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A Story About the Meaning of Motherhood
A Story About the Meaning of Motherhood

A Story About the Meaning of Motherhood

By Every Family's Got One Founder -- Barbara Herel image by rawpixel.com Motherhood is like painting. Not “artistic” painting. I’m talking about down-and-dirty house painting. Sure, it looks like fun, just watch any TV-paint commercial. So much laughter and hijinks—and everyone helps you paint! You even wind up with an adorable smudge on your nose. But let’s face it, painting is not fun. It’s exhausting and precarious. It demands all of your attention and there’s a never-ending amount of cleanup. But paint, we must. Because we’re invested in the upkeep and we get to admire the results. [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-08-08T21:25:30-04:00August 14, 2019|Comments Off

Meet the 2019 Cast of Every Family’s Got One
Meet the 2019 Cast of Every Family’s Got One

Meet the 2019 Cast of Every Family’s Got One

By Every Family's Got One Founder -- Barbara Herel Once again, we have an amazing lineup for this year’s Every Family’s Got One show! The 2019 cast is... an exciting mix of storytellers – from Moth story-slam winners, to accomplished authors & writers, to college professors & lawyers – each sharing a captivating true story about their family. I’m overjoyed to be hosting the evening with this talented group of people. Congratulations to… Aliaa Dawoud Ellie Devers Molly England Linda Kuriloff Lisa Leshaw Adam Selbst Tara Visconti Lance Werth So, get out your calendars and “ink in” Every Family’s [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-07-30T12:14:47-04:00July 31, 2019|Comments Off

A Story About the Fine Art of Procrastination
A Story About the Fine Art of Procrastination

A Story About the Fine Art of Procrastination

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Janet Garber photo by rawpixel Alex has consecrated fifteen years to mastering the fine art of procrastination and manipulating it to his purposes. Yes, I do believe it began in the womb. Whatever it was he was doing there, he had no intention of stopping, until the doctor pried him forcibly out of his entrenched position with a giant pair of tongs. Every one of Alex’s appearances... and acts since has required a magician’s trick to coax, cajole, threaten, bribe Sir Alex to perform, conform, reform. Whether he’s to [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-07-11T14:36:23-04:00July 24, 2019|4 Comments

A Story About Having the Sex Talk
A Story About Having the Sex Talk

A Story About Having the Sex Talk

By Every Family's Got One Founder -- Barbara Herel Photo by Rawpixel Oh, the sex talk... I started talking to my daughter about S-E-X when she was young – one-year-old young. It went like something like this. Every time I saw... a pregnant woman, I would say, “Oh look! That woman has a baby growing in her belly. Isn’t that interesting? Babies grow in a woman’s belly.” I’m a fan of using anatomically correct words. Besides loving... the downright disgusted reactions of the older generation whenever my two-year-old daughter said “vagina,” I wanted to make certain there [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-07-09T11:57:43-04:00July 17, 2019|2 Comments

A Story About the Wild Child
A Story About the Wild Child

A Story About the Wild Child

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Marcia Kester Doyle image by rawpixel There's one in every family: the Wild Child. The one who gives you gray hairs, anxiety weight, and over-sized baggage under the eyes. The one who breaks your heart then turns around and mends it with his unconditional love. The one you stare at while scratching your head and saying, “Are you my child or was I impregnated by an alien during a UFO abduction that I just can't recall?” My youngest son... is our family’s Wild Child. He pulled his very first [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-06-24T15:57:45-04:00June 26, 2019|14 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