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    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
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    • Online Writing Portfolio
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    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
  • Military & Veteran Life
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    • 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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  • 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
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    • Homeschooling special needs: a story of transformation
    • 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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  • Christmas,  Family

    Our Christmas Ornament Tradition {with Personalization Mall}

    / December 4, 2012 / 15 Comments

    Each year, we order personalized photo ornaments from Personalization Mall {personalizationmall.com} Read this post to find out why and see our ornaments from years past!

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  • Recovering Perfectionist,  Travel

    One Tree Hill Filming Locations Self-Guided Tour

    / June 12, 2012 / 78 Comments

    Shortly before Russ deployed to Afghanistan (the second time), I decided that I wanted to find a TV show that had multiple seasons to watch while he was deployed. I had found during…

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  • Ezra,  Military and Veteran Life

    Learning to Treasure the Little Childhood Moments

    / November 16, 2011 / 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…

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  • Marriage

    The Darius Rucker concert that we will remember forever

    / October 5, 2011 / 4 Comments

    My husband and I have extremely different tastes in music. I like country and operatic pop. He likes 80s-90s rock and trance and a bunch of other random stuff. He likes to poke…

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  • Military and Veteran Life

    “So how was your RnR?”

    / September 24, 2011 / 14 Comments

    This is the question that I’ve been hearing a lot this week! And it’s a good question. But it’s one that in some ways I don’t know how to answer with a quick…

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  • Family,  Military and Veteran Life

    Red, White, and Blue

    / September 17, 2011 / 1 Comment

    This post is something I meant to post a while back and never got around to it. Living this military lifestyle definitely has it’s challenges…it’s hard! But it also gives our family some…

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Pregnancy & Birth

    Pregnancy Update ~ 28 weeks

    / June 9, 2010 / 0 Comments

    It’s been about six weeks since our last update so I figured I should share how our baby is doing. Nothing really has changed except that the baby is growing rapidly and developing…

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  • Ezra,  Pregnancy & Birth

    pregnancy update ~ 22 weeks

    / April 28, 2010 / 0 Comments

    Baby Squirt continues to grow! We went back to the specialist for our follow-up ultrasound and got some wonderful news! The baby’s heart is perfectly healthy and normal as far as they could…

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  • Ezra,  Pregnancy & Birth

    baby and me ~ 10 weeks

    / February 8, 2010 / 2 Comments

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  • Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    ~making a house a home~

    / September 20, 2009 / 0 Comments

    the guest bedroom: the bathroom: the front of the house (I planted the mums myself): you know it’s home when you start baking pie… There will be more to come in the near…

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