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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

In which I word vomit about my life

June 26, 2016 by Aprille 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 quiet whrrrr of my computer, and my husband in the next room talking with gaming buddies. Ah, this is the life… Scratch … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Little Brother, Messy Faith, Miscellaneous, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: amazon, college, Ezra, hiking, ibs, little brother, ritalin, school, self care, star wars, VBAC, zoloft

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

April 6, 2016 by Aprille 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. I remember the first time I sat in the office of the “Behavioral Health” clinic on post at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Checking … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Grow in Grace 2016, Military and Veteran Life, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: college, school, social work

Modesty: a beautiful picture of God’s grace

July 2, 2013 by Aprille 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 own inflated sense of goodness – a goodness that can never be good enough.

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist Tagged: college, dress, garden of eden, grace, identity, legalism, modesty, nakedness

Plan A, 2.0

July 1, 2013 by Aprille 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 happen, but that I wasn’t sure if I even wanted that life anymore.

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist Tagged: bible college, college, grace, legalism, ministry, modesty, rules, sexuality

perfection is not possible

June 24, 2013 by Aprille 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 Jesus. That’s why we need grace.

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist Tagged: awards, college, grace, legalism, music major, perfectionism, piano major, rewards, straight a's

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

June 21, 2013 by Aprille 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 Christian goodness. It was safe, floating above the world – because I couldn’t touch them and they couldn’t touch me.

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist Tagged: brad pitt, bubble, christianity, college, grace, josh groban, legalism, mattress surfing, roommates, sleepless in seattle

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

June 20, 2013 by Aprille 34 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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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist Tagged: broken heart, Christy Galkin, college, grace, legalism, Richie McDonald

hiding in shame, packing up my dreams

June 18, 2013 by Aprille 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 things that I was packing in boxes to mail home.

I was leaving, but I didn’t want anyone to know.

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist Tagged: college, dreams, grace, hiding, legalism, shame

Standing Under the Broken Heart: How Shaming Leads to Legalism

June 17, 2013 by Aprille 44 Comments

A war had been started within my soul. Part of me that believed that their opinion of me was also God’s opinion: that I really was a rebellious person if I didn’t follow their rules. But part that knew that there was a much bigger picture than that, that God cared more about me and my heart than how closely I followed a set of rules. The fight raged between these two ideas within me for several years to come.

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist Tagged: broken heart, college, grace, kindergarten, legalism, rules
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