Have you ever wanted to go somewhere exotic?  Does the lure of spice and color entice you?  Do you enjoy people who are different than you and are you thrilled by the idea of cultures so different from your own that you are willing to travel as far as India to find your mate?  While our guest this week did not meet her mate in India, Rhonda Van Diest did marry someone who was born there and not in Montana where she was born and raised.  This is a story that just gets better and better so you don’t want to miss it.

You can get Rhonda’s Listen Cards here:  https:// vandiestassociates.com/listen/

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Well, you guessed it.  This episode is the after call where we do a deep dive into something we haven’t talked about a lot on the podcast, my family.  We talk about some of the concepts Katherine Sellery discussed with us in the last episode and we tell some hair-raising stories from our childhood that we would put up against any Hollywood epic, for real.  The good news is, you really can heal from childhood trauma and bonus, get along with your siblings, too!

You can find Katherine’s book here:

https://freeparentingbook.com

https://consciousparentingrevolution.com

90 day parenting reset

IG: @Katherine_Sellery

FB: Conscious Parenting Revolution

LI: linkedin.com/in/katherine-sellery

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

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No family is perfect and in this episode we talk with the incredible Katherine Sellery, author and parenting coach, about how to communicate and heal.  It turns out, you can come from trauma and still have healthy children and successful families, even if you are the black sheep of your family of origin!

You can find Katherine’s book here:

https://freeparentingbook.com

https://consciousparentingrevolution.com

90 day parenting reset

IG: @Katherine_Sellery

FB: Conscious Parenting Revolution

LI: linkedin.com/in/katherine-sellery

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

#sandwichgeneration #spanish #comedy #familyfun #Genxer

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Talk about girl power!  In this episode, we are so lucky to talk with Deborah Morris, author of The Girl of Many Crowns an amazing story about her 33 times great grandmother, Judith who became the first consecrated queen in European history.  This episode is just full of fun historical facts as well as Deborah’s interesting story!  Sometimes statements like “you can’t make this stuff up,” are true.  This story is just unbelievable and we are so proud to help share it with our Everyday Macaroni audience!

You can find Deborah’s book in your local bookstores and online at this link:

https://a.co/d/iBgan63

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

#sandwichgeneration #spanish #comedy #familyfun #Genxer

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In this episode, we are talking to the delightful Rosamaria Mancini, PhD.  She is a mom, expat, author and listener of podcasts, which we love!  Interestingly, her book SOS Podcasts is only one of the fun topics we talk about as we discuss what it was like growing up in a tight knit, Italian family, moving to Italy for a job as an American journalist and ending up in Germany, of all places.  Her story is moving and heartfelt, with themes we can all relate to and she tells it with humor and wit.  We know you will find her as wonderful as we do so get yourself a slice and a glass of red, we’re going international on this one!

Check out her book and connect with her on social media at:

https://rosamariamancini.com/

IG - @rosamariamancini78

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

#sandwichgeneration #spanish #comedy #familyfun #Genxer

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Down here in the south, things are heating up!  To cool things off, we thought it would be fun to talk about the best of summer including gardens, summer salads and what it was like as Gen Xers, among other things.  Ah, there’s nothing like a little podcast freestyling to take the edge off those long, hot summer days and this episode is where you’ll find all the cool kids chilling out and having some laughs.  So, put your jams on and pull up a lawn chair because this one is radical!

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

#sandwichgeneration #spanish #comedy #familyfun #Genxer

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This episode is personal!  Listener, if you are interested in family scandals, thwarted love and genealogy mysteries, this episode is for you!  We do a deep dive into Joy’s family (and possible connection to our friend Cheryl McGhee’s family wink, wink), for an exciting episode about connection and what to look for in a potential mate.  There is nothing better than stepping into the wayback machine to look for answers to family quandaries!

 Here are the links to past episodes about the badger:

Meatball & Chain - 2023 Valentine's Day Special

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wfztxh/2-14-23_Meatball_Chain_audio_to_post76y21.mp3

https://youtu.be/KX8_Dl8nIOE

Squirrel Pants, A Badger Wedding & Devil Jerky

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qnn6uw/Squirrel_Pants_AUDIO868zg.mp3

https://youtu.be/XjZTNtq8XkY

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Hello, My Name is Gobble McGhee

Imagine you are on a train in rural North Carolina in 1929.  In the seat next to you, someone holds a blue eyed, blonde haired female infant.  You don’t often hear of infants on trains and you marvel at the luxury of a child traveling in that day and age.  Little do you know that the baby is going to her new home where she will grow up realizing she does not fit in with her dark eyed, dark haired, adoptive family.  The tale does end there!  To hear the rest of the story, tune in to our latest podcast episode where the one and only Cheryl McGhee tells us the story of how this little girl came to be adopted from the south in 1929.

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

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If you enjoy stories about travel, adventure and beating the odds, this episode is for you!  Our guest is Lily Batchelor and boy, does she have some amazing tales.  A Greek American, she is the first generation born in the United States to a family with quite the immigration story.  And that’s not all!  She also has an incredible story to tell me about my own history that I never could’ve guessed at in a million years.  You won’t want to miss this episode!

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Come back to northern Ohio in the 1980’s with us as we interview the lovely Victoria Young, a Chinese American girl with an interesting story to tell.  If you enjoy delicious food, an epic family story and all things Cleveland Ohio, you’re going to love this heartwarming episode.  As a Buckeye myself, I know you will enjoy this wonderful story of an amazing mother, her three children and how they overcame tragedy to thrive in the Midwest.

Don’t forget, we are so excited to share our stage with anyone who has a family story, recipe or memory to share so let us know if you are interested in being on our show.  You can comment, DM, email us or call the macaroni fun phone and we’ll make it happen!  We can’t wait to hear from you!

#sandwichgeneration #spanish #comedy #familyfun

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