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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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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
  • Faith
  • Motherhood
    • Mothering Through Fatigue Blog Series
    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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    • 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
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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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  • Friendship & Community,  Special Needs Parenting,  Writing and blogging

    Building bridges through blogging

    / January 5, 2014 / 11 Comments

    I want to be a voice that starts a much-needed dialogue between people facing different circumstances and difficulties. I want to be a voice that helps create unlikely friendships through the power of…

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  • Motherhood,  Mothering Through Fatigue

    Dear Tired Moms: You’re Not Alone {An Open Letter}

    / January 2, 2014 / 5 Comments

    I wish I could send you free babysitters, mentors, a nap, patience, grace, hope, and some coffee all wrapped up in a flat-rate box.

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    9 books I read in 2013

    / January 2, 2014 / 9 Comments

    This post would be more accurately titled "9 books I read (or finished reading) in 2013." I love starting books. Finishing them, well, sometimes that happens too!

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    December Link Love

    / January 1, 2014 / 0 Comments

    December Edition ~ Monthly Link Love @beautifulinhistime.com / Great reads from across the internet!

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  • Family,  Finding "Home" in 2013,  Messy Faith

    On coming home {a final update on my one word for 2013}

    / December 28, 2013 / 2 Comments

    I would be lying if I said that the transition has been easy. But God has definitely made this place our home.

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  • Miscellaneous,  Writing and blogging

    Top 13 posts of 2013

    / December 26, 2013 / 10 Comments

    These 13 blog posts are the top-read posts of the entire year

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    Whitespace: one word for 2014

    / December 22, 2013 / 13 Comments

    My hope and prayer for 2014 is that there be more margin in my schedule, more blank spots on my calendar, less clutter and mess in my home, more stillness in my spirit,…

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  • Writing and blogging

    On Writing Vulnerably ~ Part 2: The Motivation

    / December 13, 2013 / 20 Comments

    This is why I write vulnerably, raw, and exposed. To offer hope by letting people know that they aren't alone.

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist,  Writing and blogging

    On Writing Vulnerably ~ Part 1: The Critics

    / December 12, 2013 / 9 Comments

    Because whether I was wrong - or the critic was wrong - coming face to face with my mistakes is what pushes me closer to Jesus.

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  • Christmas,  Family,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    If you don’t have a lot this Christmas: Hope for the Financially Strapped

    / December 9, 2013 / 14 Comments

    So maybe you don't have a lot this Christmas. Just remember...Jesus was poor too. Take comfort in His poverty.

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