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    • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
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    • Our Love Story
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    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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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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    • Ezra’s Story
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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
  • 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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  • Ezra,  Motherhood

    Never let your kid take a 3 hour nap… (and other mom musings before 8am)

    / June 7, 2014 / 3 Comments

    In which I wax eloquent about Karma, rewrite Ecclesiastes 3, and share deleted scenes from Mom's Night Out.

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  • Ezra,  Motherhood

    How to potty train a boy in 2-years-and-counting without losing your mind

    / April 29, 2014 / 17 Comments

    I thought I would share some advice from a been-there-rocked-that-(NOT) mom who obviously knows the BEST way to potty train a child.

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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Motherhood,  Recovering Perfectionist

    I do a lot… I matter

    / July 7, 2012 / 8 Comments

    You go above and beyond and then way beyond that You do it all, yeah, you wear every hat Hopin’ someone that matters will realize you matter “Nothing to Prove” by Lonestar Lately…

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