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    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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    • Our final military deployment homecoming: finally together forever!
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    • Homeschooling special needs: a story of transformation
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    • Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom
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  • Home
  • Blog
  • 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
    • 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,  Special Needs Parenting

    It’s just another (normal?) manic Thursday

    / March 18, 2021 / 3 Comments

    "If I didn't know who that kid was, I would say he's as high as a kite." These are the words coming out of the mouth of my husband first thing this morning. Let's…

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  • Birthdays,  Family,  Motherhood,  Pregnancy & Birth

    10 baby items I’m still using 10 years later

    / September 6, 2020 / 0 Comments

    As of tomorrow, I'll officially have a 10-year-old on my hands. Instead of giving you an emotional tribute to 10 years of motherhood, I thought I'd do something fun, as well as practical.…

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  • Ezra,  Homeschooling,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Special Needs Parenting

    Homeschooling special needs: a story of transformation

    / June 3, 2019 / 4 Comments

    This morning, I walked into Ezra's school and informed his principal we will be homeschooling next year. Talk about one of the most terrifying moments of my life... I could sit here and…

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  • Messy Faith,  Military and Veteran Life,  Motherhood,  Special Needs Parenting

    Spiritual warfare and special needs: “Remember who you battle.”

    / May 18, 2019 / 1 Comment

    My counselor looked at me with a tilt of her sassy head and a half-smile and and said, "But girl, remember who you battle! You were riding high and Satan couldn't have that.…

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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Special Needs Parenting

    Creating a Family-Friendly Office: A Guide for Therapists & Doctors

    / March 14, 2019 / 6 Comments

    If you are a therapist, doctor, or someone in the healthcare or human services industry, you have probably put a lot of thought into your office. My personal experience, though, is that often…

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  • A Little Princess movie snow perfectionism
    Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Miscellaneous,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    A raw look at my never-ending war on perfectionism

    / January 15, 2019 / 1 Comment

    A week ago we sat on the counselor’s couch. I was perturbed because even after declaring to my husband, “We’re here for you,” somehow the conversation kept coming around to me and my…

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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Introversion: I’m in turtle mode and that’s okay

    / October 17, 2016 / 4 Comments

    I saw my counselor today. We met for an hour. I was exhausted before we even got going. When I got out, all I wanted to do was take a nap. That, my…

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  • Family,  Marriage,  Motherhood,  Mothering Through Fatigue,  Special Needs Parenting

    When you’re too tired to be a good wife

    / April 16, 2016 / 7 Comments

    This week was one of those weeks – the kind of week where I really was too tired to be a good wife. Little Brother was going through his sixth week of not sleeping through…

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  • Five Minute Fridays,  Marriage,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Fight, make love…belong {Five Minute Friday}

    / July 11, 2014 / 4 Comments

    He's where I belong. I'm where he belongs. And that's never gonna change.

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This coming Tuesday it will be 4 years since my Grandma Carol went to heaven. This verse was one of 3 of her favorite verses that I had printed for her funeral. I selfishly picked designs that would complement the colors in my home, so I could keep and continue to display them.
Ezra grew again last night. With us both barefoot, our noses are at the same level.
I won four games of Guess Who against the birthday boy, so he handcuffed me and put me in “couch jail.” Such a raw deal. Do not recommend. #momlife #boymom #boymomlife
#boymomproblems #mommyproblems #kidswerehere
It’s fun being a mom to bigger boys. Dear mamas, it does get easier. At least a little bit.
So after having several inches of rain flood our garage at 10pm Saturday night and again at 6pm last night, Russ and I went on a mission to diagnose the problem. The problem was that all the pipe running from our driveway drainage culvert out to the street was either twisted, broken, cracked, or full of dirt and roots. We were racing another afternoon/evening of forecasted thunderstorms as well as working in 90+ degree heat and (currently) 57% humidity. I’m really not sure how we didn’t die. I’m not exaggerating when I say that this is physically the hardest and most exhausting day I’ve had in years.
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