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Summer Survival 101

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Summer Survival 101

I love summer. I’m from Texas, and I’ll take heat over cold any day. However, there are always pieces of it that need to be “survived.” Or perhaps, overcame is a better word for this idyllic season. Every summer it seems like I add new things to the arsenal. Often it is the small things, […]

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I Don’t Like Wise. Wise Is Too Hard.

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I Don’t Like Wise. Wise Is Too Hard.

When Elliot was about 4.5, he was in our basement hanging out with our current roommate at the time. Said roomie had been showing Elliot a little about FIFA, the soccer/football Playstation game. My little man is much like his parents and has a pretty obsessive nature. So when it came time to turn it […]

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Frank Fridays | Vol 2

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Frank Fridays | Vol 2

1|  11 years ago last Saturday, I said I do.  I have felt such immense gratitude for Bret this week.  11 years is not 50 but it’s 11 YEARS!  And it has been the exact 11 years that was made for us.  Good and hard and easy and painful.  The best and worst and the […]

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A Totally Honest Review of the Most Popular Meal Planning Services

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A Totally Honest Review of the Most Popular Meal Planning Services

I couldn’t be more excited to introduce you to one of my most-very-best friends. Her name is Jess, and she was a massive part of the foundation of Made Frank. Honestly, it wouldn’t exist without her. And bless her heart, she weekly, (ahem, daily), answers my questions about ideas, posts, strategies and how to be […]

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Frank Fridays

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Frank Fridays

Happy Friday!  Whew.  It’s been a whirlwind couple of months.  With so much travel and visitors I’ve had very little time to write and engage here.  I’m excited to get back to it! I have been wanting to start a little Friday routine where I can share random tidbits and fun things without dedicating a […]

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The Tension of Mother’s Day

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The Tension of Mother’s Day

Have you ever heard the term, “live in the tension?” It’s the idea that you sit in the middle of two different thoughts, worlds or realities. And they are both true. Even though they are different, even opposite. I was laying in bed last night thinking about Mother’s Day. Or really just motherhood in general. […]

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THE ONLY OTHER SALAD DRESSING RECIPE I REALLY USE

THE ONLY OTHER SALAD DRESSING RECIPE I REALLY USE

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HOW I ORGANIZED MY KIDS STUFF AND SAVED MY SANITY

HOW I ORGANIZED MY KIDS STUFF AND SAVED MY SANITY

WHAT’S SAVING MY LIFE RIGHT NOW

WHAT’S SAVING MY LIFE RIGHT NOW

My hope for this space is that you leave here with a lot of truth and honesty about life, longing, faith and doubt, dirty houses and fit-throwing kids, mothering and “wifedom”, my failures and shortcomings, and still some successes. I plan to cover you with a deluge of grace, hope and victory, and the freedom to fail and get back up with me. Read More…

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