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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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    • Ezra’s Story
    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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  • Home
  • Blog
  • 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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  • Family,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    He Called Me Twinkie: A Tribute for my Grandpa

    / August 4, 2021 / 0 Comments

    He was just my grandpa, and I was his Twinkie. No drama. No expectations. Just love. I'm not sad. Grandpa lived a good life...a full life. It was his time. I know where…

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Hope: One Word for 2015,  Little Brother,  Messy Faith,  Miscellaneous,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Special Needs Parenting

    A thrill of hope {my #oneword365 recap, end of the year highlights, and top posts of 2015}

    / December 17, 2015 / 1 Comment

    In contrast to years 2013 and 2014, I didn’t write at all about my one word for 2015 – hope. Partially because I sort of forgot. Partially because I was blogging less. Partially…

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  • Hope: One Word for 2015,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Broken faith: more of my testimony and what God has done (and is doing) for me

    / January 20, 2015 / 16 Comments

    What’s your testimony? What has God done for you? I’m unsure how to answer the questions posed by a trusted counselor. In the past the story of my testimony has been the “easy”…

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  • Hope: one word for 2015
    Hope: One Word for 2015,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Hope: One Word for 2015

    / January 1, 2015 / 7 Comments

    I started out 2014 seeing a lot of hurdles to climb. I saw a lot of stuff within our home that was messy, hard, frustrating, and unpleasant. A lot of days looked hopeless.…

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  • Ezra,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Hope

    / September 10, 2014 / 2 Comments

    I don't know if I fully believe that hope can change everything. But at least for the last three days, I've felt a spark of hope.

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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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  • Writing and blogging

    On Writing Vulnerably ~ Part 2: The Motivation

    / December 13, 2013 / 20 Comments

    This is why I write vulnerably, raw, and exposed. To offer hope by letting people know that they aren't alone.

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Ezra,  Family,  Marriage,  Messy Faith

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 03.24.13

    / March 24, 2013 / 4 Comments

    Is life ever not messy? For the first time in days I actually find myself with a moment of quiet and access to my computer, but words are failing me to fully express…

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  • Christmas,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Faith…refreshed

    / December 12, 2012 / 13 Comments

    Celebrating the birth of Christ this year has been not only a natural response, but the ONLY response I possibly could have to God after all He’s done for me this year.

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