Why do this work?

It was born because it was something that I felt like I could have benefited from.

And very early on, after my son was born, I was just super tired and kind of emotionally strung out.

And I had picked up this journal that I had bought to give to my...

I bought these copies to give to my mom and dad to record their stories for my grandson.

And it was just kind of...

these little specific things like how you grew up or your favorite things, the story of who they are.

But then I think that biographical process can conjure these deeper questions of like, oh yeah, who was I before? And what does it feel like to remember that person?