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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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    • 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
    • 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
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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Dwell…

    / November 18, 2012 / 4 Comments

    Settle down, abide In other passages in the Bible it's translated as rest. Today I want to dwell. Dwell with my family. Settle down. Sink into this land that is my life. Really breathe…

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  • Family,  Motherhood,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Introverted mom problems: when mommy breaks just aren’t enough

    / November 17, 2012 / 29 Comments

    I’m totally giving myself grace and taking advantage of my dear husband by taking the time to write this post. Because I feel like this introverted mom needs it. I’m currently sitting at…

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  • Five Minute Fridays,  Motherhood,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Stay {Five Minute Friday}

    / November 16, 2012 / 8 Comments

    Today for the first time I am participating in this thing on another website called Five Minute Fridays…where bloggers are given a writing prompt (topic) and told to write for five minutes. “No…

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Motherhood

    why i loved my job ~ oh really?

    / November 15, 2012 / 14 Comments

    In case you are just stumbling upon this post without having any clue as to the massive undertaking I have taken on with my blog…you should know that I am moving my entire…

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  • Family,  Motherhood,  Thanksgiving

    When real moms cook Thanksgiving Dinner

    / November 13, 2012 / 6 Comments

    I suppose it would help if I didn't stop to write a blog post in the middle of trying to cook my Thanksgiving Dinner. Oh well...

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  • Messy Faith,  Military and Veteran Life,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Leave it all behind… {What God did through PWOCI}

    / November 8, 2012 / 27 Comments

    Note: If you have not read my post from earlier this week, Embracing Grace: My PWOC Story, please do so before reading this post. It really gives some more insight and background into what…

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  • Beauty in the Mess

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 11.07.12

    / November 7, 2012 / 17 Comments

    Today’s post is much more about blessings than struggles. But, I will give a quick update on some of my health issues. I saw an ear, nose, and throat specialist yesterday. Other than…

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  • Messy Faith,  Military and Veteran Life,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    How PWOC Changed My Life and Taught Me to Embrace Grace

    / November 6, 2012 / 25 Comments

    I’m sitting in front of my computer almost on the verge of tears…tears of joy, tears of awe at both the goodness of God and the miraculous power of His timing of events…

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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Miscellaneous

    On ER visits and “trendy-cute” scarves

    / October 29, 2012 / 24 Comments

    I’m onto day five of wearing my lovely heart monitor. It’s three wires attached to my chest that run to a small cell-phone-lookin thingy attached to a black lanyard that hangs around my…

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Military and Veteran Life

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 10.25.12

    / October 25, 2012 / 15 Comments

    I’ve decided to make “Beauty in the Mess” (previously posted as “Beauty in the Chaos”) an every-couple-weeks-ly blog segment. I’ve renamed it…simply because I keep referring to the term “mess” in relation to “beauty” in…

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