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    • Homecoming 2009
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    • 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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    • 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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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Friendship & Community,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Writing and blogging

    What does a “mommy blog” have to do with local church ministry?

    / March 2, 2020 / 0 Comments

    Our local church is hosting a missions conference unlike any missions conferences I’ve ever seen (and I’ve seen a lot). The “Grace on Mission Conference” is running for the entire month of March,…

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Messy Faith,  Motherhood,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Order in the Mess: Bearing God’s Image as a Type-A Homemaker

    / February 13, 2020 / 0 Comments

    I am made in the image of God, and that is beautiful. Every person has within him or her the image of God. It is our role...our job as His creation to bear…

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  • Friendship & Community,  Messy Faith,  Redemption Stories

    A King James Version (KJV) Audio Bible for Women

    / February 4, 2020 / 2 Comments

    My mom has been reading to me since I was born. So I called her up and asked her to take on the immense endeavor of narrating the first-ever (to my knowledge) King…

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  • Allume 2013,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Marriage,  Military and Veteran Life,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Love in the Deep End: A Star is Born

    / December 24, 2019 / 3 Comments

    A deep and broken love...a star is born. Not the star of a woman thrust into fame, but the star of sacrificial love that burned bright because a woman gave herself away by…

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  • Homeschooling,  Motherhood

    Escape {Homeschool Mama Musings}

    / December 16, 2019 / 1 Comment

    Homeschooling is loud and messy and cluttered and chaotic and overwhelming and frustrating and LOUD. But it's also beautiful and rewarding and heartwarming and, dare I say, even peaceful sometimes. I still treasure…

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  • Homeschooling,  Messy Faith

    Beauty in the {Homeschooling} Mess: A Mini-Blog

    / November 10, 2019 / 0 Comments

    I was sitting down to type this out as a status, but realized it would be extremely long. So I decided to come here and sweep away the cobwebs and write for a…

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  • Family,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist,  Redemption Stories,  Travel

    Healed Wounds {Grandma’s Funeral & My Trip to My Ohio Hometown}

    / October 6, 2019 / 2 Comments

    This is the moment everything up til this moment formed into this realization of healing. Because not once during the last few days had I been triggered. Not one hymn. Not one shudder…

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  • Ezra,  Homeschooling,  Special Needs Parenting

    And so it begins! Our 3rd grade curriculum picks & schedule

    / August 25, 2019 / 1 Comment

    Tomorrow is the day I have kind of dreaded for the last three months. August 26th. The day Ezra shoulda woulda coulda be going back to public school to start 3rd grade. I…

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  • Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Beauty in the {Homeschooling} Mess: The Family that Learns Together

    / August 4, 2019 / 5 Comments

    This transformation - I don't even really have a way to describe it. I can ONLY credit it to an AMAZING God who has blessed me with this opportunity and given me the…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Redemption Stories

    Compost piles, faith deconstruction, and Joshua Harris

    / July 28, 2019 / 3 Comments

    Maybe you have looked up to people like Rachel Held Evans and Joshua Harris. I know that I did. Maybe their deconstruction stories have shaken your faith. Maybe you wonder if faith deconstruction is for…

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