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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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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
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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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  • Messy Faith,  Music Ministry,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Redemption Stories

    Redemption Stories: My Song in the Night

    / November 8, 2023 / 0 Comments

    I began writing music when I was 16, a scared girl who found comfort in God - my "song in the night." The originator of our Psalm 118 song was our youngest guild member,…

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  • Family,  Momma Goes Back to School,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

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

    / February 27, 2021 / 2 Comments

    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 during the pandemic lasted about…

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Little Brother,  Messy Faith,  Miscellaneous,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    In which I word vomit about my life

    / June 26, 2016 / 3 Comments

    My house is quiet. My mother-in-law has taken Ezra away to get a 3-day head start on our family vacation and Little Brother is sleeping. The only sound is the air conditioning, the…

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  • Grow in Grace 2016,  Military and Veteran Life,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Special Needs Parenting

    I’m going back to school: my dream and the plan

    / April 6, 2016 / 4 Comments

    My college years were filled with drama and exhaustion. Going back to school was pretty much the last thing I wanted to do. Ever. Until a year ago. But this story begins long before.…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Modesty: a beautiful picture of God’s grace

    / July 2, 2013 / 37 Comments

    But now, Christianity still so often promotes a system of modesty that is based in shame. We feebly and fearfully adopt "standards" and try to cover up our sin, our shame, with our…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Plan A, 2.0

    / July 1, 2013 / 26 Comments

    It was confusing...still believing in the ideal of being a "good Baptist girl" who followed her perfect husband into "full-time Christian service," yet realizing that not only was it probably never going to…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    perfection is not possible

    / June 24, 2013 / 71 Comments

    What my first year of college taught me is that perfection - whether in your spiritual life or academic - is not possible, no matter how hard you try. That's why we need…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    What do Brad Pitt, Josh Groban, and Sleepless in Seattle have in common?

    / June 21, 2013 / 44 Comments

    Growing up without a TV, never going to the movies, being terrified (literally) of rock music, and only having friends at my church - I lived in a clean, sterile little bubble of…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    when you’ve been hurt by legalism or the church, hold onto faith

    / June 20, 2013 / 36 Comments

    But I urge you, Christian who has been hurt by legalism: Don't give up on God. Hold onto faith.

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    hiding in shame, packing up my dreams

    / June 18, 2013 / 38 Comments

    I was standing in an empty dormitory room, the one right across from mine. It had been empty for the entire semester, but now it was where I was hiding all of my…

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