diff --git a/src/form.css b/src/form.css
index 1f6b11b..ba414aa 100644
--- a/src/form.css
+++ b/src/form.css
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ label {
 }
 
 input[type="password"],
-input[type="text"] {
+input[type="text"],
+textarea {
   background: var(--bgcolor-textinput);
   border: .2rem solid #b7b7b7;
   border-radius: .2rem;
@@ -36,11 +37,22 @@ input[type="text"] {
   margin: 0;
 }
 input[type="password"]:focus,
-input[type="text"]:focus {
+input[type="text"]:focus,
+textarea:focus {
   border-color: var(--focus-border-color);
-  outline-offset: 2px;
+  outline-offset: var(--focus-outline-offset);
+  outline: var(--focus-outline);
+}
+textarea {
+  max-height: 50vh;
+  min-height: 20px;
+  transition: min-height .1s ease-out, height .1s ease-out;
+}
+textarea:focus {
+  min-height: 3.5rem;
 }
 
+
 .buttons {
   align-items: center;
   display: flex;
@@ -108,19 +120,25 @@ button:disabled {
   gap: 1rem;
 }
 .cards .form-inline button,
-.cards .form-inline input[type="text"] {
+.cards .form-inline input[type="text"],
+.cards .form-inline textarea {
   margin: .4rem 0;
-  padding: .6rem 1rem;
 }
 
-.form-inline input[type="text"] {
+.form-inline input[type="text"],
+.form-inline textarea {
   flex-grow: 1;
+  margin-bottom: 0;
 }
 
 .form-inline button {
   flex-grow: 0;
 }
 
+.form-inline button#publish {
+  align-self: end;
+}
+
 .focus-active {
 
 }
diff --git a/src/index.html b/src/index.html
index 2b392a0..5fecca9 100644
--- a/src/index.html
+++ b/src/index.html
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             <img class="mbox-img" id="bubble" src="assets/comment.svg" alt="">
             <div class="mbox-body" id="newMessage">
               <form action="#" class="form-inline" id="writeForm">
-                <textarea name="message"></textarea>
+                <textarea name="message" rows="1"></textarea>
                 <button type="submit" id="publish" disabled>send</button>
               </form>
               <small id="sendstatus" class="form-status"></small>
diff --git a/src/main.css b/src/main.css
index 61d53db..6375161 100644
--- a/src/main.css
+++ b/src/main.css
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
   /* 5px auto Highlight */
   --focus-border-color: rgb(0, 122, 255);
   --focus-border-radius: 2px;
-  --focus-outline-color: rgb(127, 189, 247);
+  --focus-outline-color: rgb(192, 227, 252);
+  --focus-outline-offset: 2px;
   --focus-outline-style: solid;
   --focus-outline-width: 2px;
   --focus-outline: var(--focus-outline-width) var(--focus-outline-style) var(--focus-outline-color);
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index c882499..7ade22e 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ function handleReaction(evt, relay) {
 // feed
 const feedContainer = document.querySelector('#homefeed');
 const feedDomMap = {};
-const replyDomMap = window.replyDomMap = {};
+const replyDomMap = {};
+const restoredReplyTo = localStorage.getItem('reply_to');
 
 const sortByCreatedAt = (evt1, evt2) => {
   if (evt1.created_at ===  evt2.created_at) {
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ function createTextNote(evt, relay) {
     }, [elem('img', {height: 24, width: 24, src: 'assets/comment.svg'})]),
     replies[0] ? elem('div', {className: 'mobx-replies'}, replyFeed.reverse()) : '',
   ]);
+  if (restoredReplyTo === evt.id) appendReplyForm(body.querySelector('button[name="reply"]'));
   return rendernArticle([img, body]);
 }
 
@@ -359,23 +361,11 @@ function getMetadata(evt, relay) {
 }
 
 // reply
-const writeForm = document.querySelector('#writeForm');
-const input = document.querySelector('textarea[name="message"]');
-let lastReplyBtn = null;
-let replyTo = null;
 feedContainer.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
   const button = e.target.closest('button');
   if (button && button.name === 'reply') {
-    if (lastReplyBtn) {
-      lastReplyBtn.hidden = false;
-    }
-    lastReplyBtn = button;
-    // button.hidden = true;
-    button.after(writeForm);
-    button.after(sendStatus);
-    writeForm.hidden = false;
-    replyTo = ['e', button.dataset.eventId, button.dataset.relay];
-    input.focus();
+    appendReplyForm(button);
+    localStorage.setItem('reply_to', button.dataset.eventId);
     return;
   }
   if (button && button.name === 'star') {
@@ -384,12 +374,21 @@ feedContainer.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
   }
 });
 
+const writeForm = document.querySelector('#writeForm');
+const writeInput = document.querySelector('textarea[name="message"]');
+
+function appendReplyForm(el) {
+  el.after(writeForm);
+  el.after(sendStatus);
+  writeInput.focus();
+}
+
 const newMessageDiv = document.querySelector('#newMessage');
 document.querySelector('#bubble').addEventListener('click', (e) => {
-  replyTo = null;
+  localStorage.removeItem('reply_to');
   newMessageDiv.prepend(writeForm);
   newMessageDiv.append(sendStatus);
-  input.focus();
+  writeInput.focus();
 });
 
 async function upvote(eventId, relay) {
@@ -428,14 +427,15 @@ writeForm.addEventListener('submit', async (e) => {
   if (!pubkey || !privatekey) {
     return onSendError(new Error('no pubkey/privatekey'));
   }
-  if (!input.value) {
+  if (!writeInput.value) {
     return onSendError(new Error('message is empty'));
   }
-  const tags = replyTo ? [replyTo] : [];
+  const replyTo = localStorage.getItem('reply_to');
+  const tags = replyTo ? [['e', replyTo, eventRelayMap[replyTo][0]]] : [];
   const newEvent = {
     kind: 1,
     pubkey,
-    content: input.value,
+    content: writeInput.value,
     tags,
     created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() * 0.001),
   };
@@ -447,12 +447,11 @@ writeForm.addEventListener('submit', async (e) => {
       }
       if (status === 1) {
         sendStatus.hidden = true;
-        input.value = '';
+        writeInput.value = '';
+        writeInput.style.removeProperty('height');
         publish.disabled = true;
-        if (lastReplyBtn) {
-          lastReplyBtn.hidden = false;
-          lastReplyBtn = null;
-          replyTo = null;
+        if (replyTo) {
+          localStorage.removeItem('reply_to');
           newMessageDiv.append(writeForm);
           newMessageDiv.append(sendStatus);
         }
@@ -462,8 +461,22 @@ writeForm.addEventListener('submit', async (e) => {
   }
 });
 
-input.addEventListener('input', () => publish.disabled = !input.value);
-input.addEventListener('blur', () => sendStatus.textContent = '');
+writeInput.addEventListener('input', () => {
+  publish.disabled = !writeInput.value;
+  updateElemHeight(writeInput);
+});
+writeInput.addEventListener('blur', () => sendStatus.textContent = '');
+
+function updateElemHeight(el) {
+  el.style.removeProperty('height');
+  if (el.value) {
+    el.style.paddingBottom = 0;
+    el.style.paddingTop = 0;
+    el.style.height = el.scrollHeight + 'px';
+    el.style.removeProperty('padding-bottom');
+    el.style.removeProperty('padding-top');
+  }
+}
 
 // settings
 const settingsForm = document.querySelector('form[name="settings"]');