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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • 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}
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  • Allume 2013,  Finding "Home" in 2013,  Miscellaneous

    Guest post for Brightpeak Financial {takeaways from #Allume}

    / November 13, 2013 / 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%…

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  • Allume 2013,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Writing and blogging

    Wrinkles (why I’m not writing a book right now) {takeaways from #allume}

    / November 2, 2013 / 22 Comments

    My stories can wait to be told until I'm mature enough to tell them well.

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  • Allume 2013,  Five Minute Fridays

    In which I am humbled instead of star-struck {takeaways from #Allume}

    / October 31, 2013 / 11 Comments

    But as I stood there in front of her, humbled as she gave me a necklace, an awkward hug, I didn't see a star - I saw a sister.

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  • Allume 2013

    She made time for me {takeaways from #allume}

    / October 28, 2013 / 6 Comments

    And then she knelt down next to me, asked me questions, and got to know me as well as anyone can in a ten-minute conversation. I felt understood and noticed and cared for.

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  • Allume 2013,  Ezra,  Motherhood

    Three and a half days

    / October 28, 2013 / 2 Comments

    All he knows is mommy was gone and all was not right in his world, but now she is home and he can let go.

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  • Allume 2013,  Five Minute Fridays

    Together {Five Minute Friday – LIVE from #Allume!}

    / October 24, 2013 / 19 Comments

    Here we are. It’s Thursday night and Lisa Jo Baker is standing here about 5 feet from me and we are at the Live Five Minute Friday at Allume. And I’m going to…

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  • Allume 2013,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Writing and blogging

    when the online life and the “real” life collide

    / October 21, 2013 / 7 Comments

    But then Allume will be over and I will return to the real. To the one-on-one. To the ladies I sit next to in choir and church Bible study and potluck dinners.

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  • Allume 2013,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    my worst fear about Allume

    / October 14, 2013 / 10 Comments

    But I do have a confession. One big fear. The biggest of big. One that I have hinted at and tried to plan and control away. It's the one I'm scared of the…

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  • Allume 2013,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist,  Writing and blogging

    a time to plan intentionally, a time to surrender willingly (more thoughts about Allume)

    / October 9, 2013 / 7 Comments

    So I am glad for the lists, the binder, the checklists, and all of the planning that I have put into this conference. There's a time to plan intentionally and a time to…

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  • Allume 2013,  Beauty in the Mess,  Ezra,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Paint, tote bags, elevator speeches, and learning the same lesson all over again

    / October 7, 2013 / 7 Comments

    And so, if you see me at Allume, I will still be sporting this tote bag. And maybe, just maybe, if I'm really brave - I'll tell you how even though I learn…

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