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    • Top Ten Posts of All Time
    • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
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    • Our Love Story
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    • Mothering Through Fatigue Blog Series
    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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    • Homecoming 2009
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
  • Homeschooling
    • Homeschooling special needs: a story of transformation
    • ADHD Homeschooling: Hacks, Tricks, and Tips for Making It Work
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    • Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom
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    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • The Story Behind the Header
    • Blog’s Mission Statement
    • Blog Series
    • Top Ten Posts of All Time
    • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
  • Marriage
    • Our Love Story
  • Faith
  • Motherhood
    • Mothering Through Fatigue Blog Series
    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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    • Our final military deployment homecoming: finally together forever!
    • Homecoming 2009
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    What I learned in February 2015

    / February 27, 2015 / 8 Comments

    1. Apparently, pregnancy carpal tunnel syndrome is a thing. I thing I have. It comes and goes but when it comes, it comes  – and I feel like I must have slept with…

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    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 02.25.15

    / February 25, 2015 / 0 Comments

    I’m beginning to love February about as much as I love January…which isn’t all that much. In the last week and a half, we have had one holiday, three snow days, and three…

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  • Miscellaneous,  Monthly Link Love

    February 2015 Link Love

    / February 24, 2015 / 0 Comments

    Between the snow days, the child-not-sleeping, the pregnancy, and the busyness of doing all. the. things., I’ve been incredibly UNmotivated to do anything blog related. I would apologize but I’m not going to…

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  • Ezra,  Miscellaneous,  Motherhood,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Acceptance of snow days {ramblings of an emotionally conflicted ex-northerner}

    / February 17, 2015 / 4 Comments

    There’s something about The Automated Phonecall that comes from The School District (that I still have no idea how I got signed up for because my son technically doesn’t go there) that just makes…

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  • Motherhood

    So what? {One question that will end “mommy wars” before they begin}

    / February 12, 2015 / 9 Comments

    A friend of mine asked me to write a post about Mommy Wars. She had recently taken a Facebook fast and when she returned, she was so discouraged at the hatred that is…

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  • Hope: One Word for 2015,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Love songs for the girl who needs to remember that God loves her

    / February 10, 2015 / 16 Comments

    I believe that faith grows stronger when it goes through doubt and crisis. I believe that it’s possible to question and wonder and doubt without it being rebellion against God. I believe that…

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  • Motherhood,  Mothering Through Fatigue

    How to keep sane when your child won’t sleep

    / February 6, 2015 / 12 Comments

    Public disclaimer: this post is written on very little sleep by a first-trimester pregnant mother who also happens to be the mom of a 4-year-old who has woken up every night in the…

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  • Little Brother,  Pregnancy & Birth

    11 Week Bumpdate

    / February 5, 2015 / 6 Comments

    I’m currently 11 weeks along in this pregnancy, so it’s time for a bumpdate! Baby is growing (obviously). There’s been no hiding this child for the last few weeks. I’ve been feeling baby…

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  • Ezra,  Motherhood,  Special Needs Parenting

    A different kind of mother’s love

    / February 2, 2015 / 6 Comments

    “Sometimes I go through several days and realize I haven’t really connected with him.” The admission comes from my guilt-ridden voice and lands on the ears of our social worker, who just smiles…

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  • Miscellaneous,  Pregnancy & Birth

    What I learned in January 2015

    / January 31, 2015 / 2 Comments

    Linking up today with Emily Freeman over at Chatting at the Sky sharing a little bit of January happenings and what I’ve learned this month. Also, because blogging was on my to-do list…

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