My honest Storyworth review and the amazing book my mom made for our family – and a Storyworth coupon code for $10 off!
Storyworth Review – A Meaningful Gift
Note from Laurie: Looking for a meaningful Grandparent's Day gift to give this year? My friend Jamie recently tried Storyworth and it sounded like such a cool idea, I asked her to share what she thought. 🙂 After James's father passing away a few years ago, I can see how this would have been an incredible gift to give, and love this concept.
Grandparent's Day is creeping up on us (it's on Sunday, 9/12!) and you may be looking for a unique gift this year…. something special. If so, I HIGHLY recommend Storyworth!
I gave Storyworth as a gift to my mom a couple years back and it's one of the best gifts I think I've ever given – partly because it turned out to be a real gift for the whole family. Plus – PPP Readers will get $10 OFF when you use this special coupon link!
My Storyworth Review
My grandparents have both passed away in the past few years. I was very close to them and I think about them allllll the time. (Especially holidays!) But mostly – I think about how much I wished I'd sat down with them and a tape recorder and just had them tell me stories. I feel like I missed so many opportunities to lock them in my memory!
And so now with my own parents, I've tried to be a little more intentional in asking them about their lives. Especially because like many families – we don't live close together anymore.
I ask mom to tell me how she used to spend summer evenings when she was a kid – playing Four Square with Papaw and the whole neighborhood. I ask dad to tell me about the time he spent in the army. Or about the time he hid snakes in his sock drawer (and gave his mother a heart attack). I want to be able to share those things with my kids and my grandkids!
And then recently I heard about StoryWorth and it sounded PERFECT.
StoryWorth is a gift that you give another person – that tells them their stories are valuable, that their memories are special. But it's also a gift you give yourself, because you get to treasure those forever!
How Storyworth Works:
1.) When you gift a StoryWorth subscription to someone, they'll receive weekly story prompts in their email inbox. These questions are thought provoking – and fun – and help invoke memories and inspire parents/grandparents to share their stories.
2.) Each week they can sit down and spend a few minutes sharing memories with you.
3.) After a year all their weekly stories are gathered into a lovely hardcover keepsake book and shipped to you.
The storyteller can also attach photos with their stories. The book my mom made is such a treasure for our family – and I've found out about all kinds of things about family and relatives I maybe never would've known! I especially love one story my mom told about having caterpillar races on the sidewalk with one brother when they caught their other little brother sitting in the dirt eating hard shell bugs. 😜 We always tease my uncle about this now!
Sounds cool right?
Storyworth Questions
Here are some Storyworth sample questions that it asked my mom – but as you can tell from this chapter in her book – you can make up your own questions/topics as well!
- Do you have any particularly vivid memories of your grandparents?
- Have you ever written a poem or a story, and if so, do you still have it?
- Has your relationship with your siblings changed over the years?
- How did you meet your spouse? When did you know you wanted to marry them?
- Did you ever move as a child? What was that experience like?
- Did you ever get into trouble as a child?
- What things are you proudest of in your life?
- What was one of the most difficult times in your relationships? How did you get through it?
- What was your weekend tradition when you were a kid?
- What were you like when you were 30?
- Are you a morning person or an evening person?
- What was it like growing up in Kentucky?
There are hundreds of questions to choose from – and you can also write your own.
My mom chose to focus on the childhood questions – because she wanted a book of stories she would want to pass down to her kids and grandkids. Stories she doesn't get to sit around and share often because she lives far away. However you can choose story prompts that are more suited to telling about your adult life or relationships instead!
Grandparent's Day is coming up (9/12 this year)!
If your grandparents are storytellers, begins advice with “when I was your age….” then StoryWorth could be perfect. 🙂
It makes them feel special – because they are.
I can't speak for everyone – but I think that for my mom it was probably affirming. Who DOESN'T want to be reminded that their life is important and their stories should be passed down and treasured?
I know that any time my teenage boys so much as sit down at the table with me for 10 minutes and listen to me ramble I get a warm glow inside – so I can only imagine how I'll feel years down the road. 🙂
Interested in Gifting Storyworth?
- To get started with StoryWorth, just head over here.
- PPP readers will get $10 OFF the regular price of $99
- (You can even gift Storyworth the DAY OF the special event and it won't arrive late!)
The $89 price includes:
- 1 Year of weekly story prompts
- Hardcover printed book up to 480 pages
- Ability to invite an unlimited number of people to receive the stories
Go HERE to get started!
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This is such a great idea!! My siblings and I could cherish these memories so much longer. What a treasure ❤️
I would love this for both of my parents! This is such a great idea for a family keepsake! Both of my parents have life threatening illnesses and I would love to have something for my children to look back on and cherish family stories!
