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complex, surrounded by her children, and miles away from her native island. The children are busy with their homework, and she is writing her life story in a school notebook. Whenever a child needs a sheet of paper, she tears it out of her notebook. Sometimes her children are curious and ask her to read the story to them, which she does. Ultimately, a publisher from Paris becomes interested in her manuscript and she becomes a published author. But it is not necessary to become a published author to leave a legacy to our children. Depending upon our own talent, we may leave a written text as well as drawings, or collages of pictures from our photo albums which add a new dimension to the text. We may include such things as the reproduction of our favorite embroidery motif or our favorite Easter egg or pysanka design. Anything that will remind them of us before we take it all into nothingness as we pass on. Questions for Baba and Dido concerning the Family and the Family Tree: 1. From what country (or countries) did your family ancestors emigrate? When was this and where did they settle? (A hand drawn map may be added for clarity). 2. What are your parents' names? 3. When and where were they bom? 4. What was your mother's maiden name? 5. What do you remember most about your mother from your childhood? 6. What do you remember most about your father? 7. What work did your parents do? 8. What is your birth date? 9. Where were you bom? 10. Was there anything unusual about the circumstances of your birth? 11. Were you bom in a hospital or at home? 12. What was your full name and how was it chosen? Does it have special meaning? 13. Who in your family do you most look like? 14. How many brothers and sisters did you have? List them in the order they were bom and include children who may have died early in life or at birth. 15. Where did you fit among them? 16. To whom did you feel the closest? 17. How did you spend your time together? 18. Did you ever take trips or vacations with your family? Where did you go? Tell about a favorite one. 19. Was another language besides English spoken in your home? What was it? 20. Did your family attend a church or synagogue? Was religion an important part of your family life? 21. Did your family have enough money? Was it ever a concern for you? 22. What were one or two of the worst times in your family life? 23. What were one or two of the best times? Concerning life stages and significant life events relating to childhood (2-12 years): 24. What is your first memory going back as far as you can? 25. Where did you live? What do you remember most about your home(s)? 26. Did you have any nicknames? What were they and did you like or dislike them? 27. Did you have any pets? Tell about them. 28. What did you do for fun? Describe your favorite toy or game. 29. Were you ever really sick? 30. What do you remember about the grammar school you attended? How did you get there? Did you walk? Did you take a school bus? 31. Did you have any favorite books or stories? 32. What did you want to be when you grew up? 33. What did your parents want you to do or be? 34. Do you remember how much things cost (clothes, food, movies, toys, gasoline, stamps)? Concerning the teen years (12-20): 35. What household chores or jobs did you have to do? 36. Did you get an allowance? How did you usually spend it? 37. What did you and your family use for transportation? 38. How many years of secondary school did you complete? 39. What parts of school did you like best? What parts did you like least? 40. Did you play any sports in school? 41. Were you involved in any music or drama activities? Tell about them. 42. Did you receive any awards or prizes for achievements in athletics, scholarship, etc.? 43. Were you a member of any clubs? What were they? 44. What songs and dances were popular? 45. What kind of clothing did you wear? How is it different from clothes worn by young people today? 46. Who most influenced your thinking during this time and why? 47. As a teenager, how did you get along with your parents? 48. At what point did you move away from home? Why? Where did you go? Family Traditions and Celebrations: 49. Did you celebrate any special family or ethnic holidays at your house? Describe them. 50. As a child, how did you usually celebrate your Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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