One message a day, an answer back, and a story that builds all year.
Every part of it runs on a text message. Nothing to install, nothing to learn, nothing for them to log into. Here is the whole of it, start to finish.
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The daily loop
The message arrives
At the time they chose, one text asks how the morning is going. Plain words, a different phrasing each week, never a test.
They reply
A few words or one word. Anything back closes the morning, and their reply reaches the main contact exactly as they wrote it.
A question about their life
A minute after they reply, a second text asks one question about their life, with a link to answer at length. Or they just text back.
A day, start to finish
8:00 AM
The check-in goes out
At the time the family set. Nothing is expected of anyone for the next hour.
8:14 AM
They reply from the kitchen
Two lines about the night and the knee. The morning is settled.
8:15 AM
The question about their life
Today's is about the street they grew up on. The link opens a page with the question and a big text box.
8:40 AM
They answer
A paragraph, saved word for word under childhood. Tomorrow's question will follow from what they said.
Sunday, 6:00 PM
The week goes to their circle
Every reply and every answer from the week, by email, to everyone in their circle.
The three parts, in detail
How They're Doing
The morning check-in, what happens when there is no reply, and what happens when a reply needs attention.
Read moreTheir Life Story
The daily question, how one leads to the next, where the answers go, and who can read them.
Read moreTheir Circle
The few people who hear from them, what each of them sees, and how a missed morning reaches them.
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What they need
Any phone that gets texts
A flip phone is enough. The link to answer at length works in any phone browser, and texting back always works.
Nothing to install
No app, no account, no password. They never log in anywhere.
Their own time
The morning message arrives at the time the family chose for them, the same time every day.
A way to stop
Texting STOP pauses everything at once, and START brings it back. The family is told either way.
See what tomorrow's message looks like
Setup takes a few minutes, and nothing is sent to them until you have read exactly what it says.
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