About OFFLINE

MEMORY

It started with my grandmother. I was worried about her short-term and long-term memory, so I wrote down a list of questions and asked my family to help me test them with her.

What surprised me was this:

It wasn’t just her. My brother had forgotten entire family trips. My husband couldn’t remember the movie we watched the weekend before. I struggled to remember what I had for dinner the night before. That’s when it clicked.

Memory isn’t something you lose overnight. It’s something you either use or slowly stop using and I realized we all needed practice.

So I turned those questions into a card game.

CONNECTION

The first real test was during a summer vacation with my husband’s family. We were all at lunch. Grandparents. Aunts. Kids. Everyone. I pulled out the cards.

Something shifted. The kids leaned in. The grandparents told stories we had never heard. People opened up. Everyone waited for their turn.

We also realized something else:

The same event lives differently inside each person. One memory. Multiple versions. Different details. Different emotions. That lunch felt different than any other gathering before it.

REALIZATION

Since then, I’ve brought OFFLINE everywhere. Friendsgiving. Family dinners. Holidays. I keep a set on my nightstand and pull a card some nights before bed.

It keeps my brain sharp. It gives my husband and I something real to talk about.

OFFLINE started as a memory exercise. It became a ritual, a way to slow down. A way to share stories before they disappear.