A meaningful keepsake journal designed to help you remember the Lord’s hand in your life and preserve your story for generations.

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🌿 MAIN DESCRIPTION 

One day, your story will be one of your family’s greatest treasures.

Tell Me Your Story is a beautifully designed guided journal that helps you reflect on your life, recognize the Lord’s hand, and preserve your memories, experiences, and testimony for those you love.

Through thoughtful, faith-centered prompts, this journal gently guides you to record the moments that matter most—your childhood memories, life experiences, spiritual growth, lessons learned, and personal testimony.

This is more than a journal.

It’s a gift to your family.

A way to connect generations.

A place to remember.

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💛 WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT

• Helps you recognize and record the Lord’s hand in your life
• Thoughtful prompts make it easy to know what to write
• Designed for parents, grandparents, and anyone who wants to preserve their story
• Creates a meaningful keepsake for children and future generations
• Encourages reflection, gratitude, and testimony-building

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✍️ WHAT’S INSIDE

• Guided prompts written in first-person for easy journaling
• Sections for:
  
  • Family & parenting
  • Faith & testimony
  • Trials & growth
  • Wisdom & life lessons
  • Advice & legacy
  • Favorite things
• Scripture excerpts and uplifting quotes throughout
• Plenty of space to write and reflect

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🌄 PERFECT FOR

• Mothers and fathers
• Grandparents
• People you minister to
• Children
• Siblings
• Meaningful ward gifts (Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas)
• Personal reflection and spiritual growth
• Anyone wanting to preserve their story and testimony

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✨ HOW TO USE

You don’t need to write perfectly—just honestly.

• Start anywhere
• Write a few minutes at a time
• Answer one prompt per sitting
  

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💬 QUOTE

“It is likely to be the source of great inspiration to your family—your children, your grandchildren, and others, on through the generations.”
— Spencer W. Kimball

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📦 PRODUCT DETAILS

• Size: 5" x 7"
• Cover: Glossy cardstock
• Paper: Easy to write on
• Binding: Saddle-stitch (2 staples)

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💛 Tell Me Your Story 

Your life is filled with moments worth remembering.

Your testimony is a gift.

Your story matters.

Tell it.

🌿 Free Lesson Plan: Good for a Relief Society, Elders Quorum, Ward, Youth, or Family Reunion Activity

“Remember, Remember: Your Story Matters”

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💛 Introduction (2–3 minutes)

Have you ever wished you could sit down with one of your ancestors and just… ask them everything?

• What was your life like?
• What did you struggle with?
• How did you gain your testimony?

Now think about this:

👉 One day, someone will feel that way about you.

Your children.
Your grandchildren.
Maybe someone generations from now.

The question is:

👉 What will they know about your life?

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📖 Scripture Foundation (2–3 minutes)

In the scriptures, the Lord repeatedly teaches one simple command:

👉 Remember

“O remember, remember…” — Helaman 5

Why does He say it twice?

Because we forget.

We forget:

• the miracles
• the answers to prayers
• the quiet ways the Lord helped us

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💡 Object Lesson #1: The Jar of Water (3–4 minutes)

Bring:

• A clear jar of water
• A drop of food coloring

Say:

“This water represents our life. Clear, full, meaningful.”

Add one drop of color:

“This represents a spiritual experience—an answer to prayer, a moment you felt the Spirit.”

Watch it spread.

👉 Then say:

“But if we don’t record it… it fades in our memory.”

Shake the jar slightly.

👉 “Eventually, we forget how clear and powerful it once was.”

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✨ Teaching Point

Recording our experiences helps us:

• see clearly
• remember accurately
• recognize the Lord’s hand

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💬 Quote

Henry B. Eyring

“When you write down what the Lord has done for you, you begin to see His hand in your life.”

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📖 Why Journaling Matters Spiritually (3–4 minutes)

The Lord has always asked His people to keep records.

• The plates of brass
• The Book of Mormon
• The Doctrine and Covenants

Why?

Because:
👉 records preserve faith

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📖 Scripture

“Write the things which thou hast seen… that they may be had again.” — (Revelation principle)

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💡 Teaching Insight

The Book of Mormon exists because someone:

• took time
• wrote things down
• preserved them

👉 Your journal is a small version of that same pattern

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💛 Object Lesson #2: A Missing Story (3–4 minutes)

Hold up an empty notebook page.

Say:

“Imagine this is the only page we have left from your life.”

What would it say?

Now imagine:

• no stories
• no testimony
• no experiences

👉 “How much would be lost?”

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✨ Teaching Point

When we don’t record our lives:

👉 we don’t just lose memories—we lose meaning

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👨👩👧👦 Journaling & Future Generations (4–5 minutes)

Your journal is not just for you.

