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A very long life and family update (with lots of pictures!)

January 28, 2017 by Aprille Leave a Comment

I’m so glad that January is almost over, aren’t you? Honestly, though, it’s been a good month for our family, considering it was January. We started off the year with a beautiful 8-or-so inches of snow. A real treat for North Carolina. If you like snow. This means that what was supposed to be our … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Family, Fatherhood, Little Brother, Momma Goes Back to School, Motherhood, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: ADHD, Ezra, family, IEP, little brother, school, snow, special needs, toddler

Star Wars Birthday Party: Family Style

November 5, 2016 by Aprille 2 Comments

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… our family had three male birthdays in the course of sixteen days and we decided to celebrate the occasions with a big FAMILY-SIZED Star Wars Party! We kept the party family-only because of the special needs we have in our family. We didn’t want either … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Birthdays, Ezra, Family, Fatherhood, Little Brother Tagged: birthday, birthday party, Ezra, family, little brother, Russ, star wars

What America Means to this Veteran’s Family

July 3, 2016 by Aprille 2 Comments

As I write this, I am in the backseat of our minivan on the way home from our family’s 4th of July Summer vacation. For now, everyone is behaving. My heart is full, but I am unsure quite where to begin. Every patriotic holiday evokes emotion for us, but Independence Day is the happiest. It is … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Fatherhood, Independence Day, Little Brother, Military and Veteran Life, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Redemption Stories, Special Needs Parenting, Travel Tagged: 4th of july, america, beach, Ezra, family, fatherhood, independence-day, little brother, north carolina, oak island, ocean, strawberries, trip, USO

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 08.12.15

August 12, 2015 by Aprille Leave a Comment

*Quick note to my readers: This is the last Beauty in the Mess post that will be published publicly. From here on out, all Beauty in the Mess posts will be password protected. The password will be available to my weekly and monthly newsletter subscribers. So if you haven’t yet subscribed, feel free to do … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Fatherhood Tagged: ChickfilA, chiropractic, hiking, netflix, YMCA, youtube

Life as a special needs dad (when you have anxiety)

October 7, 2014 by Aprille 9 Comments

It’s hard to think about what kind of boy and man he will grow up to be because of some of the struggles he has, like his sensory issues. It’s another thing to have to worry about how he will turn out because he was constantly having a negative reaction to my disabilities. And ultimately that creates a storm of junk that we can’t “solve” or heal. We are left just to deal with it from day to day and hope that the end is not as bad as it sometimes appears it may be.

I know that Ezra’s issues are not as bad as other kids who have autism and stuff like that. But the stuff I deal with makes it, I think, just as hard.

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Posted in: Ezra, Family, Fatherhood, Military and Veteran Life, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: anxiety, anxiety disorder, behavioral disorder, combat veteran, disabled veteran, fatherhood, special needs

Embracing My Son’s Autism: A Dad’s Perspective

October 6, 2014 by Aprille 6 Comments

When our son Jack was born in 2009, it seemed like a natural thing that he would grow up to enjoy many of the same things that I had as a boy and young man, which I thought to be synonymous with being a growing boy: throwing the baseball and football; swimming; trying various sports and activities; hiking, camping, climbing, rappelling, and enjoying the great outdoors; and so much more.

In other words, I was expecting what I grew up thinking was a typical male child. As it turned out, I was wrong.

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Posted in: Fatherhood, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: autism, fatherhood, special needs, special needs dad

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 06.04.14

June 4, 2014 by Aprille 1 Comment

Can I just take a moment and rave about how great the past few weeks have been? I’m not really sure what has made the difference. Maybe it has something to do with warmer weather, or maybe the new supplement my husband is taking, or maybe the fact that we got to take a vacation and … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Fatherhood, Military and Veteran Life, The Preschool Years Tagged: childrens museum, cow, date night, glasses, grilling out, hiking, marshallows, Memorial Day, moms night out, NC field of honor, NC zoo, park, preschool, roses, sensory play, walking, zoo

A dad’s perspective on creative discipline and special needs parenting

January 24, 2014 by Aprille 12 Comments

…when I become more focused on the method I am using to reach that goal than the wonder of the actual goal itself, its time to get creative and do something very different.

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Posted in: Ezra, Family, Fatherhood Tagged: discipline, Ezra, fatherhood, parenting, Russ, spanking

Ezra Dawson, Fallen Hero: Honoring our Son’s Namesake on Memorial Day

May 29, 2013 by Aprille 31 Comments

The amazing story of us establishing contact with the family of our son’s namesake, a fallen soldier.

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Posted in: Ezra, Fatherhood, Military and Veteran Life Tagged: Afghanistan, deployment, ezra, KIA, Memorial Day, sacrifice, SGT Ezra Dawson

[Guest post] On being a reconnecting dad

March 8, 2013 by Aprille 7 Comments

My husband’s thoughts about reconnecting with his son after a year-long deployment to Afghanistan.

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Posted in: Ezra, Family, Fatherhood, Military and Veteran Life Tagged: dad, deployment, fatherhood, reintegration, Russ
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