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    • 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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  • Motherhood
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    • 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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    • Ezra’s Story
    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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  • Home
  • Blog
  • 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
  • Special Needs
    • Ezra’s Story
    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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  • Allume 2013,  Five Minute Fridays

    Together {Five Minute Friday – LIVE from #Allume!}

    / October 24, 2013 / 19 Comments

    Here we are. It’s Thursday night and Lisa Jo Baker is standing here about 5 feet from me and we are at the Live Five Minute Friday at Allume. And I’m going to…

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  • Allume 2013,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Writing and blogging

    when the online life and the “real” life collide

    / October 21, 2013 / 7 Comments

    But then Allume will be over and I will return to the real. To the one-on-one. To the ladies I sit next to in choir and church Bible study and potluck dinners.

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  • Allume 2013,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    my worst fear about Allume

    / October 14, 2013 / 10 Comments

    But I do have a confession. One big fear. The biggest of big. One that I have hinted at and tried to plan and control away. It's the one I'm scared of the…

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  • Allume 2013,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist,  Writing and blogging

    a time to plan intentionally, a time to surrender willingly (more thoughts about Allume)

    / October 9, 2013 / 7 Comments

    So I am glad for the lists, the binder, the checklists, and all of the planning that I have put into this conference. There's a time to plan intentionally and a time to…

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  • Allume 2013,  Beauty in the Mess,  Ezra,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Paint, tote bags, elevator speeches, and learning the same lesson all over again

    / October 7, 2013 / 7 Comments

    And so, if you see me at Allume, I will still be sporting this tote bag. And maybe, just maybe, if I'm really brave - I'll tell you how even though I learn…

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  • Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Writing and blogging

    “Music or words. It matters not. I am a writer.”

    / October 4, 2013 / 15 Comments

    I create. I write. Music or words. It matters not. I am a writer.

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  • Messy Faith

    long hair, free scarves, and God’s provision

    / October 3, 2013 / 8 Comments

    This is a story of how God did something little for me - by providing something for me that I didn't need, for free, and then let me multiply it with a little…

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Birthdays,  Ezra,  Family,  Messy Faith,  Miscellaneous,  Recovering Perfectionist,  The Preschool Years

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 10.02.13 {AKA what life has been like for the last two months}

    / October 2, 2013 / 6 Comments

    Finding God's beauty in spite of our messy, everyday life. A lengthly post of pictures and updates from August and September 2013.

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  • Ezra,  Motherhood

    What you didn’t see {Dear Judgmental Woman at Story Time}

    / September 27, 2013 / 12 Comments

    There’s so much hard, painstaking work and progress that both me and my son have made – even just today in the hours since you cast your judgment our way. But you didn’t…

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  • Birthdays,  Ezra

    Ezra’s Little Blue Truck 3rd Birthday Party

    / September 26, 2013 / 7 Comments

    Pictures from Ezra's Little Blue Truck third birthday party: a cake and a playset!

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