Grandparents and Greatgrandparents are something that our kids are not quite too sure about. Somehow they don't always get that they are their parents mom and dad.

These interviews sound like a great idea and if they can be videoed for posterity that would be great.

I would suggest your kids as their grandparents for stories about what you and your husband were like as kids, did you eat your vegetables, make your beds, or sneak out of bed at night.

The other questions would be about family history, how did they meet each other, where did they live when they were growing up, what did their schools look like, what were the names of the schools and how did they get to school. Some of these things could quite likely come in handy when your kids get to school and have to do projects on where their family came from.

My kids are quite interested in their family history, I think, because their extended family all live far away. They don't have any family they can go and visit for a weekend meal or cousins they can play with after school, so being able to know a lot about their grandparents is a way they feel connected.

Mother of 4- Great question ideas! I'll need to add them to our interviews.

Just by circumstance, and that's another story, I enrolled in 'Life Stories', a writing class taught by Sheila Dunec at Avenidas Senior Center. I've written over 60 stories to date and many of them deal with what is mentioned in the article. We write and then read our stories in class. I always email, as attachments, my stories, to friends and relatives. And, believe it or not, my grand-kids read them and love them.

And to the other idea...a great idea. My mom visited us here in Palo Alto, from Montana, many years ago. On one of her last visits my son, Jeff, and his wife came up to my house while grandma was here. Jeff brought his video camera, a tape type. It was one of those early big ones, like TV studio cameras. My mom looked beautiful, well coiffed, sitting on the sofa near a table lamp. Jeff focused his camera on her and asked a myriad of questions about her growing up days in Kansas, moving to Montana to teach, meeting my dad, raising a family on a farm, and many other of her life experiences. It is now on a DVD. Family histories are important, I think. Record them however you want, but record them.

Gale Johnson - Thanks for reading and for commenting. That sounds like a wonderful DVD of your mother. The Life Stories class sounds very interesting. What a great way to share your stories with relatives, especially grandkids.