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“So what do you want to get your mom for Christmas this year?”

My husband asks me this question every year in December, and every year my answer is the same… “I have no idea.”

My mom is in her 70s, self-sufficient, and already has everything she needs and wants. My kids are too old to send handmade artwork. COVID-19 has made in-person visits dangerous if not impossible. And there are only so many times you can send a photo album or a custom fridge magnet. I needed something new.

But finding something meaningful, unique and long-lasting was just as challenging this year as every other. In fact, lockdowns and quarantines have made shopping even more difficult for us. (Plus, I’m running out of time if I want to get it there before Christmas.)

In short, my aspiration for that epic Christmas gift was again eclipsed by reality.

And then, while scrolling through my news feed looking for inspiration, I landed on an ad for StoryWorth. For $99, ($89 with this $10 off coupon) StoryWorth will send my mom an email each week with a new writing prompt in the form of a question to answer. All she has to do is respond to the email. StoryWorth collects all those answers and then at the end of the year they are put into a beautiful hardbound book.

Even better, I don’t have to wait till the end of the year to read her answers. Each week, I’ll also get an email with her responses. Knowing I will get to read her stories each week by email was a bonus feature I wasn’t expecting. Going on this journey together makes it all the more meaningful. I was happy knowing I could share those stories with my kids or siblings as they were written. It’s a true year-round gift that ends in an actual book to share. A memoir of her legacy preserved online and in book form forever.

In one year, I could collect 52 stories from my mom. Stories about her childhood that she never thought to tell us. Or how she fell in love and married my dad. What she felt like the day he passed away. She could capture her legacy and forever pass it on to her children, grandchildren, and even great grandchildren.

Then I realized StoryWorth would ask my mom all the things I would never think to ask her. I already know the big stories — the laugh out loud memories that are told around the table at holidays. But StoryWorth would capture the little things that make up a life. Like a cherished memory of the time someone gave her advice she always remembered. Or a story when someone was unfair or bullied her. A recollection about a favorite stuffed animal, a hated food, a joyous Christmas, or a triumph in sports.

I imagined flipping through a book of stories and advice I’d never heard before from my mom, and I actually got choked up thinking about it. I had that flash forward moment where I’m reading these stories to my grandchildren about the time my mom and dad bought a pasta maker and hung homemade spinach fettuccine from clothes hangers all over the kitchen.

StoryWorth was almost too good too be true. First, it was priced so well. Less than $100 for a year’s worth of legacy-filled stories seemed like a steal. Something that she knew would shape the lives of her grandchildren and beyond. Second, StoryWorth offers instant delivery — no shipping and no inventory delay. (Take that, COVID-19!) It could be delivered to her at exactly the right time.

But most importantly, it allows me to give my mom something meaningful from me as her daughter. Not only does she know I value hearing all the little things about her life, but it gives her a chance to write that memoir she always wanted to write. One of the stories I remember is how she’d always say, “Oh, I should write a book!” And now, because of StoryWorth, that dream will come true for her.

Right now StoryWorth is just $89 with this coupon — which I expect will expire soon! If you’re interested in an awesome last-minute gift idea, this is absolutely perfect. Help your parents write their legacy with StoryWorth in 2021.