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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • The Story Behind the Header
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    • 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
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  • Motherhood
    • Mothering Through Fatigue Blog Series
    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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    • Our final military deployment homecoming: finally together forever!
    • Homecoming 2009
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
  • Homeschooling
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    Memorial Day: What it Means to a Veteran’s Wife

    / May 30, 2016 / 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…

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Ezra,  The Preschool Years

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 06.25.15

    / June 25, 2015 / 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…

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Ezra,  Fatherhood,  Military and Veteran Life,  The Preschool Years

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 06.04.14

    / June 4, 2014 / 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…

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

    / May 26, 2014 / 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…

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  • Ezra,  Fatherhood,  Military and Veteran Life

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

    / May 29, 2013 / 32 Comments

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

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