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What the Larry Nassar trial can teach us about effects of spiritual abuse

February 5, 2018 by Aprille Leave a Comment

{Warning, this post contains brief but graphic depiction of sexual abuse. Proceed with caution.} As a semi-avid follower of the sport of gymnastics for the last few years, it has been impossible for me to avoid being touched by the heartache of the Larry Nassar case. For those of you who know nothing of which … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: abuse, church, gymnastics, larry nassar, legalism, sexual abuse, spiritual abuse

This is how we survived the summer

September 1, 2016 by Aprille 1 Comment

At the beginning of the summer, I wrote a blog post about Summer Survival. In that post, I talked about the pull of the romanticized notion of letting kids be bored during the summer – the idyllic 1970s summer that people these days seem so fond of trying to recreate. I also talked about how … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Little Brother Tagged: barnes and noble, baths, coffee, gymnastics, hiking, ice cream, kindergarten, legos, netflix, north carolina, olympics, park, pool, preschool, school, star wars, summer, summer camp, vacation, virginia

Boundaries, being settled, and growing

July 13, 2016 by Aprille 6 Comments

This past Sunday night, after a long battle with my digital TV antennae, I settled myself down in the basement couch to watch the USA Women’s Gymnastics Olympic Trials. I found myself a little overcome with emotion. Four years ago, I watched the Fierce Five win gold from the same couch set in our little … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Family, Grow in Grace 2016, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: boundaries, Ezra, gymnastics, olympics, parenting, racism

Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions

October 17, 2012 by Aprille 9 Comments

Olympics women’s gymnastics has always been one of my favorite things. I was nine years old when the 1996 US Women’s Olympic Gymnastic Team won the team gold medal in Atlanta. My mom and I stayed up late watching their epic victory on our little 19-inch black-and-white TV that only came out of the closet … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Miscellaneous, Travel Tagged: Chicago, gymnastics, olympics

What MOMMY did this summer

September 15, 2012 by Aprille 4 Comments

Ezra isn’t the only one who stayed busy this summer. And even though our lives intersect so much that the lines of reality blur (like yesterday, when I went to the store, and almost put the cart back because the child safety belt was messed up…only to realize I was shopping alone and the strap … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Marriage, Miscellaneous Tagged: books, chocolate covered strawberries, coffee, friends, gymnastics, hair, olympics, PWOC, Russ, starbucks, walks

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