Beautiful in His Time

God's Beauty in My Mess

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
    • Contact Me!
    • 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
  • Military & Veteran Life
    • Encouragement and Resources for the Military Wife
    • Our final military deployment homecoming: finally together forever!
    • Homecoming 2009
  • Pregnancy & Birth
    • 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
  • Preschool Years
    • Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom
  • Special Needs
    • Ezra’s Story
    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
  • Friendship & Community
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
    • Contact Me!
    • 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
  • Military & Veteran Life
    • Encouragement and Resources for the Military Wife
    • Our final military deployment homecoming: finally together forever!
    • Homecoming 2009
  • Pregnancy & Birth
    • 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
  • Preschool Years
    • Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom
  • Special Needs
    • Ezra’s Story
    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
  • Friendship & Community
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
    • Contact Me!
    • 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
  • Military & Veteran Life
    • Encouragement and Resources for the Military Wife
    • Our final military deployment homecoming: finally together forever!
    • Homecoming 2009
  • Pregnancy & Birth
    • 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
  • Preschool Years
    • Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom
  • Special Needs
    • Ezra’s Story
    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
  • Friendship & Community
  • Military and Veteran Life,  Miscellaneous,  Motherhood

    Losin’ it!

    / June 12, 2011 / 5 Comments

    I am not doing nearly as well as I had expected or hoped to during this deployment. I feel like I am losing my sanity. Last night I washed a load of clothes,…

    read more
  • Military and Veteran Life,  Motherhood

    Sweet Silver Lining

    / May 18, 2011 / 3 Comments

    I know I haven’t blogged much recently…I haven’t felt much like it. If you have been keeping up with my Facebook posts, you know that the past two months have been difficult on…

    read more
  • Ezra,  Motherhood

    Thoughts about motherhood on my first Mother’s Day as a new mom

    / May 8, 2011 / 3 Comments

    This is my third Mother’s Day. My first Mother’s Day, I celebrated a life in the arms of Jesus, and mourned the loss of our first little one.

    read more
  • Military and Veteran Life,  Miscellaneous,  Travel

    April Showers

    / April 29, 2011 / 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…

    read more
  • Military and Veteran Life

    Reasons I enjoy deployment

    / April 2, 2011 / 7 Comments

    A few weeks ago, I wrote a guest blog post for my friend Kathryn about deployment. One of the things that I encouraged her to do in that post was to “enjoy the…

    read more
  • Military and Veteran Life,  Miscellaneous,  Motherhood

    Mac Drives, Movies, Mayonnaise, Milk, McDonalds, and Mondays

    / February 28, 2011 / 1 Comment

    I ran out of milk sometime last week. Well, actually, I didn’t run out…it expired, and I didn’t have any left to replace it. Thus begins the madness that is also known as…

    read more
  • Ezra,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Pregnancy & Birth

    Ezra’s (Cesarean) Birth Story

    / February 27, 2011 / 34 Comments

    “Let labor begin on it’s own…” (Lamaze Healthy Birth Practice #1) On the evening of September 6, 2010, this was the one thing I was trying to repeat over and over to myself.…

    read more
  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care

    My Weight Loss Journey Thus Far

    / February 11, 2011 / 8 Comments

    “A time to get, and a time to lose…” (Ecclesiastes 3:6) For most of my adult life, my weight has fluctuated right around 100 pounds, regardless of how much I ate or how…

    read more
  • Family,  Military and Veteran Life

    One month down

    / January 28, 2011 / 8 Comments

    Baby, How’s our little baby boy? Does he know his daddy’s halfway ’round the world? Tell him he is my heart

    read more
  • Family,  Messy Faith,  Miscellaneous,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Beautiful In His Time

    / January 28, 2011 / 5 Comments

    Russ and I have been discussing some concerns with our website for quite some time. We want to be able to share with family and friends, especially those who aren’t on Facebook, without…

    read more
 Older Posts
Newer Posts 

Categories

Archives

Top Posts & Pages

  • love songs to help you through a rough spot in your marriage
    love songs to help you through a rough spot in your marriage
  • when you and your husband are in different spiritual places
    when you and your husband are in different spiritual places
  • A King James Version (KJV) Audio Bible for Women
    A King James Version (KJV) Audio Bible for Women
  • I'm Invited to the Table of the Lord: The Lord's Table & Hospitality
    I'm Invited to the Table of the Lord: The Lord's Table & Hospitality
  • Ultimate list of printable birth affirmations and scriptures
    Ultimate list of printable birth affirmations and scriptures

Visit Us on Facebook!

  • Beautiful Messy Motherhood
  • Beautiful Messy Marriage
  • Beautiful Messy Faith
  • Beautiful Messy Homeschooling
  • Special Needs Survival
  • Special Needs Support Group

Subscribe to our mailing list

* indicates required
Send me posts about...

Popular Now

  • love songs to help you through a rough spot in your marriage
    love songs to help you through a rough spot in your marriage
  • when you and your husband are in different spiritual places
    when you and your husband are in different spiritual places
  • A King James Version (KJV) Audio Bible for Women
    A King James Version (KJV) Audio Bible for Women
  • I'm Invited to the Table of the Lord: The Lord's Table & Hospitality
    I'm Invited to the Table of the Lord: The Lord's Table & Hospitality
  • Ultimate list of printable birth affirmations and scriptures
    Ultimate list of printable birth affirmations and scriptures
  • Friendships between single and married women: some practical advice
    Friendships between single and married women: some practical advice
  • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
    Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace

Blog Archives

© 2025
Ashe Theme by WP Royal.