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Becoming a read-aloud family (& tips for reading aloud to wild boys!)

January 12, 2021 by Aprille Leave a Comment

There’s never been a point when I haven’t read to our boys, but homeschooling provides much more opportunity and time to read to them. At the beginning of 2020, I got the CD version of the book Read-Aloud Family by Sarah McKenzie and began listening to it. I devoured the book over the next few … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Homeschooling Tagged: activities, books, family, homeschool, homeschooling, preschool, quarantine, read-aloud, reading

Three weeks with my parents: another unexpected gift of 2020

January 10, 2021 by Aprille Leave a Comment

My parents taught me a lot about the sacrificial, unconditional love that parents have for their children, no matter how those children are! While I would never want to repeat the circumstances that led to us living with my parents for three weeks, I look back on that time as a gift to our family and to my parents.

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Posted in: Family, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Travel Tagged: broken bones, Chicago, extended family, family, grandparents, parents, travel

The Best of Times: 20 Top Moments & Blessings of 2020

December 31, 2020 by Aprille 2 Comments

2020. I don’t know how it’s possible to simultaneously have both the worst year of your life and the best year of your life. But I suppose if it was possible for Charles Dickens, maybe it was possible for me. It is my hope and prayer that you are encouraged by the 20 2020 stories I will tell in this series. I hope that they will make you smile. I hope they will remind you of God’s amazing faithfulness.

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Posted in: Family, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Redemption Stories Tagged: 2020, coronavirus, family, new year, new years day

3rd Grade Homeschooling End-of-Year Recap & Review

June 2, 2020 by Aprille Leave a Comment

We have just finished up our FIRST year of homeschooling and the completion of Ezra’s 3rd grade year! June 1st marks our first day of year two! As we moved through the summer of 2019, I spent a lot of time just trying to figure out where Ezra was, academically speaking. Some areas needing improvement … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Family, Homeschooling, Little Brother, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: ADHD, curriculum, family, history, homeschool, homeschooling, masterbooks, preschool, science, special needs, the good and the beautiful

Recovery & Coronavirus Quarantine: Life in the Post-Injury Twilight Zone

March 25, 2020 by Aprille Leave a Comment

It’s been 17 days since I broke my leg in three places. It’s also been 1,118,681,654 years since this virus quarantine stuff started. At least that’s how it feels.

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Posted in: Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Homeschooling, Miscellaneous, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Travel Tagged: broken bones, broken leg, coronavirus, covid-19, family, illinois, quarantine, recovery, social distancing

Fracture: an update on our unexpectedly-upended family

March 14, 2020 by Aprille 6 Comments

I’m out of town and broke my leg in 3 places. Our family is fractured, splintered, and stretched further than ever before. This is SO HARD on all of us. 

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Posted in: Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Homeschooling, Travel Tagged: broken bones, Chicago, extended family, family, hospital, illinois, illness, injury, travel

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

May 18, 2019 by Aprille 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. Satan hates the family, and he’s doing everything he can to destroy yours. He was gonna hit you hard and he sure did!”

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Military and Veteran Life, Motherhood, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: ADHD, church, counseling, DMDD, family, fundamentalism, legalism, motherhood, mothers-day, PTSD, special needs, spiritual warfare, therapy

In which my life is one constant extenuating circumstance

November 10, 2018 by Aprille 1 Comment

I recently enlisted the help of a close friend who has successfully lost weight to be my accountability partner in trying to lose weight. Because after two years of trying to lose weight on my own, I’ve been 100% unsuccessful. This friend has been wonderful. It’s me who is the problem. Or, more accurately, my … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Little Brother, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: Airbnb, emergency room, family, hospital, hurricane, LB, life, little brother, special needs, stitches, vertigo

Ode to the Neurotypical Sibling of the Special Needs Child

October 18, 2018 by Aprille 3 Comments

“Can you get LB for me? He just woke up…” I asked my husband who was climbing out of bed. The sounds of LB’s whiny cries were coming through the baby monitor. I wasn’t ready to get up, regardless of what the alarms on my phone were telling me. He laid the fussy child on … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Little Brother, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: family, LB, little brother, siblings, special needs

Life Hacks for Introverts: Survival Skills for When You Just Need a Break

June 1, 2018 by Aprille 4 Comments

I have decided to write a blog series about introverts, introversion, and help for those in introvert/extrovert relationships. I’ve touched on the issue many times, but my post “Honest Confessions of an Introverted Wife” – published nearly three years ago – continues to receive a high amount of daily traffic and frequent comments. This fact … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Motherhood, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: extroversion, family, fatigue, introversion, introverts, motherhood, whitespace
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