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Dear Mum, Tell Me the Story of Your Life — cover in Heritage Garnet

Guided memory journal · Heritage Garnet

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.

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Black & white is the everyday keepsake. The colour edition is the same 123 pages printed on warm ivory in this journal’s own colour, and costs a little more —see what changes. Hardcover is the one for a milestone gift.

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

Buying in the US? Mom is the same journal in American English, with its own cover.

Inside this edition

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15 of the 123 pages, from all six chapters — including the ones written only for Dear Mum, about the two of you, that appear in no other edition. Tap any page to read it full size.

The colour edition is the same 123 pages and the same prompts, printed on warm ivory pages with every heading, rule and ornament in Heritage Garnet — Dear Mum’s own cover colour. It costs a little more. About the colour edition →

The Life Story Entrusted to These Pagesonly in this editionThe dedication you sign before you give it · page 2
Family TreeA two-page spread, however the family is shaped · pages 12–13
IV · Becoming Who You AreEvery chapter opens with an original verse, written for this journal · pages 54–55
How Your Story Startedonly in this editionChapter 2 — where the story starts · page 16
The Girl You Wereonly in this editionChapter 2 — who they were before you · page 24
The Space Between Usonly in this editionChapter 3 — the years you did not share · page 44
My Arrivalonly in this editionChapter 4 — where the adult story turns · page 64
Becoming Mumonly in this editionChapter 4 — the questions only this bond gets asked · page 66
The People Who Were HomeChapter 2 · page 18
Stories Left UntoldChapter 2 · page 30
Whispers Across TimeChapter 3 · page 46
Quick: The Shape of HomeChapter 4 · page 61
This or That?Chapter 5 · page 80
Visual EchoesChapter 5 · page 89
Whispers for TomorrowChapter 6 · page 110

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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.

Ready when you are

Give Dear Mum the last word.

Every edition below is the same journal — the same prompts, the same verse intros. Pick the format and the Amazon marketplace closest to you.

Buy on Amazon

Black & white is the everyday keepsake. The colour edition is the same 123 pages printed on warm ivory in this journal’s own colour, and costs a little more —see what changes. Hardcover is the one for a milestone gift.

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

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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