It only makes sense that this month’s questions are about fathers and fatherhood since last month’s questions dealt with mothers. Remember that these questions are designed to give you a jumping off point in writing about your life.

❶ In what ways are you and your father inherently alike—physical traits, temperament, personality, talents, interests?

❷ How are you and your father different in those same areas?

❸ How do you strive to emulate your father’s example? Are there areas where you try to do things differently than he did?

❹ What did you enjoy doing with your father as a child? How did/do you spend time together as adults?

❺ What life lessons have you learned from your father? Did he teach and instruct you directly/verbally, or did he teach more by example?

❻ What is something you never understood or appreciate about your dad until much later in life?

❼ What are some of the signature phrases, quotes, or sayings that remind you of your dad? Your grandfathers?

❽ What are some of the stories you loved hearing from your father’s youth? Or from your grandfathers’ younger days?

❾ What are some of the things your father is/was especially good at? His special talents and abilities?

❿ Who are some other important father figures who have been influential in your life?

⓫ How has society’s view of fathers and fatherhood shifted throughout your life? What do you think of those changes?

⓬ If you are a father, what has surprised you most about the experience? How has it been different than you expected?