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Morning Messes and Beautiful Life

July 18, 2016 by Aprille Leave a Comment

“The boys are both still asleep! You wanna get up and have morning coffee with me?” My sleepy brain tries to wrap itself around the paradoxical words as I roll over in bed to view my half-dressed husband grinning tenderly at me. “No. I just need more sleep. I was up a lot with the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Little Brother, Marriage, Miscellaneous, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: ezra, little brother, marriage, morning, motherhood

Maybe your special needs child just needs you

January 5, 2016 by Aprille 5 Comments

I hold him close in the “hug rock” position and pat his back while the lullaby music on Pandora plays. Heaven sent These wings were meant To prove once more That love is the key Love is the key It’s the end of the day, and today was peaceful. The four days before that – not so … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Motherhood, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: ADHD, ezra, motherhood, special needs

A thrill of hope {my #oneword365 recap, end of the year highlights, and top posts of 2015}

December 17, 2015 by Aprille 1 Comment

In contrast to years 2013 and 2014, I didn’t write at all about my one word for 2015 – hope. Partially because I sort of forgot. Partially because I was blogging less. Partially because I was busy. I thought about just leaving it in the archives and letting it die. But yesterday, I was driving … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Family, Hope: One Word for 2015, Little Brother, Messy Faith, Miscellaneous, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: 2015, ezra, family, hope, little brother

How to get a behavioral diagnosis for your child

April 5, 2015 by Aprille 7 Comments

Since Ezra received his ADHD diagnosis, I’ve had several friends and readers come forward with questions and concerns about their own children. “How did you know when to look for a diagnosis?”  “How did you know it was more than just ‘typical’ toddler problems?” “I think there’s something wrong with my child. What do I … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: ADHD, developmental behavioral pediatrician, diagnoses, ezra, special needs

Bite for bite: a dinnertime strategy for picky eaters

November 17, 2014 by Aprille 8 Comments

Rather than giving an incentive such as desert for eating dinner, reward bite-for-bite with foods that are desirable to the child.

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Posted in: Ezra, Motherhood Tagged: attention, bribes, dinner, ezra, incentives, mealtime, parenting, rewards

When your child does everything the hard way

May 16, 2014 by Aprille 16 Comments

So, to all of the moms of all of the difficult children out there: It will probably never be easy. But it will always be worth it.

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Posted in: Ezra, Motherhood, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: ezra, fighting, motherhood, parenting, struggle

Turbulence

November 22, 2013 by Aprille 8 Comments

It was just a turbulent phase, and then he flew.

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Posted in: Ezra Tagged: airplane, ezra, tantrums, three years old, turbulence, wonder weeks

An Independence Day Birthday Party for AMERICA!

July 6, 2013 by Aprille 11 Comments

For the 4th of July this year, in addition to taking Ezra to a preschool parade, we planned to have a birthday party for America! Mostly for Ezra’s sake – as he LOVES birthdays, and birthday parties, and happy birthday cakes! I cannot take credit for 90% of what I’m about to post. I simply … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Family, Independence Day Tagged: 4th of july, america, birthday party, cheesecake, ezra, fireworks, flags, independence-day, july 4th, party, smoke, USA

Ezra Dawson, Fallen Hero: Honoring our Son’s Namesake on Memorial Day

May 29, 2013 by Aprille 31 Comments

The amazing story of us establishing contact with the family of our son’s namesake, a fallen soldier.

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Posted in: Ezra, Fatherhood, Military and Veteran Life Tagged: Afghanistan, deployment, ezra, KIA, Memorial Day, sacrifice, SGT Ezra Dawson

What I Did This Summer ~ August 2012

September 4, 2012 by Aprille 2 Comments

August was another fun month. It was even more fun than June and July because my daddy was home a lot more. I like Daddy. And his sunglasses. One day mommy let me paint as a special treat. It was fun! I liked to paint the canvas but it was more fun to paint myself. … [Read more…]

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