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Finding “Home” in 2013

As my husband transitions out of the military and into civilian life, the future is unknown. I don’t know where we will be living or what God has in store for us. But at the beginning of 2013, he placed the word “Home” on my mind. “Home” is my vision, my promise, that no matter where God takes us, He will provide all that we need there. He will make it our home. These posts share our journey to that home.

“Settle down, it will all be clear,
Don’t pay no mind to the demons,
They fill you with fear,
The trouble it might drag you down,
If you get lost you can always be found,
Just know you’re not alone
I’m gonna make this place your home.”
(Home by Phillip Phillips)

Hopeless no longer

April 15, 2014 by Aprille 7 Comments

And now this hangs above the very spot where I prayed a prayer out of complete hopelessness.

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Posted in: Family, Finding "Home" in 2013, Messy Faith, Military and Veteran Life, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: anxiety, combat veteran, god, hope, hopelessness, prayer

On coming home {a final update on my one word for 2013}

December 28, 2013 by Aprille 2 Comments

I would be lying if I said that the transition has been easy. But God has definitely made this place our home.

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Posted in: Family, Finding "Home" in 2013, Messy Faith Tagged: church, home, north carolina, parks, transition

Guest post for Brightpeak Financial {takeaways from #Allume}

November 13, 2013 by Aprille 6 Comments

I’d like to share how my husband and I have dealt with the drastic reduction in our income over the last year. Head over to Brightpeak to read “How to Make a 50% Pay-Cut Work.”

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Posted in: Allume 2013, Finding "Home" in 2013, Miscellaneous Tagged: allume, brightpeak financial, finances, income, money, paycut

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 05.16.13

May 16, 2013 by Aprille 8 Comments

This transition out of the Army and move to North Carolina has been and will continue to be an adjustment in so many ways, but we are rich in God’s grace and in the beauty that He has granted us over the past few months.

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Finding "Home" in 2013, Military and Veteran Life, The Preschool Years Tagged: (in)RL, bacon, bubbles, coffee, Doctor Who, emily freeman, flowers, groceries, grocery shopping, haircuts, incourage.com, mall, mothers-day, muffins, paleo, park, preschool, prewriting, roses, shoes, shopping, Trader Joes, TV, walks, Whole Foods

One month home

May 15, 2013 by Aprille 4 Comments

As of today, we have lived in our new home for exactly one month, and have been here in our new hometown just a few days beyond that. In so many ways our life in Kentucky…our Army life…seems like a different lifetime ago. It feels like we have been here forever. And other times it … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Finding "Home" in 2013, Miscellaneous, The Preschool Years Tagged: barnes and noble, bike, church, Citizen Way, mall, park, parks, state parks, tantrums, Thomas

The chaos of moving and settling in

May 13, 2013 by Aprille 5 Comments

The day that we moved into our new apartment was probably the most difficult and hectic day of the entire moving process. We had hoped that the movers would deliver our household goods on Saturday, as Russ was supposed to start his new job on the following Monday. Unfortunately, they had some issues with their … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Finding "Home" in 2013, Military and Veteran Life, Miscellaneous Tagged: apartment, army move, childcare, civilian life, coffee, Ergo, Keurig, moving, north carolina, Thomas

The days in between

May 12, 2013 by Aprille Leave a Comment

We arrived in North Carolina six days before our household goods did. It was a long six days. It was nice because we weren’t having to spend money for a hotel – we got to stay with my in-laws. But my mother-in-law was out of town, and her husband was working, so it was a … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Finding "Home" in 2013, Miscellaneous Tagged: apartment, barnes and noble, flowers, front porch, groceries, north carolina, porch, Thomas

Saying goodbye and closing the door

May 7, 2013 by Aprille 2 Comments

Our movers were gone, along with our household goods. Our landlady had just pulled away after inspecting our home. Ezra was asleep on the living room floor. We made several trips in and out of the car putting all of our last-minute items in the car. We were ready to get on the road. We … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Finding "Home" in 2013 Tagged: Ezra, jaxson, kentucky, moving, north carolina, sun, sunshine

Moving Days: garbage dumpsters, packing, pizza, goodbyes, magic erasers, and more

May 6, 2013 by Aprille 8 Comments

Moving Day 1 dawned lovely, warm, and sunny. We woke up around 6am because the movers had said they would be there between 8 and 9 am. I was scurrying around trying to stuff all of our “do not pack” items into a closet so they wouldn’t get packed by the packers. When the Army … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Finding "Home" in 2013, Military and Veteran Life, Miscellaneous Tagged: army, army move, baby jesus, bob evans, demolition, ets, fridge, friends, goodbyes, kentucky, moving, moving truck, north carolina, PCS, piano lessons, piano teaching, pizza, truck

Jump {Five Minute Friday}

April 19, 2013 by Aprille 10 Comments

Today I am participating in a weekly feature on lisajobaker.com called Five Minute Fridays. Bloggers are given a writing prompt (topic) and told to write for *five minutes. “No *editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.” Today’s topic is “Jump.” GO I sit at the traffic light leading off of my street. It’s a long holding light so I … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Finding "Home" in 2013, Five Minute Fridays, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: army wife, coffee, friends, MOMS, nerves
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