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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
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    • Our Love Story
  • Faith
  • Motherhood
    • Mothering Through Fatigue Blog Series
    • 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
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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
  • 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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  • Christmas

    My Surprise Christmas Military Homecoming Story

    / December 21, 2009 / 5 Comments

    Military surprise homecoming at Christmastime! It felt so good to be in his arms that Christmas season...our first Christmas together. This is "what the first Christmas means to me."

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  • Christmas

    What Christmas Means To Me

    / December 18, 2009 / 7 Comments

    I share this painful dialogue because I believe that understanding my “history with Christmas” is essential for my readers to truly understand what Christmas means to me.

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    My Funniest Christmas Memory

    / December 17, 2009 / 1 Comment

    WIVES OF FAITH 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BLOG CARNIVAL DAY SIX. I will say that a few days ago I had no idea what I was going to write for this topic, but…

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  • Christmas,  Military and Veteran Life

    You Might Be a Military Wife At Christmas If…

    / December 16, 2009 / 0 Comments

    WIVES OF FAITH 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BLOG CARNIVAL DAY 5. I could only come up with a few for this post, but they are all from personal experience. …if you don’t call…

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  • Christmas

    The Best Christmas Present I Ever Received

    / December 15, 2009 / 1 Comment

    The Best Christmas Present I Ever Received - a piano when I was 14 years old.

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  • Christmas

    The best Christmas gift I ever gave (as told by Russ)

    / December 14, 2009 / 0 Comments

    My wife knows that I am writing this blog, but as I am typing she doesn’t know what I’m writing.  She did tell me there’s some kind of contest or something on wives…

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  • Christmas,  Recipes

    My Favorite Christmas Cookies Recipes

    / December 13, 2009 / 3 Comments

    Amazing Christmas recipes for soft drop sugar cookies and chocolate gingerbread men cutouts!

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  • Christmas

    My Favorite Christmas Song

    / December 12, 2009 / 2 Comments

    When it comes to Christmas songs, I have favorites in different categories. Favorite carol. Favorite fun song. Favorite happy song. Favorite church song. Favorite children's song. Favorite pop song.

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  • Military and Veteran Life,  Miscellaneous

    Mark Wills supports military families

    / December 12, 2009 / 0 Comments

    Today, in between visiting a friend at the hospital and picking up my husband at noon when he got off of work, I decided to go to the PX to kill some time.…

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  • Marriage

    “say say oh playmate…”

    / December 11, 2009 / 0 Comments

    Today I spent almost all day on my feet…doing dishes, making homemade chicken soup, and five separate batches of cookies. By the end of the day all I could think about was a…

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