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    • 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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    • 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
  • 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
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    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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  • 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
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  • Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Little Brother,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Special Needs Parenting

    In which my life is one constant extenuating circumstance

    / November 10, 2018 / 1 Comment

    I recently enlisted the help of a close friend who has successfully lost weight to be my accountability partner in trying to lose weight. Because after two years of trying to lose weight…

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  • Family,  Little Brother,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Special Needs Parenting

    Ode to the Neurotypical Sibling of the Special Needs Child

    / October 18, 2018 / 3 Comments

    “Can you get LB for me? He just woke up…” I asked my husband who was climbing out of bed. The sounds of LB’s whiny cries were coming through the baby monitor. I…

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Special Needs Parenting

    DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”

    / October 9, 2018 / 7 Comments

    Our son Ezra – who is now eight years old – has been quite the enigma, hasn’t he? If you are new to our family’s blog – or perhaps visiting via Pinterest or…

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Motherhood,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Special Needs Parenting

    So this is eight: an update on our awesome 8-year-old boy

    / October 1, 2018 / 0 Comments

    My baby is eight. EIGHT!! For some reason this year is hitting me as far more monumental than others, as I shall explain. I think that having a child who is behaviorally, emotionally,…

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  • Recipes

    The Easiest Broccoli Cheddar Soup You Could Ever Make!

    / September 11, 2018 / 0 Comments

    I am not a recipe blogger – nor will I ever be. So if you are at all bummed out about MY FIRST BLOG POST IN 2 1/5 MONTHS being a recipe for…

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  • Messy Faith,  Motherhood,  Mothering Through Fatigue,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Special Needs Parenting

    How do you pursue a relationship with God when you’re exhausted?

    / July 26, 2018 / 4 Comments

    Over the last few posts in my series, Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith, I feel that I’ve done the best I can do to present theologically-sound, Scripturally-based truth about pursuing…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Regeneration: transforming the way you look at your spiritual identity

    / June 22, 2018 / 0 Comments

    Regeneration. Congratulations. If you have even clicked on this post I admire your bravery in tackling a big scary Bible word. Even growing up in a Bible-saturated environment like I did, I admit…

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  • Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    The most important work

    / June 18, 2018 / 0 Comments

    “So do you have to go back to work after this?” Her words pulled me out of the comatose state that only a tired mom getting her haircut for the first time in…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Approaching the spiritual disciplines with grace and expectancy

    / June 5, 2018 / 0 Comments

    At our March 2017 care group meeting, our discussion turned toward the topic of spiritual disciplines. By definitions, “spiritual disciplines” are generally those things that should be habitual to the Christian walk: reading…

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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Motherhood,  Mothering Through Fatigue,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Life hacks for introverts: how to structure your day, week, and year

    / June 4, 2018 / 1 Comment

    As an introvert, there have been a few real “game-changers” in how I cope in a special-needs household when both my husband and son are extroverts. This is one post in a series…

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