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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
  • Special Needs
    • Ezra’s Story
    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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  • Home
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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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    • Ezra’s Story
    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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    June Link Love

    / June 4, 2014 / 5 Comments

    Welcome to Monthly Link Love, where I share some goodies from other bloggers around the internets. Several of these posts really made me think - and I hope they will stir up your…

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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist,  Whitespace: one word for 2014,  Writing and blogging

    Waving the white flag: giving up and gaining #whitespace

    / May 29, 2014 / 10 Comments

    Well ladies, I've dropped out of the rat race and I'm waving the white flag of surrender. Do you always have to give up something to gain something? I say yes. But the…

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  • Military and Veteran Life

    An answered prayer, the moment I fell in love with the military, and two guest posts

    / May 26, 2014 / 8 Comments

    Now, we are on the other side, but the prayer remains answered and the love for this community hasn't gone away. Some days I wish I could just walk away and stop thinking…

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  • Family,  Motherhood,  Travel

    The Adventures of the ChickFilA Cow (The Mother’s Day Gift That Kept On Giving)

    / May 22, 2014 / 8 Comments

    My husband told Ezra that we were going to take Cow on our trip with us so that he could have all sorts of adventures. And that we would take pictures of Cow…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    A letter to my former self on her high school graduation

    / May 18, 2014 / 10 Comments

    Next Saturday, on a beautiful sunny day in May, you'll turn your tassel. Your perfect day will be the beginning of a tumultuous decade of change and pain and growing up the hard…

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  • Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Marriage,  Messy Faith,  Military and Veteran Life,  Travel

    Virginia Is For Lovers: Our Virginia Vacation

    / May 17, 2014 / 3 Comments

    Summary and photos of our spring vacation Mother's Day trip to Central Virginia - including Natural Bridge, Virginia Safari Park, Harmony Hill Bed and Breakfast, Boulder Crest Retreat for Military and Veteran Wellness,…

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  • Ezra,  Motherhood,  Special Needs Parenting

    When your child does everything the hard way

    / May 16, 2014 / 16 Comments

    So, to all of the moms of all of the difficult children out there: It will probably never be easy. But it will always be worth it.

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  • Motherhood

    Mother’s Day and Special Needs Parenting

    / May 11, 2014 / 4 Comments

    As a special needs mom on Mother's Day, I feel full of joy and hope. Though I do not always know where this journey is taking us, I do know all things are…

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  • Messy Faith,  Miscellaneous,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    A girl and her jeans

    / May 7, 2014 / 4 Comments

    I don't know exactly how to put into words how these jeans make me feel...all I know is that they do.

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  • Monthly Link Love

    May-pril Link Love

    / May 5, 2014 / 8 Comments

    Link Love, May April 2014

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