i finally figured out the family calendar without opening an app

For two years my daughter added me to the family google calendar so I could keep track of the grandkids' schedules. I have a samsung and I am not particularly comfortable with technology. I opened that calendar maybe four times total and each time I couldn't figure out whose appointment was whose or what the colors meant or why half the events showed up twice.

I watch the grandkids three days a week at my daughter's house. I'd still call the night before to ask what time I needed to be there or whether anyone had activities after school and my daughter would sigh in the very specific way she sighs when she's trying to be patient with me and say yes mom it's on the calendar. I know it's on the calendar. I cannot read the calendar.

She eventually gave up on the app and put a display on the kitchen wall instead. Big screen, always on, color coded by family member in a way that somehow makes sense even to me. Now when I walk in I can see the whole day from across the room. I know who's doing what without asking anyone.

Last week I noticed my grandson's dentist appointment was Thursday morning and reminded my daughter about it before she mentioned it to me. She looked at me like I'd done something extraordinary. I had simply looked at the wall.

I don't know how the screen works on the technical side. I know that I am finally in the loop after two years of pretending I was.

TL;DR: my daughter spent two years adding me to a phone calendar I never figured out. she put a wall display in the kitchen instead and now I can see the grandkids' schedules without anyone having to brief me.