“Mum, stop. We’re using Google Docs.”
She showed Donna FILE > NEW > FROM TEMPLATE GALLERY . Their gala plan was saved as PTA Fundraiser Master , complete with dropdowns, checklists, and comment guidelines.
After a wildly successful gala (they raised enough to fix the ferry and buy a disco ball), Sophie revealed one last trick.
Sophie opened her laptop. “Watch.”
“Mum, for next year—I made a .”
Her daughter, Sophie, now a project manager, walked in as Donna clutched a crumpled napkin with “Vegan? Gluten-free? Loves ABBA?” scrawled on it.
Donna was in crisis. Not the “three possible dads before a wedding” kind—that was 25 years ago. This was a crisis. Three different parent committees had three different versions of the seating chart, the silent auction list, and the dietary restrictions. All on paper. All contradicting.
Donna hugged her. “You’ve saved my life. No more napkin scrawls. No more three-dad confusions.”