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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • The Story Behind the Header
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    • 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
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    • 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
  • Special Needs
    • Ezra’s Story
    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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  • Home
  • Blog
  • 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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    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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    Confessions of an introverted wife (married to an extroverted husband)

    / December 26, 2016 / 100 Comments

      I remember exactly where I was sitting – in my parents’ van in the parking lot of their church – the moment when my future-husband (not-yet-boyfriend) told me these words, “Aprille, you…

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  • Birthdays,  Ezra,  Family,  Fatherhood,  Little Brother

    Star Wars Birthday Party: Family Style

    / November 5, 2016 / 2 Comments

    A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… our family had three male birthdays in the course of sixteen days and we decided to celebrate the occasions with a big FAMILY-SIZED…

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  • Marriage

    In which I am the “best wife ever”

    / April 21, 2016 / 9 Comments

    So yeah, I did a pretty awesome thing. But first, I have to tell you the whole story: Once upon a time, Russ had a favorite shirt. It looked like this: We didn’t…

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  • Marriage,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Everyday us {and more little bits of our story}

    / September 22, 2014 / 1 Comment

    There is so much fluidity here...in the everyday us.

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  • Five Minute Fridays,  Marriage,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Fight, make love…belong {Five Minute Friday}

    / July 11, 2014 / 4 Comments

    He's where I belong. I'm where he belongs. And that's never gonna change.

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  • Marriage

    Guest Blog: How to not have an affair at work

    / March 29, 2014 / 7 Comments

    How to not have an affair at work (some advice for women in the workplace from a married man's perspective)

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  • Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Military and Veteran Life

    What this OEF Veteran’s family wishes you knew

    / March 21, 2014 / 11 Comments

    What this OEF Veteran's family wishes you knew about life and recovery after war

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    I prayed for his wife

    / February 7, 2014 / 13 Comments

    That wife that I prayed for him to find has her hands full with living the answer to my prayers.

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Fatherhood

    A dad’s perspective on creative discipline and special needs parenting

    / January 24, 2014 / 12 Comments

    ...when I become more focused on the method I am using to reach that goal than the wonder of the actual goal itself, its time to get creative and do something very different.

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  • Allume 2013,  Marriage,  Military and Veteran Life

    How to keep loving when your marriage is running on empty

    / November 16, 2013 / 7 Comments

    As soon as Bianca uttered the words "the little oil that we have," I was overcome with a visual picture of what God was asking me to do - how He was going…

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