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I asked my grandson what he knew about my life. He said, “You make good soup.” I laughed when he said it. How could you not? But later that evening, I got a little sad. Because the truth is… that’s all he really knew. Not the life I had before he was born. Just… soup. And I started to feel this distance between us. Like we loved each other, of course, but we didn’t really know each other. I kept thinking, how do you even change that? It’s not like you can sit a child down and say, “Let me tell you my life story.” They’d lose interest in about two minutes. I wanted to be closer to them, but I didn’t know how to bridge that gap. Until I came across something I hadn’t expected. It was a service that helps you turn your life into a book – but what caught my attention wasn’t just the “book” part… It was how you could do it. You don’t have to sit alone and write. You can do it together. So one afternoon, I asked my grandson if he wanted to help me “make a book about grandma.” I expected a polite yes at best. But he got curious. We started simple – going through old photo boxes. I’d pull one out, and he’d ask, “Who’s that?” or “Where was this?” I’d tell him the story, and instead of trying to write it all down myself, we used speech-to-text. I’d just talk, like I always do, and the words would appear on the page. He thought that part was amazing. Sometimes he’d even press the button and say, “Okay, tell me this one.” We’d sit there longer than I planned. One photo turning into five. One story turning into ten. And somewhere in the middle of it, I realized that we were spending real time together, not with a screen, not half-distracted, but actually connecting. He started remembering things. Bringing them up later. “Grandma, tell me again about when you…” That had never happened before. And I realized… I hadn’t just found a way to tell my story. I found a way to be closer to my grandchildren – without forcing it, without making it feel like a “lesson.” Just… time together, stories, and a little bit of curiosity. And funnily enough, now when he talks about me… It’s not just the soup anymore. Now he refers to me as the grandma who wrote an entire book! If you think you and your grandchildren might enjoy this, try this one minute quiz. 👉https://www.getmemowrite.com/campaigns/landing