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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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    • Blog’s Mission Statement
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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
  • Marriage
    • Our Love Story
  • Faith
  • Motherhood
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    • 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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  • 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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    May-pril Link Love

    / May 5, 2014 / 8 Comments

    Link Love, May April 2014

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Another day…another flaw…

    / May 1, 2014 / 8 Comments

    I want to be able to control what people think of me. So I explain. And explain some more. And defend.

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  • Ezra,  Motherhood

    How to potty train a boy in 2-years-and-counting without losing your mind

    / April 29, 2014 / 17 Comments

    I thought I would share some advice from a been-there-rocked-that-(NOT) mom who obviously knows the BEST way to potty train a child.

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Motherhood,  The Preschool Years

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 4.26.14

    / April 26, 2014 / 3 Comments

    Thank you so much for your outpouring of heartfelt comments on my last post. It was so nice to feel less alone – and I was reminded yet again of the power of…

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