My Life Story

Would you like to write your personal history, but don't know where to start? Here are some great questions that can get you thinking about your life. Just fill out each one to the best of your ability, add it together and you have a wonderful start to your history. You might like to print these question so you can have them on hand as you think of various life experiences you would like to add. If you would like to send a copy of your history to be posted on the web site it would be more than welcome. To submit your Life Story, click here.

1. Describe the most serious illness you have had?

2. What is your favorite book?

3. Where did you live as a child?

4. Tell about the homes you lived in during your childhood. After you were married.

5. What is the most trying experience that ever happened to you?

6. What are some of the things that you did that got you into trouble with your parents?

7. Tell about places that you worked?

8. Tell about your favorite vacation.

9. What games did you play as a child?

10. What are some of your favorite foods?

11. What is your greatest joy? Greatest sorrow?

12. What is your personal secret for happiness?

13. What was your favorite toy as a child? Your favorite pet?

14. Do you have a special memory about school? Where?

15. Tell about your memories of a doctor or dentist.

16. Tell what you remember about your Grandparents

17. Tell about a fishing or hunting experience.

18. Did you go camping?

19. Where would you like to live most of all? Why?

20. Tell about the dreams, expectations and hopes you have for each of your children.

21. Tell about your retirement and what you did with you time.

22. Tell about your religious background.

23. What makes each of you brothers and sisters special?

24. How did your mother spend her time?

25. Describe a childhood Christmas.

26. What special things did you do with you father.

27. Write about some places you went with your mother.

28. What is you favorite holiday?

30. What did your father do for a living? Did he get special training from anyone to do his job?

31. How old were you when you were married? Tell about you marriage.

32. What is your advise to those who are younger?

33. What was the first piece of furniture you bought.

33. Share a principle you have learned.

34. Did you have a bicycle?

35. Tell about your childhood.

36. How did you meet your husband/wife?

36. What are your favorite colors, flowers, foods, activities, hobbies?

37. What was your favorite place to go with your family?

38. Describe your first paying job. What was is, where and when?

39. Did you serve in the military? Tell about the wars during your life and what you remember.

40. Were there any events, world, local or personal, that changed your life?

41. Tell about the changes you've seen in your lifetime.

42. Tell about your children.

43. Tell about your grandchildren.

44. Tell about when and where you learned to drive. Any memorable experiences?

45. Tell about your parents, stories, what they looked like.

46. Tell about you marriage. Friends, places you went, etc.

47. Tell about your husband or wife's family

48. Tell any experiences that relate to the Bollschweiler family.

* LDS specific questions *

49. What church callings have you had? Which did you enjoy most?

50. What do you remember about the day you were baptized?

51. Do you have a favorite church leader?