Write the One-Hour Life Story

This is your written permission to copy and paste this file to your own computer for personal, not commercial use, to help you write your life story.  Your children, grandchildren, and so on will feel deep gratitude to have the thoughts and experiences of their grandfather or grandmother in their own hands.  The sentences are all started for you.  Just complete them.  Delete any which don’t apply to you.  Have FUN!!!

Birth and Family

I was born on

At (place)

It was known in that area as the

We lived there because

I was number ( ) child in the family born to (Father) and (Mother).

My brothers and sisters were:

I was like my dad in that

I was like my mom because

I was like my brother (sister)The most popular songs of this time were

And, the most popular pass time was

Our favorite family pass time was

Our family would often go

But, the times I liked the least were

At Christmas time we

Then for New Year’s Eve we

On Valentine’s day, my mom (dad)

At Easter we always

For the Fourth of July, we would

Going back to school after the summer was always full of

Halloween was fun because

At Thanksgiving, we would

A historical event that happened before I started school was

The effect that it had on me and our family was

Some prayers of mine (ours) that were answered during this time were:
Preschool

Before I started school I was

My parents say that my favorite toy was

And, my favorite thing to do was

Even though I was so young, I was quite good at

But I was slow to learn about

My best friend was named

We used to like to

My favorite game was

I loved my grandparents.  We used to do things together like

They taught me how to

They told me that when they were children they used to

And then, with their families, they would

My favorite Preschool teacher was

Some prayers of mine (ours) that were answered during this time were:

Elementary School

My first day of school was in the year

I was () years old.  My () took me to school that day.  I remember these details:

My friends at school were

My favorite thing at school was

I learned that year to

My teacher’s name was

(S)He was

My other teachers names were

My favorite teacher in all my childhood was

, because

I once won a prize (award, ribbon) for

But, I got into trouble for

To earn money when I was a child I would

At this age I was very much involved in (Scouts, sports, dance, singing, art, etc.)

My siblings and I like to play games.  We played

We had a pet named

(S)He used to make us laugh when (s)he

Something that was very hard for me to do at this point in my life was

I had normal childhood illnesses, including

A story about that was

The most amazing thing that I remember seeing at this age was

The thing I remember most about this time was

It made me so happy to keep this commandment when I was a child

Even as I child, I felt inspired when

Some prayers of mine (ours) that were answered during this time were:

Junior High

I started Junior High School in () grade. 

It was different from elementary school in that

I still had my friends      ,      ,      , and        to hang out with, but not     ,     ,   and

A sport I played a lot in junior high was

I used to like it because

On my own time I used to like to

I played an instrument, it was

I started learning a language, it was

I had a crush on

The “popular” kids were

My group was considered

At home, I started learning how to

My Dad taught me how to

My Mom taught me how to

My responsibility around the house was

My biggest dream at this age was to

I was fascinated with science (math, skateboarding, clothes, Harry Potter, hairstyles, music, dancing, La Crosse, etc.); I couldn’t get enough of it, because

Some prayers of mine (ours) that were answered during this time were:
High School

When I was a teenager, I earned money by

I took the following classes in high school,

My high school was named

It was located in

There were  (how many) students in my school.

The sport I played in high school was

At this age, I also liked to

There was something I became quite good at in high school

A significant event that happened to me personally during this time was

A really major event that happened in our country during this time was

Learning to drive was interesting because

I loved (definitely didn’t love) going to camp with (Scouts, girls’ camp, trek, family, EFY)

Things I liked (disliked) about it were these

   ,because

The camp councilor I liked the best was             ,because

The most wonderful experience I had there was

At this age, I had many questions about life, like

I was inspired by many people at this age, for example,

A talk (lesson, activity, project) which had a great influence on me was

Things that were invented at this time, which came into common use, were

As a group, my friends and I used to really like to

Some prayers of mine (ours) that were answered during this time were:
Young Adult

My first car was a

This is how long it took me to pay for it

I knew (didn’t know) just how to take care of it, as you can tell by this story;

I (didn’t) attended Institute classes, including these

My favorite Institute teacher was              ,because

(S)He always used to tell us

And a (book of scripture, quote, saying) which we studied had a big influence on me.

