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Fracture: an update on our unexpectedly-upended family

March 14, 2020 by Aprille 6 Comments

I’m out of town and broke my leg in 3 places. Our family is fractured, splintered, and stretched further than ever before. This is SO HARD on all of us. 

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Posted in: Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Homeschooling, Travel Tagged: broken bones, Chicago, extended family, family, hospital, illinois, illness, injury, travel

Why moms fail at new years resolutions (10 tips for January survival)

January 4, 2017 by Aprille 2 Comments

Are you a young momma who has set some goals or new years resolutions for the new year? I know I am. There’s just something about the beginning of January that beckons me to change, to improve, to make this year better than the last. But then, what happens? Um…January happens. This may be my favorite … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Motherhood Tagged: illness, January, MOMS, motherhood, netflix, sickness, snow days, tired moms, winter

Dear January: A Love/Hate Letter to The Longest Month of the Year

January 30, 2014 by Aprille 12 Comments
Dear January

A Love/Hate Letter to The-Longest-Month-of-the-Year

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Posted in: Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: depression, fatigue, illness, isolation, January, snow, winter

When it can’t be made “all better”

January 8, 2014 by Aprille Leave a Comment

The hurts and pains upon our hearts make us cry and whimper and we just want it to be all better. But healing takes time.

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: healing, hurt, illness, pain

When I’m not enough to be a good mother: where God’s grace begins

January 14, 2013 by Aprille 29 Comments

I think that God created motherhood to show me how sinful and inadequate I am at being a good mother…and thus how much I desperately need Him and His grace. Because there is nothing more humbling than being a mother who feels like she’s not enough. Except for being a mother of a sick child. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Motherhood, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: desperate, Ezra, grace, hope for the weary mom, illness, sarah mae, sleep

In which I can’t even read a four letter word…or is it five? {five minute friday}

January 11, 2013 by Aprille 12 Comments

Today I am participating in a weekly feature on lisajobaker.com called Five Minute Fridays. Bloggers are given a writing prompt (topic) and told to write for *five minutes. “No *editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.” Today’s topic was “Dive.” Start. Drive Drive Ezra to the doctor at 10am. 5:15 am. He woke up crying and … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Family, Motherhood Tagged: desperate, five minute fridays, flu, hope for the weary mom, illness, sarah mae

April Showers

April 29, 2011 by Aprille 11 Comments

Let me be honest, I have had a pretty difficult month…well, two months actually. It began with Ezra not sleeping…for about six weeks straight he woke every two hours or sometimes even less throughout each night, and only took 15-20 minute naps during the day.

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Posted in: Military and Veteran Life, Miscellaneous, Travel Tagged: amoxicillin, apple store, April, ER, ER visit, illness, iPhone, macbook, ohio, rain, termites

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