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A Story About An Active Imagination
A Story About An Active Imagination

A Story About An Active Imagination

Every Family's Got One 2018 Cast Video -- Lance Werth Photo by ebeth photography Lance Werth has an active imagination. You might even say it's an... overactive imagination. As a kid playing with his favorite Star Wars toy The Millennium Falcon -- and later on as an improv performer and TV executive -- Lance has had ample opportunity to indulge his imagination on stage and off. Which he has found to be... both a benefit and a heavy burden. Lance shares a most poignant story about his younger brother's suicide. He made us laugh and cry. We clearly see [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-03-18T12:44:42-04:00January 16, 2019|2 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 a Deep Bond with Grandpa
A Story About a Deep Bond with Grandpa

A Story About a Deep Bond with Grandpa

Every Family's Got One 2018 Cast Video -- Lisa Leshaw Photo by ebeth photography Can anything compare to the deep bond between grandparent and grandchild? We don't think so! Speaking from her heart about the deep bond and otherworldly experience she shared with her Grandpa Ben, Lisa enchanted our Every Family's Got One audience with her heartfelt story. Here’s a fun fact about Lisa... She should have been named Liza after Liza Minnelli. However, the powers that be mistakenly wrote an S on her birth certificate instead of a Z! But actually these days Lisa's favorite name is Grandma. And [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-03-18T12:47:34-04:00January 2, 2019|1 Comment

A Story About Her Son’s Killer Instincts
A Story About Her Son’s Killer Instincts

A Story About Her Son’s Killer Instincts

Every Family's Got One 2018 Cast Video -- Barbara Soloman Josselsohn Photo by ebeth photography Her son’s killer instincts on the tennis court leaves Barbara Solomon Josselsohn questioning whether she really knows him at all. As a girl... Barbara dares to admit that her favorite show was The Partridge Family. She loved that rockstar David Cassidy and thought she knew everything about him from Tiger Beat Magazine. As a grown woman... Barbara has another rock star in her life, her son, and she thought she knew everything about him too. (But obviously not about the killer instinct!) [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-03-18T12:50:39-04:00December 26, 2018|Comments Off

A Story About the Power of a Nickname
A Story About the Power of a Nickname

A Story About the Power of a Nickname

Every Family's Got One 2018 Cast Video -- Neil Kramer Photo by ebeth photography A nickname, as Neil Kramer can attest to, can be life-changing. Growing up as a pampered... only child, Neil Kramer had no official chores to do! He did chores just to rebel. Who doesn't want THAT childhood? With a story about sleepaway camp... and the accidental nickname... he got there, here is Neil with "Pass the Juice." Neil Kramer Born in Queens, Neil rarely left the city until he moved to Los Angeles to work in the entertainment industry at such places like [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-03-21T09:22:56-04:00December 12, 2018|Comments Off

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