It is for:

• your children
• your grandchildren
• generations you may never meet

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💬 Quote

Spencer W. Kimball

“It is likely to be the source of great inspiration to your family—your children, your grandchildren, and others, on through the generations.”

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💡 Teaching Point

Your journal becomes:

• a voice after you’re gone
• a testimony that keeps speaking
• a source of strength for someone else

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🧬 Tie to Family History (4–5 minutes)

Family history is about:

👉 connecting generations

We search for:

• names
• dates
• places

But what we really want is:

👉 stories

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💡 Ask:

What if you could read:

• your great-grandmother’s testimony?
• how your ancestor gained faith?
• what they learned through trials?

👉 That’s what YOU can give to your family.

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📖 Scripture

“Turn the heart of the fathers to the children…” — Malachi 4:6

👉 Journaling is one way we turn hearts:

• backward (to ancestors)
• forward (to descendants)

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✨ Teaching Insight

Family history is not just about the dead remembering the living.

👉 It’s also about the living blessing the future.

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🙏 Testimony & Personal Record (3–4 minutes)

One of the most powerful things you can leave behind is:

👉 your testimony

Not just:

• “I believe”

But:

• how you came to believe
• when you felt the Spirit
• what the Lord has done for you

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📖 Scripture

“By the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.” — Moroni 10:5

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💡 Teaching Point

Your testimony, written in your own words, becomes:

• a witness
• a guide
• a source of strength for others

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💛 Object Lesson #3: A Letter to the Future (3 minutes)

Hold an envelope.

Say:

“This represents a message to your future family.”

Ask:

👉 What would you want them to know?

• about your faith
• about your life
• about what matters most

👉 Your journal is that letter

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✨ Invitation (2–3 minutes)

You don’t need to:

• be a perfect writer
• have a dramatic life
• record everything

You just need to:

👉 start

Write:

• simple moments
• small experiences
• quiet answers to prayer

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💬 Final Quote

Henry B. Eyring

“As you write, you will come to know that the Lord has been aware of you.”

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💛 Closing Thought

One day, someone you love will read your words.

They will see:

• your faith
• your struggles
• your growth

And because you wrote it down…

👉 their faith will be stronger

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🙏 Testimony (you can personalize)

You might close with something like:

“I know the Lord is in the details of our lives. I know that as we take time to remember and record, we begin to see His hand more clearly. I know that our stories matter—and that they can bless generations to come.”

I would pass out these journals to each person and if there is time, you can explain these steps to help people be more inspired to writing in this journal.

 

The #1 reason journals don’t get used isn’t lack of desire… it’s friction + overwhelm.

If you solve that, these journals become something people finish (and rave about).

Here are the most effective ways to make that happen:

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💛 1. Remove the pressure to “do it right”

Most people think:
👉 “I don’t know what to say”
👉 “I need to write something meaningful”

You want to replace that with:
👉 “I can just start.”

👉 This single mindset shift dramatically increases completion.

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✨ 2. Use the prompts to help it feel EASY

Example:

Instead of:
👉 a blank page

Use a prompt like this:
👉 “One memory from my childhood I still remember is…”

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🌿 3. Get into a routine

People don’t know when to do it.

Set a plan:

• “Write for 5–10 minutes at a time”
• “Answer 1–2 prompts per sitting”
• “Come back whenever you can”

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💡 4.  “Where should I start?” 

Example:

If you’re not sure where to begin:

• Start with your childhood
• Or start with your testimony
• Or flip to any page in the guided journal that feels meaningful

👉 People love being told it’s okay to not go in order

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🙏 5. Add small spiritual anchors

This is huge for people of our faith.

Before sections, think:

• “Take a moment to reflect before you write.”
• “Think about how the Lord has guided you here.”

👉 It shifts the experience from task → meaningful moment

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🧠 6. These pages feel “finishable”

This journal:

• breaks pages into sections
• adds multiple small prompts per page

👉 People are more likely to complete a page if it feels doable

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💛 7. There are “Quick Pages”

These are game changers, especially for people with short attention spans.

Filling out the "Favorite things" page or "Foundations" page are an easy way to get started!

👉 These build momentum and confidence

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✨ 8. Include a progress mindset

Remind them:

• “You don’t have to finish this quickly.”
• “Even a few pages matter.”
• “This is something you can return to over time.”

👉 This prevents quitting

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🌄 9. Connect it to their WHY

People follow through when it feels meaningful.

Remind them:

• “Your family will treasure this.”
• “Your story will bless future generations.”

With these easy steps, filling out this guided journal becomes a breeze and is something your future generations will absolutely cherish.