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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • The Story Behind the Header
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    • 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
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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}
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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Motherhood,  Recovering Perfectionist

    I do a lot… I matter

    / July 7, 2012 / 8 Comments

    You go above and beyond and then way beyond that You do it all, yeah, you wear every hat Hopin’ someone that matters will realize you matter “Nothing to Prove” by Lonestar Lately…

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  • Recovering Perfectionist,  Travel

    One Tree Hill Filming Locations Self-Guided Tour

    / June 12, 2012 / 78 Comments

    Shortly before Russ deployed to Afghanistan (the second time), I decided that I wanted to find a TV show that had multiple seasons to watch while he was deployed. I had found during…

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  • Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Confessions of a recovering perfectionist

    / May 21, 2012 / 26 Comments

    I have been contemplating writing this post for about two weeks now, but I haven’t been able to get the thoughts out…figured I’d just go ahead and start rambling and hope that something…

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  • Military and Veteran Life

    Reintegration – Guest Posts at Singing Through the Rain

    / May 16, 2012 / 0 Comments

    I recently had the opportunity to do some guest-blogging over at Singing Through the Rain, the blog of a dear friend of mine who is an Airforce spouse. Her husband was getting ready…

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  • The Preschool Years

    DIY Leftover Magazine Toddler Vocabulary Flashcards

    / May 9, 2012 / 5 Comments

    When I was pregnant with Ezra, I somehow received free subscriptions to a few baby and parenting magazines. I read through them and considered throwing them away, but for some odd reason I…

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  • Miscellaneous,  Motherhood

    Moody May…BLAH!

    / May 6, 2012 / 2 Comments

    So I’m not off to a good start this month. My mom asked me at the end of April what my theme for May was, if I had one. Um…do I have to…

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  • Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Facebook: the flip side ~ on relationships, community, and who I am

    / April 21, 2012 / 9 Comments

    Facebook is its own subculture...its own community. Being a part of that subculture has provided me with a sense of community that I had never had before. It has changed me from being…

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  • On being a Facebook addict, privacy, and pleasing people
    Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    On being a Facebook addict, privacy, and pleasing people

    / April 17, 2012 / 21 Comments

    It’s been 27 days since I first deactivated my Facebook account. In that time, I realized that I am definitely a Facebook addict. I had to reactivate my account to help my husband with…

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  • Marriage,  Military and Veteran Life

    Military Ball? Check!

    / April 13, 2012 / 3 Comments

    All in all, I am glad to be able to say that I have been to a military ball. It was one of those military wife "rites of passage" that I wanted to…

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  • Military and Veteran Life

    Deployment Countdown Calendar Idea

    / April 5, 2012 / 0 Comments

    “You look at that calendar, all those empty days, and wish for a way to make them go by faster. You miss your spouse more than anything, and feel so disconnected from him,…

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