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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • The Story Behind the Header
    • Blog’s Mission Statement
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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
  • Marriage
    • Our Love Story
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    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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  • Ezra,  Military and Veteran Life

    Learning to Treasure the Little Childhood Moments

    / November 16, 2011 / 2 Comments

    Since Russ went back to Afghanistan after RnR, I’ve really been struggling. Struggling with what? Well, just…everything. I think that 90% of the time I feel utterly exhausted and overwhelmed. There’s a song…

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  • Marriage

    The Darius Rucker concert that we will remember forever

    / October 5, 2011 / 4 Comments

    My husband and I have extremely different tastes in music. I like country and operatic pop. He likes 80s-90s rock and trance and a bunch of other random stuff. He likes to poke…

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  • Ezra,  Motherhood

    Date Day with Mommy!

    / September 26, 2011 / 4 Comments

    "Sometimes, when I am feeling like I need to escape the kids, I find that really what I need is just the opposite! What I need is to CONNECT with my children -…

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  • Military and Veteran Life

    “So how was your RnR?”

    / September 24, 2011 / 14 Comments

    This is the question that I’ve been hearing a lot this week! And it’s a good question. But it’s one that in some ways I don’t know how to answer with a quick…

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  • Family,  Military and Veteran Life

    Red, White, and Blue

    / September 17, 2011 / 1 Comment

    This post is something I meant to post a while back and never got around to it. Living this military lifestyle definitely has it’s challenges…it’s hard! But it also gives our family some…

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  • Family,  Military and Veteran Life

    pink ribbons, camouflage, and one happy baby boy!

    / September 14, 2011 / 11 Comments

    Monday, September 5th, 2011…what most people knew as Labor Day. What I knew is that it was the day my husband was coming home for mid-tour leave!!! I woke up at 3am totally…

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  • Family,  Miscellaneous,  Motherhood,  Writing and blogging

    My blog may be neglected…but…

    / August 9, 2011 / 0 Comments

    I was going to get on here this morning and apologize for running behind on blogging…yet again. Then I realized that I didn’t really care that much. I love blogging. I love sharing…

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  • Military and Veteran Life

    This is our life

    / July 24, 2011 / 2 Comments

    In just the last 24 hours… In a conversation with a friend, we talked about the two separate times that her husband has been injured this deployment alone due to IEDs. The first…

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  • Ezra,  Motherhood

    Better Days

    / June 24, 2011 / 2 Comments

    Not long after I wrote my post about Losin it!, I started having better days. Things tend to work that way… First, God sent me my “Mommy’s Helper,” A young lady in my…

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  • Military and Veteran Life,  Miscellaneous,  Motherhood

    Losin’ it!

    / June 12, 2011 / 5 Comments

    I am not doing nearly as well as I had expected or hoped to during this deployment. I feel like I am losing my sanity. Last night I washed a load of clothes,…

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