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    • Online Writing Portfolio
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    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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    • 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
  • 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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    Disentangling (and reclaiming) the hymns of the Lord’s Table

    / April 2, 2023 / 0 Comments

    As my fingers have learned new accompaniments of hymns I've known from my childhood, my heart has been disentangling them from the meanings ascribed to them in legalistic environments. The words have washed…

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  • Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Homeschooling,  Miscellaneous,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Travel

    Recovery & Coronavirus Quarantine: Life in the Post-Injury Twilight Zone

    / March 25, 2020 / 0 Comments

    It's been 17 days since I broke my leg in three places. It's also been 1,118,681,654 years since this virus quarantine stuff started. At least that's how it feels.

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  • Friendship & Community,  Messy Faith,  Redemption Stories

    A King James Version (KJV) Audio Bible for Women

    / February 4, 2020 / 2 Comments

    My mom has been reading to me since I was born. So I called her up and asked her to take on the immense endeavor of narrating the first-ever (to my knowledge) King…

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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    How to deal with spiritual abuse triggers at church

    / October 29, 2017 / 3 Comments

    Nearly every Sunday morning I sit down in the pews of our church with ease, knowing that I am safe and loved. But that doesn’t keep me from sometimes being blindsided with songs,…

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

    Here’s a little postpartum recovery update

    / September 18, 2015 / 1 Comment

    So, my official position is that recovery from birth sucks. But, it’s also sort of amazing. The first ten days of postpartum recovery were hard. Really hard. I do not deal well with…

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  • Hope: One Word for 2015,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Broken faith: more of my testimony and what God has done (and is doing) for me

    / January 20, 2015 / 16 Comments

    What’s your testimony? What has God done for you? I’m unsure how to answer the questions posed by a trusted counselor. In the past the story of my testimony has been the “easy”…

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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    What I’ve learned from #whitespace {#oneword365 recap}

    / December 30, 2014 / 2 Comments

    But in all of the busy-ness, that Still Small Voice has been calling me slow down and smell the roses and stop doing all. the. things.   With these words I walked into…

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    20 things I learned this summer

    / September 1, 2014 / 7 Comments

    20 things I learned this summer

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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    Guilt-inducing hymns, the try-hard life, and recovery

    / August 20, 2014 / 16 Comments

    So you won't be able come here and find someone who is put together or who breathes inspiration into your life. Sometimes I wish I could be that for you - but I…

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  • Five Minute Fridays,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    Exhale {Five Minute Friday}

    / July 4, 2014 / 7 Comments

    Sometimes I exhale the stress of a moment. Other times I exhale the stress of a lifetime.

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