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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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    • Our Love Story
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    • Mothering Through Fatigue Blog Series
    • 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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  • 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
    • 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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    Little Brother, ADHD, and having two special needs kids

    / May 4, 2024 / 0 Comments

    It's not like I was coveting this diagnosis, giggling in satisfied glee when I saw ADHD marked in my second child's medical chart with a "FINALLY! I KNEW HE WASN'T NEUROTYPICAL! I HAVE…

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    Yes, our kids pay rent. Here’s why and how…

    / July 21, 2023 / 2 Comments

    I really wish there had been a camera rolling in our house the day my husband declared that our 9-year-old was going to pay us rent. That was over three years ago. Now…

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  • Family,  Homeschooling,  Lifestyle,  Miscellaneous,  Motherhood,  The Preschool Years

    Yes, you CAN reduce your kids’ screen time: HERE’S HOW

    / April 27, 2023 / 1 Comment

    I had a stunning realization a few days ago: my boys have watched almost no TV this month. If you had told me five years ago that this would be the case, I…

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Family,  Homeschooling,  Marriage,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Special Needs Parenting

    Inadequate

    / February 8, 2023 / 0 Comments

    I am inadequate. Every. Single. Day. Every day I ask God why He chose me because surely someone else could do a better job. We share these things...boast in these things...so that you might…

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  • 2022 in Review
    Ezra,  Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Lifestyle,  Marriage,  Military and Veteran Life,  Miscellaneous,  Motherhood,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Special Needs Parenting

    2022 In Review

    / January 2, 2023 / 0 Comments

    2022 was a good year for me and for my family. It was productive and meaningful, and I would like to briefly give a family update and share some of our accomplishments.

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  • Birthdays,  Ezra,  Family,  Homeschooling,  Lifestyle,  Little Brother,  Miscellaneous,  Travel

    Black Sails Adventure Company: Pirate Fun for Families in Oak Island, NC

    / September 19, 2022 / 0 Comments

    Pirates, Plunder, and Adventures! Our family's review of Black Sails Adventure Company in Oak Island, North Carolina

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  • Family,  Homeschooling,  Miscellaneous,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Choosing the six things that matter: a strategy to consistently accomplish all the things

    / July 1, 2022 / 0 Comments

    Short term goals and projects have helped me and my family consistently accomplish things. Take a short-term amount of time, and asking yourself this: What really matters in THIS time? What do I…

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  • Christmas,  Family,  Friendship & Community,  Homeschooling,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Our Moravian-Inspired Family Christmas Lovefeast

    / December 16, 2021 / 0 Comments

    This past week, our family had the cherished opportunity to host a Moravian-inspired Christmas lovefeast in our home. I want to share the story behind what prompted us to plan this celebration, as…

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    The Ingredients That Make Our Family Work

    / November 26, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Being a family - creating these rhythms and developing our own family culture, the million tiny things that make us...us - is not something that has come easily for us. Our home is…

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  • Birthdays,  Ezra,  Homeschooling,  Travel

    Colonial Williamsburg: Our Northern Star ~ Learning from History

    / May 27, 2021 / 1 Comment

    Williamsburg has become a "northern star" for me. Williamsburg brings out the best parts of my child. These interpreters who have poured into the life of my child, even in such short encounters,…

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