A mother. A daughter. A lifetime of stories.
Two Old
Friends.
What if we could get to know our parents, all over again?
A mother born in 1945. A daughter born in 1975. Fifty-two questions. One year of conversations worth keeping.
Why I began
“Dad, I understand you now.”
The words I never got to say.
A letter that became a beginning
Before stories
become silence.
There are questions we mean to ask, and words we assume can wait.
Dear My Legacy began with a wish to know the people we love not only as our parents, but as the people they once were — with dreams, fears, secrets and remarkable ordinary days.
Now I am spending a year asking my mother fifty-two questions. Perhaps you will begin asking yours, too.
Keep their stories close
There is more than one way to remember.
Some stories begin with a single question. Others become a book, a recording, or a film the family can treasure for generations.
The 52 Cards
Thoughtful questions to help you discover the people you love, one conversation at a time.
Life Story Service
Personal interviews shaped into a memoir that preserves memories, stories and the voice behind them.
Legacy Films
Films and voice tributes for funerals and celebrations of life, made with care to honour a life and the people it touched.
The 52-week project
A rooster.
A rabbit.
Two old friends.
Thirty years between us. A lifetime of stories we have yet to tell each other.
One thoughtful question each week — and a chance for a mother and daughter to meet as two people, not just two generations.
1945 — 1975
“Not just my mother. A whole person, with a story of her own.”
Two Old Friends · A year of conversations
A conversation to begin with
This week’s question
Question No. 01 · Example only
“What were you like before you became my mum?”
Every answer opens a door to a life we never knew.
A small beginning
Start with one question.
Receive ten conversation starters and begin uncovering the stories that deserve to be remembered.