Someone who really inspired me at this point in my life was

I went to trade school (college, got a job, left for my mission) then

I served a mission to

Some friends I made at this point were

We used to like to

But, we always tried to get out of

The hardest thing I had to do at this point in my life was

But, the blessing I got from it was

The prophet at this time was

An important event that happened in the world at this time was

Some prayers of mine (ours) that were answered during this time were:
Marriage

I met my sweetheart at

I liked him(her) right away because

And besides that, something we liked to do together was

I told my brother (sister, best friend, mom, dad) that it was serious when

We dated for (time) before I proposed(was proposed to) on this date:

This is how it was done:

We were married at

We have now been married     years.

We’re exactly(not at all) alike, as you can see from this story

The most interesting person we’ve ever talked to was

The funniest experience we have had together was

The most frustrating thing we’ve gone through together was

The saddest experience we have shared was

Adversity we’ve endured was

The three most spiritual experiences we’ve shared were these

Some prayers of ours that were answered during this time were:
Children

We knew we were expecting our first child when

My feelings about it were

When we told our families, they were

At this point we were living in (type of home & location)

What we did to get ready was

When I (my wife) went into labor, we

So, (child’s name) was born on (date), at (time), in (hospital and location)

S(H)e was (pounds, ounces) and ( )inches long.

The baby looked like my (spouse’s) side of the family.

The three of us used to

Before (s)he was one year old, (s)he used to

Her (His) first word was

He (She) got his (her) 1^st tooth at age    , and took (his) her first step at

Her favorite toy (blanket, pillow, etc.) was

His (Her) favorite way to go to sleep was

We like to do these things together

We like to read these books together:

These are some experiences (s)he has had:

(S)He has added so much to our family by

Then our second child came along, (name)

At this point we were living in (type of home & location)

What we did to get ready was

S(H)e was (pounds, ounces) and ( )inches long.

The baby looked like my (spouse’s) side of the family.

The four of us used to

Before (s)he was one year old, (s)he used to

Her (His) first word was

He (She) got his (her) 1^st tooth at age    , and took (his) her first step at

Her favorite toy (blanket, pillow, etc.) was

His (Her) favorite way to go to sleep was

We like to do these things together

We like to read these books together:

These are some experiences (s)he has had:

(S)He has added so much to our family by

Then our third child came along, (name)

At this point we were living in (type of home & location)

What we did to get ready was

S(H)e was (pounds, ounces) and ( )inches long.

The baby looked like my (spouse’s) side of the family.

The five of us used to

Before (s)he was one year old, (s)he used to

Her (His) first word was

He (She) got his (her) 1^st tooth at age    , and took (his) her first step at

Her favorite toy (blanket, pillow, etc.) was

His (Her) favorite way to go to sleep was

We like to do these things together

We like to read these books together:

These are some experiences (s)he has had:

(S)He has added so much to our family by

Some prayers of mine (ours) that have been answered since our children were born have been:
Jobs and Projects

I started working at the age of

The first job I ever had was as a

I enjoyed (disliked) my work because

People I liked there were         ,        , and

While I was there, I got valuable experience in

My next job was

And then,

My first real job was as a

I excelled at my job.  Awards and recognitions that I received were

People I admired at work were              ,           , and

A volunteer (or intern) project that I worked on as an adult was

It was a new experience for me because

What I learned from doing this was

And, now, because of it I

Some people who worked with me on it were

The most frustrating part of it was

The thing about it I enjoyed the most was

The funniest thing that happened there was

Grandparents 

We knew we were going to be grandparents when

Let me tell you about our grandchildren

Our most spiritual experience as grandparents was

Our grandchildren have given us a more eternal perspective by

Fun things we’ve shared with our grandchildren have been
Places I lived were these:

New friends I made were these:

Significant things that happened were

Some prayers of mine (ours) that were answered during this time were:

Now that I’m          years old, this is what I want to tell my children and grandchildren