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EFGO Podcast Epi #5: Embarrassing Moments!

By Every Family's Got One Producers -- Barbara Herel & Tony Mennuto https://open.spotify.com/episode/3aC448FxjQIRj3CbnJd1Uc?si=dLJO9ZfCQ1iCRyDBN62eyQ LISTEN TO EPISODE #5 Embarrassing moments! Egads! (Do tell!) BARBARA HEREL! I'm a middle child so I have many embarrassing moments. This particular one is about the time I went to confession and it didn't go as planned. Far from it. AND… TONY MENNUTO! Tony tells us about the time he and his gregarious parents went to a Mexican Restaurant and his typically mild-mannered dad had one too many cocktails. Image by Rawpixel WE ANNOUNCE OUR MEAT & CHEESE WINNER! Since it's the last [...]

A Lapsed Catholic

By Every Family's Got One Founder -- Barbara Herel I was 13. Waiting anxiously in a long line of Catholic parishioners. Thinking that with each echo-y footstep, I was getting closer and closer to the ornate confessional box. Finally, it was my turn to part the heavy crimson curtain and go inside. In the darkness of the confessional, I knelt down on the padded kneeler and faced the wooden window. It quickly slid open with a small thud, revealing a grated metal screen... And the Catholic priest. I’ve seen this whitehaired priest before, but I don’t know his name. Going to confession [...]