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A Story About a Dollar Store and a Dream
A Story About a Dollar Store and a Dream

A Story About a Dollar Store and a Dream

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Heather Osterman-Davis Image from rawpixel.com / Markus Spiske The summer had been particularly challenging. I’d been sick the entire time so keeping my three- and five-year-old kids alive, let alone entertained, felt like a Sisyphean task, one which left me little time or frankly desire to connect with my husband. Mitch and I hadn’t been on a date in months and had had sex just once, which I’d primarily agreed to because he promised to let me nap afterwards. I’d been banking... on this end-of-summer vacation to Cape Cod to [...]

Every Family's Got One2019-07-01T15:19:29-04:00July 10, 2019|4 Comments

About Grandpa and Building Sandcastles

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Jen Gregory We took the kids to the beach near Grandpa and Grandma’s condo. We parked the car in their building’s garage and embarked on the familiar one-block walk to the boardwalk that we’d done since Dylan was a baby. Mike dove straight into the ocean for a quick swim. Then, he and the boys got to work... building a massive sandcastle. First, there was moat digging. Then, there was barrier wall construction. Next, there was tower formation. The waves were high and rough, so the barrier wall had to be [...]

Every Family's Got One2018-05-30T09:44:34-04:00May 23, 2018|3 Comments

Love, Hugs, Magic, and DNA

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Heather Osterman-Davis Ethan, just shy of 2, is thrilled to be on a plane. Outside of that, he has no idea why this trip is such a big deal. He doesn’t yet know that our family is complicated or worry about ownership and identity the way his father and I do. To him the world is simple: love, hugs, and magic. This isn’t a vacation. We’re racing to get to Odessa, Texas, before Jeannie, my friend Eddie’s mother, dies. Jeannie is genetically Ethan’s grandmother, though until now we’ve been reluctant to consider [...]

Every Family's Got One2018-05-30T10:14:12-04:00February 14, 2018|3 Comments