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Checking in With You, Dear Family
Checking in With You, Dear Family

Checking in With You, Dear Family

From Every Family's Got One Founder -- Barbara Herel Image by rawpixel Hello, my dear Family, I'm checking in with you. Are you healthy? Staying safe? I hope so. We are too. Although you can throw feeling “wacky,” “drained” and “profoundly irritated” into the mix on any given day. Does that sound about right? Yup, strange days indeed. However, there is some good news to share, such as receiving so many extraordinary family stories from our recent Call for Stories. And—selecting our cast of exceptional storytellers. I won’t announce them now. I know that the next few [...]

Every Family's Got One2020-04-18T12:27:47-04:00April 22, 2020|4 Comments

A Story About a Summer of Lessons Learned
A Story About a Summer of Lessons Learned

A Story About a Summer of Lessons Learned

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Lisa Leshaw image by rawpixel It never occurred to me that Sariyah, my very best friend on the entire planet, was black. Her skin was darker than mine until at least mid-August of each year when mine became the browner of the two with a little solar support. Perhaps on some level... I realized the difference in our coloring. I just never thought it amounted to anything important or meant that Sariyah would be treated any differently on that basis. Especially since every girl in our 6th-grade class spent [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-06-19T06:57:38-04:00June 19, 2019|4 Comments

A Story About Special Friends
A Story About Special Friends

A Story About Special Friends

By Every Family's Got One Founder -- Barbara Herel We all know that having family and friends by your side makes everything better. Especially when it comes to helping you launch your passion project. I’d like to send out... a very special thank you to one such friend, Kathy Radigan, whose incredible contributions made the inaugural season of Every Family’s Got One a thrilling one. Kathy’s boundless energy, engaging sense of humor, and of course superb writing all helped to make 2018 a wondrous ride, one that culminated in a storytelling performance that left us both feeling enormously proud. [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-11-18T11:32:33-05:00May 1, 2019|Comments Off

A Story About Finding My Best Friend
A Story About Finding My Best Friend

A Story About Finding My Best Friend

By Every Family's Got One Founder -- Barbara Herel The dismissal bell sounded and the hallway instantaneously filled with the sights, smells, and the carryings-on of the cool, sort-of-cool, and not-so-cool tweens and teens of junior high. Hence the “smells.” (My 13-year-old self landed squarely in the middle of “sort-of” and I’m fairly certain I smelled AOK for the most part. My worst offense being: a heavy hand with the Jean Nate After Bath Splash.) That’s when I saw her walking my way… Green-ribbed turtleneck, short sleeves Black and green plaid bell-bottomed pants Blue eyes The blondiest of [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-11-18T11:38:33-05:00February 19, 2019|10 Comments