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Momma went back to school & graduated from college during a pandemic

February 27, 2021 by Aprille Leave a Comment

I finished my college coursework in December of 2019, and I graduated with my Associate in Arts general education degree in May of 2020. The at-home, just-us ceremony lasted about five minutes, and it was absolutely perfect.

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Posted in: Family, Momma Goes Back to School, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: associate degree, associate in arts, college, college graduation, community college, pandemic, pandemic graduation

Three weeks with my parents: another unexpected gift of 2020

January 10, 2021 by Aprille Leave a Comment

My parents taught me a lot about the sacrificial, unconditional love that parents have for their children, no matter how those children are! While I would never want to repeat the circumstances that led to us living with my parents for three weeks, I look back on that time as a gift to our family and to my parents.

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Posted in: Family, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Travel Tagged: broken bones, Chicago, extended family, family, grandparents, parents, travel

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

January 6, 2021 by Aprille Leave a Comment

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 weaving its way through our days more consistently now than ever before. 

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Redemption Stories Tagged: Bible, bible journaling, church, faith, god, scripture, the Bible

#USCHAMPS2020: The 2020 US Figure Skating Championships

January 2, 2021 by Aprille 2 Comments

For Christmas 2019, I splurged on the purchase of a full-access pass to the 2020 US Figure Skating Championships, which was being held about 40 minutes from where I live. I had never spent that much money on something so “frivolous,” but it wasn’t frivolous to me. It was a grueling almost-full-week of being away from my family for 12 hours at a time on top of driving back and forth to the arena, but it was worth every minute and every penny!

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Posted in: Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: figure skating, ice skating, skating, us figure skating, us figure skating championships

The Best of Times: 20 Top Moments & Blessings of 2020

December 31, 2020 by Aprille 2 Comments

2020. I don’t know how it’s possible to simultaneously have both the worst year of your life and the best year of your life. But I suppose if it was possible for Charles Dickens, maybe it was possible for me. It is my hope and prayer that you are encouraged by the 20 2020 stories I will tell in this series. I hope that they will make you smile. I hope they will remind you of God’s amazing faithfulness.

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Posted in: Family, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Redemption Stories Tagged: 2020, coronavirus, family, new year, new years day

Recovery & Coronavirus Quarantine: Life in the Post-Injury Twilight Zone

March 25, 2020 by Aprille Leave a Comment

It’s been 17 days since I broke my leg in three places. It’s also been 1,118,681,654 years since this virus quarantine stuff started. At least that’s how it feels.

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Posted in: Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Homeschooling, Miscellaneous, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Travel Tagged: broken bones, broken leg, coronavirus, covid-19, family, illinois, quarantine, recovery, social distancing

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

March 2, 2020 by Aprille Leave a Comment

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, and this is what it’s all about: As part of this conference, members of our local church are presenting the para-church ministries … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Friendship & Community, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Writing and blogging Tagged: blogger, blogging, church, fellowship, local church, ministry, mom blog, mommy blog, writing

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

February 13, 2020 by Aprille Leave a Comment

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 that image well and show that image to those around us. Order is part of God’s personality. When I lean in to those parts of myself that He created, I am demonstrating that part of Him in my life. Whether you are a “type A mama” or disorganized, beautiful mess, I pray that you feel God’s love upon your life and find ways to bear His beautiful image in your personality. 

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Motherhood, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist Tagged: cleaning, home, homemaker, homemaking, OCD, organization, perfectionism, type A

Love in the Deep End: A Star is Born

December 24, 2019 by Aprille 1 Comment

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 loving in the deep end. I want to love like that.  

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Posted in: Allume 2013, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Marriage, Military and Veteran Life, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: figure skating, love, marriage, mental health, movies

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

October 6, 2019 by Aprille 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 induced by a smell or a sight. No anger. No pain. No regret. Just genuine gratitude and bittersweet joy for my family, for my grandma’s prayers, for the good old hymns, for each and every last memory.

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Posted in: Family, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist, Redemption Stories, Travel Tagged: death, faith, fundamentalism, funeral, grandparents, grief, healing, legalism
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