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How to be a better mom while being exhausted

April 23, 2013 by Aprille 81 Comments

If there was ever a morning that *I* needed the “how to be a better mom while being exhausted” post it was this morning. So I turned to my arsenal of tricks and solutions and topped it off with a little bit of grace and a lot of deep breaths.

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Posted in: Ezra, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Motherhood, Mothering Through Fatigue Tagged: bananas, breakfast, coffee, coloring, exhausted, FAM, hugs, mommy breaks, MOMS, MOPS, motherhood, NFP, PWOC, rocking, shower, spaghettios, Thomas

Faith…refreshed

December 12, 2012 by Aprille 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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Posted in: Christmas, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: addiction, christmas, church, freedom, gym, hope, jesus, joy, legalism, MOPS, pagan, paganism, peace, perfectionism, PWOC, sunrise, wandering

Happy Little Bits of Christmas 2012 {Part 2}

December 5, 2012 by Aprille 10 Comments

Overall, I feel like I’m succeeding in my determination to choose joy this Christmas season. For some reason, the wonder of the birth of Christ is really overwhelming me in a new way and I’m seeing light and hope and joy everywhere I look. Now that my blog archive project is over, I’m throwing myself … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Christmas, Miscellaneous Tagged: christmas, gingerbread, MOPS, nativity scene, ornaments, PWOC

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 10.25.12

October 25, 2012 by Aprille 15 Comments

I’ve decided to make “Beauty in the Mess” (previously posted as “Beauty in the Chaos”) an every-couple-weeks-ly blog segment. I’ve renamed it…simply because I keep referring to the term “mess” in relation to “beauty” in relation to my blog’s name and mission-statement-that’s-not-really-but-kinda-sorta-a-mission-statement. And because everything has to match and be symmetrical and grammatically parallel because I’m quirky like that. This is where … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Military and Veteran Life Tagged: anxiety, bargains, camera, church, coffee, flowers, groceries, hoodies, leaves, MOPS, pumpkins, tea, therapy, vertigo

The Rest of Our Lives: Musings on Reintegration After Deployment

March 17, 2012 by Aprille 7 Comments

He’s been home almost three months now. Time always drags when they are gone and flies when they are home! Deployment uniforms have all been tucked away, ACUs are the standard again. Reintegration after deployment has been much easier than I expected it to be. And that kind of makes me nervous. I know that … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Fatherhood, Marriage, Military and Veteran Life Tagged: deployment, fatherhood, mommy breaks, MOPS, PWOC, redeployment, reintegration

Learning to Treasure the Little Childhood Moments

November 16, 2011 by Aprille 2 Comments

Since Russ went back to Afghanistan after RnR, I’ve really been struggling. Struggling with what? Well, just…everything. I think that 90% of the time I feel utterly exhausted and overwhelmed. There’s a song that has a line that says something like “You can only be strong so long before you break…” Which is true. But … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Military and Veteran Life Tagged: deployment, Ezra, fall, La Leche Leage (LLL), leaves, MOPS, photos, PWOC, stress

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