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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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    • 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
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  • Motherhood
    • 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
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
  • Homeschooling
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  • Ezra,  Family,  Messy Faith,  The Preschool Years,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    On #whitespace and sending my boy to preschool

    / February 18, 2014 / 9 Comments

    thoughts about #whitespace and sending my boy to preschool

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  • Marriage

    You won’t always be amazed by your marriage: a letter to my former self

    / February 15, 2014 / 11 Comments

    You won't always be amazed by your marriage because marriage isn't always amazing.

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Ezra,  Family

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 2.13.14

    / February 13, 2014 / 5 Comments

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 2.13.13

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  • I prayed for his wife
    Marriage

    I prayed for his wife

    / February 7, 2014 / 13 Comments

    That wife that I prayed for him to find has her hands full with living the answer to my prayers.

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  • Motherhood,  Mothering Through Fatigue

    when you’re “tired of being a good mother” and “weary in well-doing”

    / February 4, 2014 / 34 Comments

    Dear weary one who is too tired to keep doing this mothering thing: You are a good mom.

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  • Monthly Link Love

    January Link Love

    / January 31, 2014 / 1 Comment

    January Link Love - Thought-provoking posts I read in the month of January.

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  • Dear January
    Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Dear January: A Love/Hate Letter to The Longest Month of the Year

    / January 30, 2014 / 12 Comments

    A Love/Hate Letter to The-Longest-Month-of-the-Year

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  • Ezra,  Motherhood,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    Second-guessing #whitespace

    / January 26, 2014 / 17 Comments

    You know what's hard? When Mommy needs whitespace but the boy just needs Mommy - and lots of Mommy. This morning, I choose the boy.

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  • Friendship & Community,  Motherhood

    Friendships between single and married women: some practical advice

    / January 25, 2014 / 11 Comments

    Friendships between single and married women: some practical advice for married women, single women, and churches.

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Fatherhood

    A dad’s perspective on creative discipline and special needs parenting

    / January 24, 2014 / 12 Comments

    ...when I become more focused on the method I am using to reach that goal than the wonder of the actual goal itself, its time to get creative and do something very different.

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