This sounds amazing! Thank you! My dad lives 1000 miles away so my kids don’t get to hear his stories very often! He will love this!
Ohmygosh!! Thank you SO much! I know my father-in-law, and my husband, is just going to love this!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! You have made their Father’s Day so special!
I would love to win this for my dad! He grew up in the Philippines with hundreds of family members around post WW II. He would love this!
My husband loves stories… Telling them, listening to them, making them up when our kids were little. This is right up his alley!
I would love to get the Storyworth book. I use to tell my grandchildren
stories and would love to record them. Thenk you.
This would be such an amazing gift…I am going to get on this! I would love to have our stories in a beautiful book!
Both my father and father in law would love this. What a fabulous idea. This is something that is just so much more special that a material gift.
This is really is a gift that keeps on giving. I always have such a hard time buying for my dad because he will never tell me what he wants. He always just says, “The good Lord has blessed me with everything I could ever want.”
My dad has always been my hero, my rock, my #1 supporter. I know there are many people that would say the same thing about him, as he strives to do all he can to make someone’s day, everyday!
I want to make Father’s Day be his day and make it be about him! I also know how much he will enjoy being taken aback to all his childhood, adolescent, and young adult memories. He lost his dad 2 1/2 years ago and his mother’s dementia is progressing daily. I want to take him back to the many wonderful memories he had with his mother and dad. I know how much he would enjoy doing this and then sharing it with all his loved ones. It would most certainly be cherished by me!
-Daddy’s girl
What an amazing way to have / keep stories of loved ones! Going this route for my Dad, for Father’s Day. Wish I’d been aware, for Mother’s Day, but there is always her birthday! 🙂
I hope this is the right place to post. Seems the link is dead. I’m undecided who this would go to. My folks are both in their 80’s but don’t much care for this type of thing. My husband tells great stories and then my kids could enjoy that….
Would love to leave this to my niece and great niece!! My niece loves my stories!!
I can not believe I have never heard about this. It sounds amazing. I wish I had something like this from my grandparents before they passed. I always loved listening to their stories. My dad has always loved to make jokes and make people laugh. I love to hear how excited he gets and how much he gets into his stories when he is telling them. I would love to be able to win this and give it to him to preserve all his stories and tales of his youth.
This is a wonderful idea! I think it would be great for Grandparents & Parents to do… Its an awesome way to hear their stories even after they have passed in their own words… and the younger grandchildren will be able to read and understand who their grandparents were…. I LOVE THIS!!
This is an awesome idea. I would love to give this to my Dad and I would love to win this for him. I’m sure he has many stories to tell that I’ve never heard. This is such a great way to pass down for kids and grandkids.
I’d love to gift this to my father-in-law. My husband’s mother passed away when he was 15 and his dad loves retelling funny stories often of their life together. Ive heard him tell the same stories over & over and he just lights up all over as he recounts the memories with so much love. I know someday he will pass away too & my husband will have these stories but not necessarily in his father’s ‘voice’. What a wonderful way to keep his dad and mom alive for years and generations to come! I really hope I can give this gift to him.
I think my father and mother would love the storyworth book! They are up in years and my father is turning 84 the 14th of this month and is in failing health. It is amazing the man is still with us, but he is not one to sit back, he keeps moving. He is just about totally blind. He gets shots in his eyes monthly, trying to save the little bit of vision he has. He heart is only pumping at 25% and he has severe cardio vascular disease and many other health concerns. He served in the military for 21 years and fought in several wars. He was one of 7 kids and only he and a younger brother are the only ones living. About 5 years ago, he and his 2 younger brothers, by 10 years, were all in the hospital at the same time. My father and one uncle under went bypass surgery and the other needed a heart transplant. Unfortunately the ladder uncle did not make it. My father has many life experiences and a lot of wisdom to share with us all. He feels his days are limited and he has a lot to share. My mother is a wonderful caregiver and we worry she doesn’t take care of herself. Both my parents lived during the depression. My mother led a very poor life but has some great memories of her mother and 7 siblings, she lost her father when she was 4. She has shared some of her stories and it is amazing what she had endured and came through. My memory of these stories could not be retold in the detail that they have. It would be nice to have these stories documented and it would create wonderful memories of my parents sharing stories with these prompts. I could see them light up telling there stories.
I would love if my dad could do this. He has so many experiences and stories that range from life lessons to hysterical. He suffered a minor stroke almost 10 years ago. His long term memory is great. I think the email prompts would be a great way for him to share his story with his grandkids.
I hope this is where the comments go, the link above doesn’t work. 🙂 I would love to win this to gift to my dad. He’s got some amazing stories and I love this idea so much!
I would love this for my dad!! He loves to tell stories!