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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
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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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  • 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
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  • Ezra,  Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Little Brother,  Momma Goes Back to School,  Motherhood,  Special Needs Parenting

    YMCA: A Mom’s Best Friend {Why Every Mama Needs the YMCA}

    / January 31, 2018 / 0 Comments

    Dear YMCA: “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” I jest, but only a little. But I feel impressed to tell you “my YMCA story,” because it’s a good one.…

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  • Ezra,  Motherhood

    one of “those” mondays

    / June 24, 2013 / 8 Comments

    mondays 6:14 wakeup coffee with milk because we are out of half-and-half. start a grocery and errand list there’s too much on the list. try to figure out how to fit it all…

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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Messy Faith

    Dear Gym: it’s good to be back

    / May 28, 2013 / 2 Comments

    I haven’t stepped on a scale in almost 2 months. But it doesn’t take some magic unsightly numbers to tell me what my body has been screaming at me for the last few…

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  • Family,  Finding "Home" in 2013,  Military and Veteran Life,  Miscellaneous

    The chaos of moving and settling in

    / May 13, 2013 / 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…

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    Mission accomplished! {a blog transfer story}

    / December 27, 2012 / 22 Comments

    Christmas is over, and I’m so ready for 2013. I took my tree down on Christmas Eve before we left town so that when I arrive back home I can hit the ground…

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  • Motherhood

    Dear Aprille-who-is-trying-to-be-a-perfect-mommy:

    / November 28, 2012 / 12 Comments

    Hi. This is me, your future self. I wish I really could travel back in time to tell you this stuff. But, I know you probably wouldn’t listen to me even if I…

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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care

    How “Junk Mail” Changed My Life

    / July 23, 2012 / 22 Comments

    When Russ deployed to Afghanistan (the second time), one of my goals for the deployment was to lose more of that stubborn baby weight. I blogged about my weight-loss journey and had made…

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