You Shouldn't Need a Group Text to Know What's Happening This Week

It's 9pm. Your spouse asks, "What do we have going on Saturday?"

You check your calendar and the kids' school app, then scroll through three different GroupMe threads trying to find the soccer schedule. Then try to remember what came home in the backpack.

Families Are Drowning in Notifications

Most families today are drowning in notifications. Work schedules, school events, sports practices, doctor appointments, and community commitments don't live in one place. They live everywhere: your calendar, your spouse's calendar, school portals, team apps, group messages, and the occasional crumpled permission slip in the car.

Somewhere along the way, group texts became the place we try to hold family life together.

But important details get buried.

We kept seeing families, including our own, stuck in this same exhausting loop.

This isn't because we're disorganized. Life is complex, and families are busy. The way information is shared can make everything feel harder than it needs to be.

Why We Built HomeCalendar

My name is Glynda Brinsfield, and my husband and I built WeBetterMove.com HomeCalendar out of our own family's experience. "We better move" became a familiar phrase at our dinner table, usually spoken when we realized we were about to miss a practice or event happening within the hour.

We've missed basketball games and baseball practices simply because we couldn't sort through all the GroupMe threads in time. My husband, Zeke, would say, "Well... we better move," and we'd race out the door, leaving the dishes for later.

Something Unexpected Happened

As we've used the calendar in our own home, we've noticed something unexpected. Our ten-year-old son, Daniel, now takes responsibility for adding his practices and games. My husband and I have added our work schedules. He's even added his gym time. (I also plan on doing this.)

What I've come to appreciate most is having a schedule we can all see; one we can work with together.

When Everyone Can See What's Happening

When everyone can see what's happening, something begins to change.

• The questions slow down.
• The last-minute scrambles happen less often.
• Responsibility starts to spread.

Not because life suddenly becomes simple, but because it's visible.

You're Not Failing at Scheduling

You're not failing at scheduling. The tools just weren't built for how families actually live. Families don't need more reminders. They need shared awareness, understanding, and ways to move through life together.

Let's move better together! Much love to you all - Glynda

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