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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • The Story Behind the Header
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    • 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
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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
  • 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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  • 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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    • Ezra’s Story
    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care

    How “Junk Mail” Changed My Life

    / July 23, 2012 / 22 Comments

    When Russ deployed to Afghanistan (the second time), one of my goals for the deployment was to lose more of that stubborn baby weight. I blogged about my weight-loss journey and had made…

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  • Miscellaneous,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Facebook Recovery (Update)

    / July 18, 2012 / 0 Comments

    I feel like my blog readers deserve a bit of an update after all the blogging I did about my personal issues with Facebook and my month-long deactivation in April. If you are…

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  • Military and Veteran Life

    Weary (honest thoughts about ETSing)

    / July 11, 2012 / 5 Comments

    This morning I stood in my backyard with bags of army gear scattered around my dirty bare feet. It was only around 80 degrees but the high humidity made me sweat regardless. This…

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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Motherhood,  Recovering Perfectionist

    I do a lot… I matter

    / July 7, 2012 / 8 Comments

    You go above and beyond and then way beyond that You do it all, yeah, you wear every hat Hopin’ someone that matters will realize you matter “Nothing to Prove” by Lonestar Lately…

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  • Recovering Perfectionist,  Travel

    One Tree Hill Filming Locations Self-Guided Tour

    / June 12, 2012 / 78 Comments

    Shortly before Russ deployed to Afghanistan (the second time), I decided that I wanted to find a TV show that had multiple seasons to watch while he was deployed. I had found during…

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  • Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Confessions of a recovering perfectionist

    / May 21, 2012 / 26 Comments

    I have been contemplating writing this post for about two weeks now, but I haven’t been able to get the thoughts out…figured I’d just go ahead and start rambling and hope that something…

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  • Military and Veteran Life

    Reintegration – Guest Posts at Singing Through the Rain

    / May 16, 2012 / 0 Comments

    I recently had the opportunity to do some guest-blogging over at Singing Through the Rain, the blog of a dear friend of mine who is an Airforce spouse. Her husband was getting ready…

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  • The Preschool Years

    DIY Leftover Magazine Toddler Vocabulary Flashcards

    / May 9, 2012 / 5 Comments

    When I was pregnant with Ezra, I somehow received free subscriptions to a few baby and parenting magazines. I read through them and considered throwing them away, but for some odd reason I…

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  • Miscellaneous,  Motherhood

    Moody May…BLAH!

    / May 6, 2012 / 2 Comments

    So I’m not off to a good start this month. My mom asked me at the end of April what my theme for May was, if I had one. Um…do I have to…

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  • Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Facebook: the flip side ~ on relationships, community, and who I am

    / April 21, 2012 / 9 Comments

    Facebook is its own subculture...its own community. Being a part of that subculture has provided me with a sense of community that I had never had before. It has changed me from being…

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