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Love, Hugs, Magic, and DNA

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Heather Osterman-Davis Ethan, just shy of 2, is thrilled to be on a plane. Outside of that, he has no idea why this trip is such a big deal. He doesn’t yet know that our family is complicated or worry about ownership and identity the way his father and I do. To him the world is simple: love, hugs, and magic. This isn’t a vacation. We’re racing to get to Odessa, Texas, before Jeannie, my friend Eddie’s mother, dies. Jeannie is genetically Ethan’s grandmother, though until now we’ve been reluctant to consider [...]

Every Family's Got One2018-05-30T10:14:12-04:00February 14, 2018|3 Comments

The Day I Visited a Sex Shop With My 70-Year-Old Mother
The Day I Visited a Sex Shop With My 70-Year-Old Mother

The Day I Visited a Sex Shop With My 70-Year-Old Mother

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Kathy Radigan “So who has had sex today?” the pretty — and a little-too-perky for 10:00 am — tour guide asks. “And sex with yourself doesn’t count.” Perhaps a “Sex and the City” bus tour of NYC wasn’t such a great idea for a bonding experience with my 70-year-old mother. A few weeks earlier, I was given the opportunity to review a company that provided Experience Gifts, and it seemed like the perfect thing to do with my mom. But now that we were actually on the bus, I had to question [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-11-18T11:20:21-05:00February 7, 2018|4 Comments

My Super Football Family Tradition

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Jeanne M. Stafford As the Super Bowl approaches, I’m reminded how much I love the ceremony, celebration, and emotion that is this culmination of another season of football. I don’t understand the game (never have) but the people I love do and that is one of the reasons I get excited at the time of the Super Bowl. The people I love love football. I am the daughter of a once Jets fan, now Giants fan. I am the sister of three Jets fans (angry with their father because he forgot to [...]

Every Family's Got One2018-05-30T10:17:04-04:00January 31, 2018|4 Comments

A Welcoming Family Home
A Welcoming Family Home

A Welcoming Family Home

By Every Family's Got One Founder -- Barbara Herel Have you ever noticed those families where a request for a last-minute sleepover, or friend to stay for dinner, or five extra people to come to the family holiday gathering wasn’t met with alarm and dread? But rather a genuine smile and an easygoing invitation of “Sure, the more the merrier.” Growing up, this was very much my family. It wasn’t that our house was big and rambling because it wasn’t. (It was, and still is, a cape.) And it certainly wasn’t because we were always guest ready, far from it. [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-11-18T12:51:52-05:00January 24, 2018|Comments Off