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Recovery & Coronavirus Quarantine: Life in the Post-Injury Twilight Zone

March 25, 2020 by Aprille Leave a Comment

It’s been 17 days since I broke my leg in three places. It’s also been 1,118,681,654 years since this virus quarantine stuff started. At least that’s how it feels.

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Posted in: Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Homeschooling, Miscellaneous, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Travel Tagged: broken bones, broken leg, coronavirus, covid-19, family, illinois, quarantine, recovery, social distancing

A King James Version (KJV) Audio Bible for Women

February 4, 2020 by Aprille Leave a Comment

My mom has been reading to me since I was born. So I called her up and asked her to take on the immense endeavor of narrating the first-ever (to my knowledge) King James Version audio Bible read completely by a woman. 

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Posted in: Friendship & Community, Messy Faith, Redemption Stories Tagged: audio Bible, audiobook, audiobooks, Bible, bible journaling, faith, grace, kjv, legalism, recovery, scripture

How to deal with spiritual abuse triggers at church

October 29, 2017 by Aprille 3 Comments

Nearly every Sunday morning I sit down in the pews of our church with ease, knowing that I am safe and loved. But that doesn’t keep me from sometimes being blindsided with songs, Christian jargon, and even Bible verses that I find to be triggers to some of the darker days of my spiritual past. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: abuse, CBT, church, cognitive behavioral therapy, faith, fundamentalism, grace, hymns, legalism, recovery, spiritual abuse, therapy

Here’s a little postpartum recovery update

September 18, 2015 by Aprille 1 Comment

So, my official position is that recovery from birth sucks. But, it’s also sort of amazing. The first ten days of postpartum recovery were hard. Really hard. I do not deal well with anesthesia and definitely felt some postpartum crazy, even though I had a better experience. My limbs were tingly, my heart rate was … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Little Brother, Pregnancy & Birth Tagged: little brother, postpartum, recovery

Broken faith: more of my testimony and what God has done (and is doing) for me

January 20, 2015 by Aprille 16 Comments

What’s your testimony? What has God done for you? I’m unsure how to answer the questions posed by a trusted counselor. In the past the story of my testimony has been the “easy” answer to the church-ese question: When did you get saved? I’ve never shared the answer here because my testimony is so much … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Hope: One Word for 2015, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: brokenness, faith, fear, grace, hope, legalism, recovery, salvation, testimony

What I’ve learned from #whitespace {#oneword365 recap}

December 30, 2014 by Aprille 2 Comments

But in all of the busy-ness, that Still Small Voice has been calling me slow down and smell the roses and stop doing all. the. things.   With these words I walked into 2014. And it’s one of the best choices I ever made. My journey into whitespace didn’t end up looking like I expected. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist, Whitespace: one word for 2014 Tagged: 2014, facebook, grace, netflix, recovery, therapy, whitespace

20 things I learned this summer

September 1, 2014 by Aprille 7 Comments

20 things I learned this summer

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: coffee, essential oils, facebook, homeschooling, makeup, netflix, preschool, recovery

Guilt-inducing hymns, the try-hard life, and recovery

August 20, 2014 by Aprille 16 Comments

So you won’t be able come here and find someone who is put together or who breathes inspiration into your life. Sometimes I wish I could be that for you – but I can’t and won’t pretend to be something that I’m not.

But what you can find here is a work in progress.

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Posted in: Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist, Whitespace: one word for 2014 Tagged: anxiety, goal setting, guilt, hymns, legalism, recovering perfectionist, recovery, whitespace

Exhale {Five Minute Friday}

July 4, 2014 by Aprille 7 Comments

Sometimes I exhale the stress of a moment. Other times I exhale the stress of a lifetime.

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Posted in: Five Minute Fridays, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist, Whitespace: one word for 2014 Tagged: mental health, recovery, whitespace

A few random things {because if I don’t blog I just might go crazy}

June 25, 2014 by Aprille 1 Comment

some of the randomness that’s been going through my head the past few weeks

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Posted in: Ezra, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Whitespace: one word for 2014 Tagged: church, country music, Ezra, facebook, family planning, friends, fundamentalism, homeschool, legalism, natural parenting, pinterest, preschool, recovery, social media, summer, sunscreen, VA benefits
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