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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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  • Start Here!
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    • Top Ten Posts of All Time
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    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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  • Christmas,  Miscellaneous

    What I Wore ~ Christmas Past

    / December 8, 2012 / 3 Comments

    What I Wore ~ Christmas Past. My favorite Christmas clothes.

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  • Marriage

    A Christmas Date

    / December 6, 2012 / 4 Comments

    These dates don't happen often; so I must document them fully. It was nice: short, sweet, and kept my Christmas joy flowing for one more day.

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  • Christmas,  Miscellaneous

    Happy Little Bits of Christmas 2012 {Part 2}

    / December 5, 2012 / 10 Comments

    Overall, I feel like I’m succeeding in my determination to choose joy this Christmas season. For some reason, the wonder of the birth of Christ is really overwhelming me in a new way…

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  • Christmas,  Family

    Our Christmas Ornament Tradition {with Personalization Mall}

    / December 4, 2012 / 15 Comments

    Each year, we order personalized photo ornaments from Personalization Mall {personalizationmall.com} Read this post to find out why and see our ornaments from years past!

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  • Christmas,  Motherhood,  Writing and blogging

    What if Mary had been a mommy blogger?

    / December 1, 2012 / 25 Comments

    Mary wasn't a mommy blogger. She had no social media outlets that she could use to process her overwhelming thoughts of motherhood...of mothering the Christ-child, the Savior of the World.

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    Dear Aprille-who-is-trying-to-be-a-perfect-mommy:

    / November 28, 2012 / 12 Comments

    Hi. This is me, your future self. I wish I really could travel back in time to tell you this stuff. But, I know you probably wouldn’t listen to me even if I…

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  • Christmas,  Ezra,  Family

    Happy little bits of Christmas

    / November 25, 2012 / 11 Comments

    In case it wasn’t obvious, yesterday’s post was really difficult for me to write. I cried almost the whole time I was typing. But it was very pivotal… the determination to “choose joy”…

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  • Christmas,  Family,  Marriage,  Military and Veteran Life

    Choosing joy when the Christmas spirit is broken

    / November 24, 2012 / 35 Comments

    What can be done when the "Christmas Spirit" is broken? When even the simplest of holiday gatherings brings such stress that my husband cannot function as he should? How do I hold this…

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  • Ezra,  Motherhood,  Thanksgiving

    When Toddler Boys Cook Thanksgiving Dinner

    / November 21, 2012 / 5 Comments

    A post from my 2-year-old son's perspective as he helped me with Thanksgiving Dinner.

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Christmas,  Ezra,  Family,  Thanksgiving

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 11.20.12

    / November 20, 2012 / 10 Comments

    It seems like I just did one of these posts. I figured that this series would run once a month…or so… but as I refuse to set any sort of official blog schedule…

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