Can Mom call Betsy herself?

Can her very first call be one she makes?

Yes. She dials: that is the default, and it puts the first move in her hands. You send her the number with the line “Call her when you’re ready. She knows you’re coming.” Whenever she does, Betsy is expecting her. A call sounds like this.

She picks up the phone, chooses the hour and decides whether there is a tomorrow. Tell Mom has the words, and does Mom have to agree has the other way to begin.

Which number does she dial?

Her own Betsy number: the same local number Betsy calls from, the one you sent her and the one to save as Betsy. It works from a landline, a flip phone or a cell. 1-855-HI-BETSY is a different door. Anyone can call it, any hour, and Betsy answers. It never calls anyone, so it never rings Mom’s phone.

What if it’s before nine or after eight?

That window belongs to Betsy, not to Mom. Betsy’s own calls go out between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. in Mom’s local time. Mom has no such limit, so an early riser who has been up since five doesn’t have to wait for the phone to ring.

What can she call about?

Anything. The rest of yesterday’s story. The thing she forgot to say. A message for you: anything she asks Betsy to pass along reaches the family the same day, so “tell Sarah the plumber finally came” will do. After the first time she just dials and says “Hi Betsy,” and each call starts where the last one ended, whoever dialed. The rest is on what Betsy is.