Quite Moms-y

This Mother’s Day, we wanted to bring you a special perspective from the Mom who started it all (for this crew at least)! Lauren sits down for a little chat with Mom to “The Brothers,” wonderful Grandmother of Aurora, fantastic Mother-in-Law, and Quite Frankly favorite, Mimi!

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Memorial Day: What Does Sacrifice Look Like in America Today?

Every year, the last Monday of May marks Memorial Day in the United States—a solemn holiday set aside to honor the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Cemeteries are decorated with flags, parades march through small towns, and speeches recall the courage of those who paid the ultimate price. But behind the wreaths and patriotic songs lies a question that is worth asking: Are Americans today still capable of the kind of sacrifice that Memorial Day commemorates?

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Frank: On Turning 40

“When I think back on all of the milestone birthdays I’ve been blessed to reach, it all starts with 1990. I remember being in the back seat of my mother’s car thinking about how big the number five was, and how grown up it was going to be to finally get out of the booster seat.”

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Healing Your Self

To my dear friends in the Quite Frankly Nation: this essay is a basic theory and fundamental building block of how “healing” works: where it starts and how it operates. 

Humans are both physical and spiritual beings. Healing begins with taking this assumption as true in order to work within the realm of the Universal Source of Love energy.

The “as above, so below” phrase is really an order of operations that tells us how to begin. 

My starting theory is that if we really are ‘created in God’s image,’ then we are, each of us, a part of the God energy, which is the Universal Love energy that surrounds all of us and holds the universe together. This means, theoretically, that the God energy, in the form of Unconditional Love, lives within us in the space between our DNA. We are, literally, made of Love energy.

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