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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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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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  • 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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  • 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
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    • Our final military deployment homecoming: finally together forever!
    • 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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    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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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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    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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  • Christmas

    Why sometimes I call it “Micmiss”

    / December 8, 2009 / 2 Comments

    It all started out with my older brother Kurt, his high school art class, and an inside joke that no one can remember who started. Everyone would say “mic” all the time. It…

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  • Christmas,  Military and Veteran Life

    The Wives Who Wait (A Christmas Poem for Military Wives)

    / December 8, 2009 / 5 Comments

    The Wives Who Wait (A Christmas Poem for Military Wives) Twas the night before Christmas And there all alone I saw a young woman Who sat by the phone

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  • Christmas,  Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving

    / December 8, 2009 / 0 Comments

    I’m thankful for him… Russ and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We took a very short trip down to visit his family in North Carolina. We spent Thanksgiving Day with “the family” doing…

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  • Marriage

    So Small {Marriage Advice for Newlyweds}

    / November 1, 2009 / 5 Comments

    One of the biggest problems I’ve had in my marriage is all the little fights I have with my husband…the little fights about the little things…the little things that an hour later you…

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  • Military and Veteran Life

    You might be a military wife if… (laundry)

    / October 15, 2009 / 0 Comments

    YOU MIGHT BE A MILITARY WIFE IF…if you are behind on laundry and stedfastly purpose in your mind to enact “Operation Fold Laundry” to get it all done! (Yup found myself thinking this…

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  • Military and Veteran Life

    You might be a military wife if… (online)

    / October 14, 2009 / 0 Comments

    This is the first in a series of posts I will make from time to time. YOU MIGHT BE A MILITARY WIFE IF…if the sound of an instant message contact coming online makes…

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