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    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • The Story Behind the Header
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    • 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
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    • 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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    • Ezra’s Story
    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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  • Home
  • Blog
  • 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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    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
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  • Christmas,  Family,  Friendship & Community,  Homeschooling,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Our Moravian-Inspired Family Christmas Lovefeast

    / December 16, 2021 / 0 Comments

    This past week, our family had the cherished opportunity to host a Moravian-inspired Christmas lovefeast in our home. I want to share the story behind what prompted us to plan this celebration, as…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Redemption Stories

    A Fresh Pursuit of God in 2020: The Bible, Faith, and Spiritual Growth

    / January 6, 2021 / 0 Comments

    I still don't have my "daily devotions" or "quiet time," as is traditionally thought of in regard to the spiritual disciplines like reading the Bible and prayer. But pursuit of God has been…

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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Spiritual warfare and special needs: “Remember who you battle.”

    / May 18, 2019 / 1 Comment

    My counselor looked at me with a tilt of her sassy head and a half-smile and and said, "But girl, remember who you battle! You were riding high and Satan couldn't have that.…

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Family,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Special Needs Parenting,  The Preschool Years

    Still Messy…Still Beautiful {the rebrand that’s not really a rebrand}

    / April 8, 2019 / 2 Comments

    But isn't that the point, really? Because you can brand a website, but you can't brand your life. You can create a style sheet for your blog, but you can't create a style…

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This coming Tuesday it will be 4 years since my Grandma Carol went to heaven. This verse was one of 3 of her favorite verses that I had printed for her funeral. I selfishly picked designs that would complement the colors in my home, so I could keep and continue to display them.
Ezra grew again last night. With us both barefoot, our noses are at the same level.
I won four games of Guess Who against the birthday boy, so he handcuffed me and put me in “couch jail.” Such a raw deal. Do not recommend. #momlife #boymom #boymomlife
#boymomproblems #mommyproblems #kidswerehere
It’s fun being a mom to bigger boys. Dear mamas, it does get easier. At least a little bit.
So after having several inches of rain flood our garage at 10pm Saturday night and again at 6pm last night, Russ and I went on a mission to diagnose the problem. The problem was that all the pipe running from our driveway drainage culvert out to the street was either twisted, broken, cracked, or full of dirt and roots. We were racing another afternoon/evening of forecasted thunderstorms as well as working in 90+ degree heat and (currently) 57% humidity. I’m really not sure how we didn’t die. I’m not exaggerating when I say that this is physically the hardest and most exhausting day I’ve had in years.
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