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    • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
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    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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    • 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’s Story
    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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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
  • 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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    A Fresh Pursuit of God in 2020: The Bible, Faith, and Spiritual Growth

    / January 6, 2021 / 0 Comments

    I still don't have my "daily devotions" or "quiet time," as is traditionally thought of in regard to the spiritual disciplines like reading the Bible and prayer. But pursuit of God has been…

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  • Messy Faith,  Motherhood,  Mothering Through Fatigue,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Special Needs Parenting

    How do you pursue a relationship with God when you’re exhausted?

    / July 26, 2018 / 4 Comments

    Over the last few posts in my series, Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith, I feel that I’ve done the best I can do to present theologically-sound, Scripturally-based truth about pursuing…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Redemption Stories

    Face to Face: A Messy Tribute to the Place I First Met God

    / August 15, 2017 / 5 Comments

    If you have ever been on my blog before, you probably know that I feel like I have a complicated “faith story.” (If you are new to my blog, you might want to…

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  • Grow in Grace 2016,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Grow – my #oneword365 for 2016 {#growingrace2016}

    / January 1, 2016 / 6 Comments

    The cursor blinks on this white blank space. My mind and heart know exactly what I want to write – in idea. But what words to start with? 2015 marked 10 years since…

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  • Hope: One Word for 2015,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Pregnancy & Birth,  Redemption Stories

    No Matter What, I Believe: On Broken Faith and Healing Birth

    / October 31, 2015 / 7 Comments

    August 25, 2015 – 39 weeks, 6 days I had originally planned to title this post “Strong enough? Finding the balance between female empowerment and dependence on God.” And I’m going to talk…

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    Teaching preschoolers about God

    / August 11, 2014 / 1 Comment

    Books, DVDs, CDs and more for teaching little ones about Jesus

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  • Family,  Finding "Home" in 2013,  Messy Faith,  Military and Veteran Life,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Hopeless no longer

    / April 15, 2014 / 7 Comments

    And now this hangs above the very spot where I prayed a prayer out of complete hopelessness.

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  • Family,  Guest Posts,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Fearfully and wonderfully made?

    / January 15, 2014 / 2 Comments

    Head on over to Wonderfully Made today read this post where I grapple with acceptance of myself and our family dynamic in this post, When you have a hard time believing that you're…

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    “It’s Just Like His Great Love!”

    / August 20, 2009 / 1 Comment

    I probably couldn’t write appropriately enough to express how grateful I am to our heavenly Father. He is more amazing than we give Him credit for, and I feel ashamed for every time…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    God

    / May 29, 2009 / 0 Comments

    I feel the need to blog this morning, and I have no idea why. Right now I find myself entirely frustrated with life. I am in no mood to encourage anyone, but I…

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