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My mom did Storyworth and got really into it. She loves writing and telling life stories. She's also very sentimental, so it was right up her alley. The email format worked really well for her too. I don't think she would have enjoyed a similar handwritten book/journal setup as much though. I'm not sure she would have consistently taken the time to write things out? That's where the email setup was really helpful for her. She also uploaded pictures along with most Storyworth entries, which she said was tricky. But I'm not sure if it really was difficult, or if she was just having trouble with it. I offered to help a few times, but she never took me up on it - so I'm thinking it wasn't that bad. The book turned out nicely in the end, and I'm grateful she took the time to put it together.

We tried to get my dad to do it too, but he had no interest. He's not much of a story-teller in general though, and is a much more private person...so I don't think it was really his thing.

When everything shut down with the pandemic in spring 2020, my husband gave his parents a short book of postcards with "life story" sort of prompts on them to see if they would periodically mail one to our us and the kids. I'm assuming that idea was a flop on their end though. We've never seen the postcards or heard anything about it again. I thought the idea was cute as a lower maintenance and quicker turnaround alternative to something like Storyworth though.

I have this one that I gave my grandmother when I was in highschool. She spent a year or two filling it out and gave it back to me. It has a bunch of prompts and spaces for pictures. It also have some one liners, like favorite things then and now, which are easy to fill out.

She went on to take some writing classes and write family stories with her 14 brothers and sisters. I have her book of stories too now. It's really special to have.

We gave something similar to DH's grandmother and never saw it again.

From Grandmother With Love: A Life Recalled for My Grandchild https://www.amazon.com/dp/0821219707/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_MCCF7YXZJZKE7R4H9BMX

My MIL tells stories of the family all the time but there is very little written down as far as history so we are gifting her Storyworth this year. I am hoping the prompts help guide her so we get some good stories out of it. She is good on the computer so I think the email format will be nice but we will see. Trying to keep my expectations low.