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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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    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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    • Encouragement and Resources for the Military Wife
    • 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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    • 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
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    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • 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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    • Ezra’s Story
    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Redemption Stories

    Face to Face: A Messy Tribute to the Place I First Met God

    / August 15, 2017 / 5 Comments

    If you have ever been on my blog before, you probably know that I feel like I have a complicated “faith story.” (If you are new to my blog, you might want to…

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  • Friendship & Community,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    How God Led Us to Our Church Home & 6 Reasons We’ve Stayed

    / July 19, 2017 / 3 Comments

    It was two years ago today, on July 19, 2015, that we stepped into Grace Bible Church for the first time. I remember the date quite vividly because it was a series of…

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  • Friendship & Community,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Stepping Stones to Grace: There Are No Wasted Church Experiences

    / July 18, 2017 / 1 Comment

    In my last post, I talked about Church XYZ – a church we thought would be our church home, but ended up being a less-than-ideal fit for our family. I think that I…

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  • Family,  Friendship & Community,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Stained Glass Masquerade: 6 Reasons We Left Our Church

    / July 17, 2017 / 10 Comments

    To continue on telling the story of how a recovering legalist moves forward in faith, I must share the steps (and missteps) that our family taken in regard to church. What I will…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Redemption Stories

    Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith

    / June 29, 2017 / 4 Comments

    A few weeks ago a fellow faith blogger asked me to write a guest blog for her some time about my faith journey. “I’m particularly interested in your journey to finding Jesus…how grace has…

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  • Ezra,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Special Needs Parenting,  The Preschool Years

    My Broken Hallelujah: Thoughts on the Last Day of Kindergarten

    / June 8, 2017 / 0 Comments

    It was 2014 and I was (once again) driving to the Christian preschool my son was attending to deal with a disciplinary issue. Once again taking time out of my respite because he…

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  • Ezra,  Messy Faith,  Motherhood,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Redemption Stories,  Special Needs Parenting

    Easter Grace: how God shows up in jelly beans and covers my mistakes

    / April 16, 2017 / 0 Comments

    But that's where God's grace steps in. Because God doesn't need us to bring our A game. He just needs us to show up. Sometimes, He shows up in jelly beans. Sometimes, that…

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    When the Christmas spirit is no longer broken and joy is less of a choice

    / December 18, 2016 / 1 Comment

    I sat down to work on our yearly Christmas e-mail this past Wednesday. Three hours later I was still typing and formatting. I got done and was completely overwhelmed and undone. December has…

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    How Tired Moms Can Find Sabbath Rest

    / August 2, 2016 / 2 Comments

    “For so he giveth his beloved sleep…” Our Sunday School teacher reads the words, and I literally laugh out loud with a snort. Let’s just say that I wasn’t feeling all too holy…

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  • Ezra,  Special Needs Parenting

    How to help your special needs child succeed at church

    / March 13, 2016 / 6 Comments

    Last year, our family left the church we had been attending for over two years and began searching for something that would be a better fit for our family. While Ezra’s needs were…

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