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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}
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    • ADHD Homeschooling: Hacks, Tricks, and Tips for Making It Work
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    • Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom
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  • 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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    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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  • Allume 2013,  Ezra,  Motherhood

    Three and a half days

    / October 28, 2013 / 2 Comments

    All he knows is mommy was gone and all was not right in his world, but now she is home and he can let go.

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  • Family,  Marriage,  Messy Faith,  Motherhood,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Three words you might need to hear today

    / September 23, 2013 / 7 Comments

    It doesn't matter if it's not glamorous or you aren't getting any attention for what you do. He sees it. This isn't small.

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  • YOUNG NEW MOMS
    Motherhood

    20 posts to encourage young new moms {from 3 years of first-time mothering}

    / September 14, 2013 / 3 Comments

    What I do here at Beautiful in His Time is remind moms that life is messy, they aren't alone in the mess, and God can make that mess beautiful - even when it's…

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  • Knowing the mundane matters
    Ezra,  Motherhood

    Knowing that the mundane matters

    / August 30, 2013 / 9 Comments

    Sometimes, just by showing up, the mundane moments come to mean more than the "intentional moments." Sometimes, the mundane just-showing-up moments are the moments that matter the most.

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Ezra,  Family,  Miscellaneous,  Motherhood

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 08.18.13

    / August 19, 2013 / 7 Comments

    ...somehow, I see beauty woven through the days and start feeling better

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  • Ezra,  Motherhood

    Letting him be lonely

    / August 9, 2013 / 20 Comments

    I hope that someday, he will forgive me for all the times I said, "No, not now, Mommy is working..." and "Ezra, go play" and "Leave Mommy alone"

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  • Messy Faith,  Motherhood,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    What motherhood taught me about legalistic Christianity

    / July 17, 2013 / 36 Comments

    Being the perfect mom became my new legalism.

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  • Friendship & Community,  Motherhood,  Special Needs Parenting

    Being friends with a special needs mom: 10 ways to encourage & support

    / June 10, 2013 / 447 Comments

    It was the summer of 2010 and I and my two best online friends, Kathryn and Sara were expecting our little boys. We had met on Christian Military Wives and were all due within a…

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  • Ezra,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Motherhood,  Mothering Through Fatigue

    How to be a better mom while being exhausted

    / April 23, 2013 / 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…

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  • Motherhood,  Mothering Through Fatigue

    When you’re “too tired to be a good mother” – hope for exhausted moms

    / March 29, 2013 / 285 Comments

    Have you ever been "too tired to be a good mom"? I have. Here are some truths I have learned about motherhood.

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