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Dear MumTell Me the Story of Your Life

She remembers your first word — but how much of her story do you actually know? Dear Mum is a guided memory journal and keepsake book that invites your mother to record her life, her memories and her wisdom in her own handwriting: a mother's story, kept for the children who love her, and for the generations after them.

Choose an edition on Amazon

Printed and dispatched by Amazon — also available on your local Amazon marketplace. Hardcover editions on Amazon CA are dispatched from Amazon US.

What makes this journal different

Verse intros

Every chapter opens with an original poem written for that season of life — a Timeless Tales signature.

200+ guided prompts

From single deep questions to quick one-line memories — clear, scannable, and always optional.

Secular & inclusive

No faith assumed, no family shape presumed. Kinship-anchored language honours the life actually lived.

Made to be finished

Skip-friendly by design: no assigned dates, no completion guilt, room to return whenever memory calls.

Inside the journal

A whole life, in six chapters.

Six themed chapters guide the journey — from earliest childhood memories, through coming of age, love and work, to the small joys and the legacy chapter that closes the story.

  • A two-page family tree spread, plus photo, sketch and keepsake spaces throughout.
  • A verse-poem “How to Use This Journal” that gives full permission to skip, pause and wander.
  • “Questions from Your Kin” pages — add the questions only you would think to ask.
  • “Stories Left Untold” pages for the memories that overflow.
  • No assigned dates — filled in by hand, at their own pace.
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A gift that asks for them

The perfect gift for…

  • Mother's Day — when the usual gifts feel rehearsed, this one asks for her, not for stuff
  • Her birthday — a gift she opens once and returns to for years
  • Christmas — a quiet present that outlives the wrapping paper
  • A new-grandmother moment, or the just-because day when you realise how much of her story is still unwritten

Questions before you gift it

Answered straight.

How many prompts are in the Dear Mum journal?

Over 200 thoughtful prompts across six themed chapters, from her earliest childhood memories to the legacy she is quietly building — each chapter opening with an original verse intro.

Is it religious?

No — the journal is warm, inclusive and genuinely secular, so mums of any belief (or none) can fill out every page without skipping.

Will my mum have to write about a marriage or family shape she doesn't have?

No. The prompts use kinship-anchored, skip-friendly language — she writes about 'my dad' or a partner only where she chooses to. Nothing about her life is assumed.

Is there a hardcover version?

Yes — paperback and hardcover, in black-and-white or full colour, all available on Amazon.

Complete the pair

Every bond has two sides.

The Dear Mum journal has a matching companion — same literary heart, written for its own voice. Together they become a family library.

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