recording family history

You are away for the weekend when a family member rings with a question that seems almost too simple: “Where do you keep the spare…

Someone places a familiar dish on the table and says, “We always have this today,” but nobody can quite remember when the tradition began. Perhaps…

A grandchild asks what music you loved at their age, and you realise they know your favourite biscuit but not the story of your first…

You open your phone to find the name of a favourite café, a family birthday detail or the idea you wrote down after a conversation,…

You find a half-finished family recipe book in a drawer, a box of unlabelled photographs in the wardrobe and three seedlings still waiting to be…

Someone brings out an old photograph and asks, “Was this before you moved to Wellington, or after?” You recognise the people and remember the day,…

You are away for the weekend when someone at home sends a simple message: “Where do we keep the spare batteries?” You know exactly where…

You open a cupboard looking for a serving bowl and find three chipped mugs, a stack of unopened mail, an old school project and a…

A family member asks what you were like when you were younger, and the room fills with different answers. One person remembers your terrible singing…