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EFGO Podcast Episode #1: Moms!

From EFGO Storytellers Mary Birdsong & Dave Hill! Listen to Episode #1 Click on the link or listen to wherever you get your podcasts. Image by Rawpixel.com Mary Birdsong! Everyone from the 10th grade French class is going to PARIS – everyone except Mary. But how can Mary ask her mom for $1,300 when she doesn’t even know if her mom can afford to keep food in the house? Will Mary make the school trip? Find out in “Paris at 16.” Dave Hill! Growing up in a chaotic household, things are bound to get bungled – like the [...]

A Story About Betty’s Superpower

By Every Family's Got One Founder -- Barbara Herel My mom, Betty, is five-foot-one and is armed with a superpower: the ability to make any situation – no matter how strange or overwhelming – Better. Like the time my 9-year-old niece was summoning spirits with the Ouji board. “Are there any spirits who want to speak to us?” my niece asked. Then the mystical indicator... began spelling out the names of her dead dogs (all on its own mind you). My niece burst into tears. I didn’t know what to say, but apparently, my mom did – “Isn’t it wonderful that [...]