There's a specific kind of grief that doesn't get talked about enough. It's not losing someone. It's realizing, after they're gone, that you never really knew them.

Not fully, anyway.

Most of us know our grandparents as grandparents. The role, not the person. We know what they cooked, maybe where they grew up, a handful of stories that got told at holidays. But we don't know what they were afraid of at 25. We don't know what they gave up, or chose, or regretted.

And at some point, we can't ask anymore.

These are the questions worth asking while you still can.

About their early life What was your house like growing up? Not the town, the house. The smell of it, the sounds. Who were you closest to in your family, and why? What did you want to be when you were young, before anyone told you otherwise?

About love and loss How did you know you wanted to marry my grandfather, my grandmother? What's the hardest thing you ever went through? Who do you still miss?

About what they know now What do you wish someone had told you earlier? What are you most proud of, that nobody ever thinks to mention? Is there anything you'd want us to remember about you?

That last one is hard to ask. Ask it anyway.

These conversations don't have to be formal. They don't need to be recorded. But if you want to make sure nothing gets lost, Memorable Stories was built exactly for this.