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A Story About Interracial Marriage
A Story About Interracial Marriage

A Story About Interracial Marriage

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Rochelle Fritsch "Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple." ~ Barry Switzer Whether that quote evokes thoughts of privileged heirs claiming they worked for every penny they've earned, or if it calls to mind superior attitudes of a people or nation that have forgotten rough-edged forebears who laid their foundation, it smacks of an embarrassing truth. No one is immune to adopting this selective remembrance or air of superiority. Including me. Fifteen years ago... God saw I needed a life partner and in His time, [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-03-16T14:43:35-04:00March 6, 2019|2 Comments

A Story About the Sports Fanatic and the Girl
A Story About the Sports Fanatic and the Girl

A Story About the Sports Fanatic and the Girl

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Robyn Chittister I’m pretty much a girl. Aside from the obvious physical definitions, I like girl things. Scrapbooking. Show tunes. Babies. As a child, I hated recess, preferring instead to read Danielle Steele. (I was a precocious youth.) I took tennis lessons, but playing basketball (badly) in junior high, I messed up my knee, to use a technical term, and that was the extent of my sports career. In high school, I was active in literary magazine and Drama club. So, imagine my surprise when I suddenly fell for... a bona fide [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-03-18T12:38:43-04:00February 27, 2019|Comments Off

A Story About “Mr. Nice Guy”
A Story About “Mr. Nice Guy”

A Story About “Mr. Nice Guy”

Every Family's Got One 2018 Cast Video -- Tony Mennuto Tony Mennuto took to the stage performing "Mr. Nice Guy" in front of a lively and loving audience at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, New York. In his family... Tony went by the name ANT. Maybe it was because he was a tiny kid and could lift 100 times his weight. Or maybe it was just short for Anthony. Now get ready to hear Tony tell us a story... about the other Tony in his family -- his dad. Who is actually called Tony, not ANT. And will be forever affectionately known as [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-03-18T12:42:16-04:00January 30, 2019|4 Comments

A Story About Asian Culture and Fitting In
A Story About Asian Culture and Fitting In

A Story About Asian Culture and Fitting In

Every Family's Got One 2018 Cast Video -- Maria Adcock Photo by ebeth photography Fitting in is important to most people. (Especially when those people are girls in middle school!) Just ask Maria Adcock, the creator of the award-winning Bicultural Mama blog, celebrating the Asian culture. While these days... Maria takes great pride in her Chinese heritage, and great care to pass along that pride to her two young daughters, there was a time when all Maria thought about was... Fitting in. You see, growing up in the Midwest, Maria's family was one of the only Asian families [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-03-18T12:45:41-04:00January 9, 2019|1 Comment

A Story About All Things That Is Family
A Story About All Things That Is Family

A Story About All Things That Is Family

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Jennifer Lizza My youngest son is in first grade this year. The other day his teacher told me she had something she wanted to share with me. Immediately I thought, oh boy let’s hope it’s not too embarrassing. He’s a good kid, but he’s six years old so you know how that can go. She went on to tell me... that they had been discussing heroes in class that morning. She decided to go around the room and ask each child who their hero is. Many of the kids named their [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-03-21T09:24:03-04:00December 5, 2018|1 Comment

A Story About a Gunshot and Ripple Effects
A Story About a Gunshot and Ripple Effects

A Story About a Gunshot and Ripple Effects

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Stephanie Stearns Dulli The gunshot, the blood, the very murder itself is a heavy stone dropped from a great height into our lives. Immediately everything is violently displaced. Though we continue existing, though what has been displaced settles… the ripples pullulate outward for decades. Generational repercussions lessening until it’s simply family lore. And even then, there is still pain. A gunshot... ended my father’s life when I was a young toddler. A blank canvas exists where my memories of him should be. My father figures pieced together from television shows [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-03-21T09:25:17-04:00November 28, 2018|1 Comment