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    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • The Story Behind the Header
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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
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    • Our Love Story
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    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    Easter: When You Feel Broken Behind Your Smiles

    / April 21, 2014 / 27 Comments

    ...for as many people as might be shocked by my ugly honesty, I'm guessing there might be just as many people who needed to hear that they aren't alone in brokenness and heartbreak…

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  • Family,  Finding "Home" in 2013,  Messy Faith,  Military and Veteran Life,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Hopeless no longer

    / April 15, 2014 / 7 Comments

    And now this hangs above the very spot where I prayed a prayer out of complete hopelessness.

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  • Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    Room to breathe, room to live

    / April 12, 2014 / 10 Comments

    Here it's different. There is ROOM and SPACE and I feel like I can breathe.

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Motherhood,  The Preschool Years

    When babies become big boys (and random ramblings about summer)

    / April 3, 2014 / 3 Comments

    It's not always peaceful, but it's more...I dunno...settled? So now the thought of summer doesn't usually send me into a panic anymore.

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    March Link Love

    / March 30, 2014 / 1 Comment

    March Link Love

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  • Marriage

    Guest Blog: How to not have an affair at work

    / March 29, 2014 / 7 Comments

    How to not have an affair at work (some advice for women in the workplace from a married man's perspective)

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  • Five Minute Fridays,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    this #whitespace is a mighty work because I’m moving a mountain

    / March 27, 2014 / 13 Comments

    this choosing of whitespace, it's a mighty work. I'm moving a mountain of stress, anxiety, fear, one shovel of scary crap and deep breath at a time.

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    What this OEF Veteran’s family wishes you knew

    / March 21, 2014 / 11 Comments

    What this OEF Veteran's family wishes you knew about life and recovery after war

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    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 03.16.14 {in which I post 40 photos and hope I don’t break my blog}

    / March 16, 2014 / 0 Comments

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 03.16.14 {in which I post 40 photos and hope I don't break my blog}

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  • Five Minute Fridays,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    the crowded mind (when mental #whitespace can’t be found)

    / March 14, 2014 / 8 Comments

    It feels like every split second my thoughts are splintered. No one single task ever has my full and undivided attention.

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