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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • 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
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    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    He came home

    / November 6, 2014 / 7 Comments

    And now the deployments seem like barely a blip on our timeline. A distant memory that only seems strong when I'm Already There comes on the radio and at Christmastime when the music…

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    The Best of Five Years

    / March 9, 2013 / 12 Comments

    Yesterday was our 5th anniversary. Five years is a pretty big deal. We’ve been through a lot in those five years. We’ve spent two of those years apart. It’s been a long five…

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    Reintegration – Guest Posts at Singing Through the Rain

    / May 16, 2012 / 0 Comments

    I recently had the opportunity to do some guest-blogging over at Singing Through the Rain, the blog of a dear friend of mine who is an Airforce spouse. Her husband was getting ready…

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    Life Is Beautiful

    / February 25, 2012 / 4 Comments

    It is of the small joys and little pleasures that the greatest of our days are built. Mary Anne Radmacher January and February have been very full months for our family. Full of…

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  • Family,  Military and Veteran Life

    After All

    / January 20, 2012 / 3 Comments

    My husband came home from Afghanistan on New Years Eve! This deployment lasted 353 days apart total, lasting from December 29, 2010 to December 31, 2011. It was one long year! My husband’s…

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  • Military and Veteran Life

    “So how was your RnR?”

    / September 24, 2011 / 14 Comments

    This is the question that I’ve been hearing a lot this week! And it’s a good question. But it’s one that in some ways I don’t know how to answer with a quick…

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  • Family,  Military and Veteran Life

    pink ribbons, camouflage, and one happy baby boy!

    / September 14, 2011 / 11 Comments

    Monday, September 5th, 2011…what most people knew as Labor Day. What I knew is that it was the day my husband was coming home for mid-tour leave!!! I woke up at 3am totally…

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    Reasons I enjoy deployment

    / April 2, 2011 / 7 Comments

    A few weeks ago, I wrote a guest blog post for my friend Kathryn about deployment. One of the things that I encouraged her to do in that post was to “enjoy the…

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  • Family,  Marriage,  Military and Veteran Life

    One More Day

    / June 19, 2010 / 1 Comment

    A year ago today I woke up with butterflies in my stomach and thoughts of anticipation…my husband was coming home from Afghanistan!!! Everything was clean and set up for his arrival…all I had…

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  • Family,  Military and Veteran Life,  Miscellaneous

    Update June 2009

    / July 2, 2009 / 0 Comments

    wow…amazingly original title…ha! No I’m just tired and can’t think of anything better. Russ has been home for almost 2 weeks now!! (If you haven’t already, make your way over to the HOMECOMING…

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