
I would love to tell my grandmother how she had the biggest heart in the world. She would do without to may sure
other people had food. She was an Angel.
Christina Gould
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Tabathia B
I would love to ask her about her family history and her ethnic background
Alexandra Y
I would just ask about their lives.
Rosie
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Madonna
I do genealogy so I would love to ask about childhood memories and older relatives like their grandparents etc.
beth shepherd
I would love to ask my Granny about all her amazing recipes! Thank you
Ken C
I would love to sit down and get their advice on kids and grandkids, they seem to do the grandparent thing so well.
Elena
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nickie
I would ask what was it like growing up
Virginia
I would love to ask what her favorite childhood memory.
paige chandler
I would ask about their love astory
shelly peterson
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Amanda L.
I would like to ask my grandparents if they are proud of me.
Christina Gould
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Susan Smith
I would like to ask my grandparents what their family life was like when my Dad/Mom was young.
Sarah L
How did you two meet?
Thanks for the contest.
Rebecca C
I would love to ask my grandparents if their lives turned out how they expected. It would be interesting to hear their perspectives and find out how the world has changed since they were young.
DougEFresh
This would be a great gift for my brother and sister-in-law who are new grandparents.
Sarah L
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Sonya Allstun
I would ask so many questions about family and the history of our family so I can get some answers to help trace my ancestry
Saundra Bowers
I would love to ask them about trips they had taken, friends they had and what was so different from their time growing up, to the differences of today.
Wendy R.
I would love to be able to ask my grandparents about their childhoods.
Jeannie
Jennifer, I too purchased a similar book for my grandmother but she also was too sick to finish it. Oh how I wish I had it to read now.
What is the most important thing you want your grandchildren to know about life?
Rosie
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shelly peterson
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Kelly Grant
What was their favorite memory about growing up.
susan smoaks
i would love to ask my grandparents about the depression.
Billie Rowell
I would love to ask my Grandma what her favorite things to do were when she was a teenager. It was such a different time!
Sarah L
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Melissa
i would like to know more about my ancestors. i was close with my grandma but didnt get all the details.
Rosie
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Ellie Wright
I was a late in life baby, so all of my grandparents had long since died before I was born. My maternal grandmother was full blooded Choctaw. I would dearly love to learn about her life. And my maternal grandfather traveled to Texas in a covered wagon from Michigan. What a trip that must have been.
Janine Hwang
I’d like to ask my grandma who her favorite was!
shelly peterson
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Antoinette M
I would like to know how they met and if it was love at first sight!
Jane McGregor
What was life like when you were growing up?
Terra Heck
I’d love to ask my grandmother if she ever thought about cutting her hair or wearing pants. (Was a no-no for her after getting married). Thanks.
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Rosie
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Kyl Neusch
to know how they met.
Dana Rodriguez
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Kelly Kimmell
I would love to ask my grandmother what was the toughest thing about being a mother and how she dealt with it.
Angela Thorpe
Id love to ask my grandpa about the War,unfortunately he died before I was born.
Christina Gould
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Heather S.
I would love to ask about grandmother’s childhood and where her family was from.
Rosanne
I’d like to ask my paternal grandmother who died when I was three what it was like growing up as an only child in Germany and whether how she was taught piano.
Sarah L
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Elizabeth Brooks
Great advice – always there for me
Rosie
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christine
I would love to have asked about more of their memories growing up.
Elena
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Susan Christy
I’d like to ask my grandparents about their childhood. I don’t know much about their upbringing and sadly, I never will since they are all gone now.
Sarah L
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Courtney
I would love to know some of my grandmother’s favorite recipes.
Paula Hafner
I wish I would have asked more about their childhoods and about how they meet each other.
Audrey Stewart
I would love to have asked my grandfather what it was like to grow up in Ireland.
Robin
I would ask how raising your children is different then the problems we face together.
Denise B.
I would ask them how life was living through a war.
Jenny S
I’d love to ask them more about going to a country school.
Sarah L
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Sarah L
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Lisa V.
What was my mom like when she was a teenager.
Jessica Whitehouse
I never knew that my grandfather was an army veteran until he had a military funeral. He never spoke about his military career, or serving in the Korean War. There are a lot of unanswered questions.
Erin M
I would love to hear stories about my parents from when they were little.
Sarah L
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Eileen Boyce
I would love to ask about growing up and meeting each other.
Amy Malone
I would love to ask, how did you make it all work between, work,home,family,Kids etc.
Carolyn D
I would love to ask them how they met and about their first impressions of one another.
Judy Gregory
My grandparents are long gone. I would love to remembrances for my grandchildren.
Rosie
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Tracey byram
I would ask my grandfather about his days of riding trick ponies in the circus.
Leah Shumack
I would love to have more information about their childhood! Was definitely a different world growing up 80 years ago!
Kerry P
I would ask my Poppop if I made him as happy as he made me. I would also let him know that I am now in my 40’s and have yet to meet a man as amazing as him.
crystal mccord
Anything. I never knew my either of my grandmothers, as they both passed before I was born.
Breanne
I’d like to ask them how they met.
clynsg
I would ask them about how they met and what their early married years were like.
Lisa Vanhook
I would ask where they met and how long they courted.
krystal wethington
I would like to ask them how was growing up different from today?
Danalee
I would ask my grandmother some of her recipes and cleaning tips.
Allison Swain
I would like to ask the both of them about how they grew up and to tell me a ton of stories from when they were younger!
Thank you for the chance to win!
Amy Deeter
i would ask them “Where was their first date located at”.
Betsy Barnes
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Gina Ferrell
I would love to ask my grandmother or grandfather how it was back in the day since it’s so different from today.
Ed
To Grandma: Was your Mom of Hebrew descent?
Anita Jude
I would love to ask them how they met and how long did they date each other
kathy pease
I would love to ask my grandmother how she ever handled having 8 children. She was a trooper 🙂
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Buddy Garrett
I would like to ask them about how life was when they was growing up.
DanV
I’d like to ask about their childhood friends
Peggy Rydzewski
How she maintain her laughter for 90 years.
Vikki Billings
My grandmother was not married, and my mom did not know her dad and I did not know my grandfather. I would ask my grandfather why he didn’t stay with us.
Janet Boyanton
I would like to ask them more about family.
Denise W
I would love to ask my grandma how she was able to make so many delicious Sunday dinners without a hitch for so long.
Julieh
I would ask them what they miss about their youth.
Trisha McKee
I wish I could ask them how they found out about me, about how they were told my mom was pregnant. Was it exciting? Were they happy?
Sand
I’m in the process of doing genealogical research so I would like to know more about their elders and what life was like for them.
Jerry Marquardt
I would like to ask my grand parents if they were trying to tell me that it was going to be harder and harder as time went on.
Philip Lawrence
I would like to ask my grandfather what his life was like as a child.
AEKZ2
I would like to ask my grandparents about their childhood.