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A Story About a Love Affair with Chinese Food

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Jackie Friedman Image by Rawpixel It all began in the Chinese restaurant in Scarsdale thirty years ago. My son says he still remembers his first experience .... with a wonton. My friend was serving soup to the children from a large steaming bowl of Wonton soup when she put a wonton into his small dish and broke it up with a spoon, releasing aromatic vapors. That was it for Brad, the beginning of a life long love affair.... with Chinese food. The steam wafted from the dish into the atmosphere, [...]

2019-05-13T13:24:16-04:00May 29, 2019|14 Comments

A Story About the Secret Language of Autism

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Nicole Garcia Image by Rawpixal I didn’t always see what my son was saying to the world. I had to learn. For months, I lived by trial and error, mostly error, guessing at all of it, trying to get inside of his head. I had to learn that each of his little quirks was blessings and had meaning. I didn’t always see it that way. I had to let go of myself and open my heart for my son to really enter my world. I had to learn it... in [...]

2019-05-14T11:33:30-04:00May 22, 2019|6 Comments

A Story About Knowing Who I Am

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Chris Schmidt  photo rawpixel.com I am from... the painted grout between the bricks, from Walden Mega Magics and Lost Subscorcher 2s. I am from... the smallest, coziest house in the neighborhood. The smell of low tide, I am from the ocean... the sea, big and blue and raging. I am from... Thanksgiving at the Cooke’s house, loud and rowdy, from mom and dad and papa. I am from... Christmas Eve at my house and movie nights at home. From... you can be anything you want and Broncos before Giants, [...]

2019-05-15T07:13:05-04:00May 15, 2019|6 Comments

A Story about Love and Lies at a Jewish Dance

By Every Family's Got One Founder -- Barbara Herel My grandma Yetta and grandpa Frank met at that highly respectable place where many a young Jewish girl met a nice Jewish boy back in the day – at a dance at the Jewish Community center. Only problem was, Frank wasn’t Jewish. This piece of pertinent information came to light only after Yetta and Frank had become smitten with each other. Furthermore, this scandalous news was divulged to the last person on earth a young woman would want this knowledge revealed to – her father. Yetta’s father... Joseph, a “Butter and Egg” [...]

2019-11-18T11:35:12-05:00April 17, 2019|6 Comments
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