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    • Homecoming 2009
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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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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  • 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
  • Pregnancy & Birth
    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
  • Homeschooling
    • Homeschooling special needs: a story of transformation
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    • Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom
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  • Christmas,  Motherhood,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Dear Moms at Christmastime ~Love, a mom who “doesn’t do Santa”

    / December 2, 2013 / 21 Comments

    How I celebrate Christmas with my family might look different than how you celebrate Christmas with your family. And that's okay.

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  • Family,  Military and Veteran Life

    they all gave something

    / November 30, 2013 / 8 Comments

    My husband bares no physical scars from war. But the scars on his mind and our hearts and our little family remain.

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  • Christmas,  Monthly Link Love

    November Link Love

    / November 30, 2013 / 1 Comment

    Monthly Link Love - a new series I'm starting to share some of my favorite posts and videos from around the blogosphere!

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Ezra,  Family

    Beauty in the Mess {Thanksgiving Edition ~ Part 2}

    / November 28, 2013 / 1 Comment

    God our Father We thank You For our many blessings Amen

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Family

    Beauty in the Mess {Thanksgiving Edition ~ Part 1}

    / November 26, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Thursday is Thanksgiving and I can't think of a better time to "catch up" on sharing my many many blessings.

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  • Marriage

    In defense of the mundane date night

    / November 24, 2013 / 13 Comments

    You realize that are still feeling guilty and anxious because your date nights don't look like all of those posts on the Dating Divas.

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  • Allume 2013

    “…for the time would fail me to tell of…” {takeaways from #allume}

    / November 22, 2013 / 4 Comments

    There's so much more that I could say. But I've run out of time and words and I'm ready to move on. #allume

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  • Ezra

    Turbulence

    / November 22, 2013 / 8 Comments

    It was just a turbulent phase, and then he flew.

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  • Allume 2013,  Messy Faith

    They gave to me {takeaways from #allume}

    / November 20, 2013 / 4 Comments

    Allume is such a giving community. The people involved give - over and over and over.

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  • Allume 2013,  Family,  Marriage,  Military and Veteran Life,  Writing and blogging

    Choosing the one beside me

    / November 19, 2013 / 4 Comments

    How can I join hands with my sisters and shine in a brilliant army of stars when I'm not willing to join hands with the one standing beside me who should matter the…

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