mother's day weekend · call her.
callyomomma
a story · with a side of guilt

why this
exists

a 90-second story about a son who kept forgetting and decided to do something ridiculous about it.

Iforget to call my mom. not because i don't want to — i love her. it's just that the week vanishes and the next time i look up, two weeks have gone by, and i should call her has become i'll call her tomorrow, again.

the apps i tried didn't help. dismissing a reminder is too easy. tap, gone, guilt parked for another seven days.

so i built one where the only way to dismiss is to actually do it.

write down what you talked about. that's it. no AI judging your description. no word count. honor system. you're accountable to you.

the side effect is a little journal. of her tomatoes. of the same story she told you last time. of the small things you'd otherwise forget.

that's the whole pitch.

the cast

meet the
five voices.

pick whichever one sounds like the voice in your head right before you finally pick up the phone. switch them any time. turn the heat down whenever.

voice 1

the auntie

warm, nosy, concerned. calls you baby. bless-your-heart energy.

"Sam. It's been ten days. You think Diane raised you to forget her? Pick up that phone."

voice 2

the homie

your chill best friend. all lowercase. peer energy. loving but unimpressed.

"bro. it's been TWO WEEKS. diane is great. literally just call her real quick."

voice 3

the conscience

your inner voice. quiet, weighty. doesn't yell because it doesn't have to.

"You know she's not going to be here forever. You knew that when you signed up for this."

voice 4

the sage

wise philosophical voice. aphoristic. mom as archetype.

"The wise child does not wait for a reason to call their mother. The reason is simply: she is."

voice 5

your own voice

build your own. tell us how it should sound and we'll write nudges in that voice.

describe how it should sound. we write the nudges in that voice.

house rules

things we promise we'll never do to you.

never sad

wistful is allowed. depressive is not. this is a joyful product about a serious thing.

never preachy

we earned the right to nudge by being chosen. we don't lecture. we just remind.

never pushy

ignore us for a week and we stop. we don't punish. we rest until you take any action.

9pm to 9am off

quiet hours, your local time. she taught you manners; we'll have some too.

snooze is free

one tap. seven days. tough love resets to gentle. earn it back the next round.

delete is final

hard delete. journal and all. no recovery. it's your data, not ours.

this site is for people who love their moms and forget to call.
if your story with your mom is harder than that, this probably isn't your place,
and we mean that with love.

a.j., the guy who built it
callyomommanow.com
alright, i'll do it