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    • 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
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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
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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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  • Five Minute Fridays,  Motherhood,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Opportunity knocks. Will you let me in?

    / January 4, 2013 / 7 Comments

    Opportunity knocks at my door this morning. Will you let me in? What will you do with me? When my car won’t start for the second morning in a row…when I have to…

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  • The Preschool Years

    Flashcards in Action {a game for active toddlers}

    / January 3, 2013 / 20 Comments

    Flashcards are an amazing tool to help teach and reinforce concepts like letters, shapes, numbers, and simple vocabulary. But if your toddler is anything like mine…you can spend hours saving, printing, coloring, laminating,…

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

    Home {one word for 2013}

    / January 1, 2013 / 24 Comments

    I’ve had my “dreams and goals for 2013” post on my “blog posts to do” list for several months now. But when I sat down to start writing it a few weeks ago,…

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

    How I’ve grown and changed in 2012 {Top 12 posts of 2012}

    / December 28, 2012 / 8 Comments

    2012 What a year! That’s the only way I can think to start this post. I had no idea what I was getting into at the beginning of last year. All I knew…

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    Mission accomplished! {a blog transfer story}

    / December 27, 2012 / 22 Comments

    Christmas is over, and I’m so ready for 2013. I took my tree down on Christmas Eve before we left town so that when I arrive back home I can hit the ground…

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  • Christmas

    Our Very Merry Christmas Card! (would you sign it?)

    / December 25, 2012 / 16 Comments

    MERRY CHRISTMAS from my family to yours!! I hope that your day is so incredibly blessed with beauty and God’s love! So, I cannot claim genius for this idea, as I am totally…

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  • Christmas,  Family,  Fatherhood,  Military and Veteran Life

    A Christmas Song for Military Wives: The Best Gift of All

    / December 24, 2012 / 8 Comments

    The best Christmas gift of all is having my veteran husband home for Christmas - this post includes a Christmas song for military wives!

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

    Where “mommy blogging” meets missions in Panama

    / December 21, 2012 / 10 Comments

    I was a young girl with big dreams. In my pre-teen years I had dreams of being a missionary in Kenya, Africa. I even had an African missions themed 14th birthday party, complete…

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  • Christmas

    Good and perfect gifts

    / December 19, 2012 / 5 Comments

    Have I mentioned yet that this has been a great Christmas? This sounds vaguely familiar… Each day that passes that brings me closer to Christmas leaves me feeling more and more blessed. My…

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  • Christmas,  Marriage,  Messy Faith,  Military and Veteran Life,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    When “choosing joy” becomes selfishness

    / December 18, 2012 / 6 Comments

    This Christmas season started off rough…Thanksgiving was simple but stressful, leaving me wonder how I was going to make it through the holiday season. I found myself decorating my Christmas tree in tears,…

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