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    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
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    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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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
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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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  • Ezra,  Motherhood,  Special Needs Parenting,  The Preschool Years

    When the last day of school feels too much like the first {thoughts on surviving a very long year}

    / June 12, 2015 / 9 Comments

    I’ve been planning this post for the last few days…in my head, you know. Today is Ezra’s last day of school for the year. And he’s been through so much. Preschool one, suspension, expulsion,…

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Ezra,  Family,  Pregnancy & Birth

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 04.08.15

    / April 8, 2015 / 5 Comments

    It’s 76 degrees, I’m sitting on my sunporch, and regardless of the fact that I’ve been awake since 4:50AM, I think that right now is the perfect time to be counting my blessings…

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  • Ezra,  Special Needs Parenting,  The Preschool Years

    Believing in my son {an update}

    / March 18, 2015 / 11 Comments

    In just over two weeks, our son will be graduating from his inpatient behavioral therapy program. {If you are new around here, check out Ezra’s story for more information.} I just finished filling…

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  • Christmas,  The Preschool Years,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    Happy Little Bits of #Whitespace Christmas

    / December 17, 2014 / 0 Comments

    Having a whitespace (less stressed) Christmas sounded really good on a blog post, didn’t it? Ha-ha-ha.  In reality, I’ve been very very busy. However, not too stressed, so, there’s that. I have said no…

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Travel

    Camping and Calm Baby {a little update and about my weekend}

    / September 14, 2014 / 4 Comments

    The rain patters on the tin roof. I’m wrapped up in a quilt in an Adirondack chair, my second cup of coffee at my feet. The morning air is cool but pleasant. The…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    20 things I learned this summer

    / September 1, 2014 / 7 Comments

    20 things I learned this summer

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  • Ezra,  The Preschool Years

    Beyond the ABCs and 123s {in which preschool resources aren’t enough}

    / August 15, 2014 / 7 Comments

    There's only one problem: there is far more to life than book smarts. And there's far more to becoming a successful little boy than knowing the difference between a trapezoid and a triangle…

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  • Homeschooling,  The Preschool Years

    Teaching preschoolers about God

    / August 11, 2014 / 1 Comment

    Books, DVDs, CDs and more for teaching little ones about Jesus

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  • The Preschool Years

    Affordable store-bought preschool resources

    / August 7, 2014 / 2 Comments

    No downloading, no printing, no ink, no laminating sheets, no cutting – no stress required. Just dump into the cart, pay, and plop down on the couch with a pack of Mickey Mouse…

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  • The Preschool Years

    Our favorite preschool apps

    / August 4, 2014 / 10 Comments

    This is post #6 in a blog series entitled At-home preschool resources for the very tired, non-creative, really busy mom. You can view all of the posts in the series here. _____ We don’t use apps…

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