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Memorial Day: What it Means to a Veteran’s Wife

May 30, 2016 by Aprille 6 Comments

She walks down the center aisle of the chapel – shoulders back, head held high, dog tags around her neck. She carries her six-month-old son in her arms. They are there to say goodbye to the daddy he never really got to know. I sat there near the back in a simple black dress, my … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Military and Veteran Life Tagged: army, Memorial Day, military wife, military wives, veteran

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 06.25.15

June 25, 2015 by Aprille 2 Comments

I saw my counsellor yesterday, and she kept telling me how far I’ve come in the last year. She encouraged me to keep counting my blessings and thinking on the things that are true, lovely, and beautiful (Philippians 4:8). I’m conflicted about how to move forward with this monthly-ish series. Because it’s so important for … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, The Preschool Years Tagged: calming, Ezra, hammock, hiking, Memorial Day, painting, preschool, school, sensory, Spiderman, summer

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 06.04.14

June 4, 2014 by Aprille 1 Comment

Can I just take a moment and rave about how great the past few weeks have been? I’m not really sure what has made the difference. Maybe it has something to do with warmer weather, or maybe the new supplement my husband is taking, or maybe the fact that we got to take a vacation and … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Fatherhood, Military and Veteran Life, The Preschool Years Tagged: childrens museum, cow, date night, glasses, grilling out, hiking, marshallows, Memorial Day, moms night out, NC field of honor, NC zoo, park, preschool, roses, sensory play, walking, zoo

An answered prayer, the moment I fell in love with the military, and two guest posts

May 26, 2014 by Aprille 8 Comments

Now, we are on the other side, but the prayer remains answered and the love for this community hasn’t gone away. Some days I wish I could just walk away and stop thinking about it but I can’t.

You can take the milspouse out of the military, but you can’t take the military out of the milspouse.

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Posted in: Military and Veteran Life Tagged: army, army life, army wife, Memorial Day, military life, military wife, story, veterans wife

Ezra Dawson, Fallen Hero: Honoring our Son’s Namesake on Memorial Day

May 29, 2013 by Aprille 31 Comments

The amazing story of us establishing contact with the family of our son’s namesake, a fallen soldier.

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Posted in: Ezra, Fatherhood, Military and Veteran Life Tagged: Afghanistan, deployment, ezra, KIA, Memorial Day, sacrifice, SGT Ezra Dawson

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