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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • 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
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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
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    Ode to the Neurotypical Sibling of the Special Needs Child

    / October 18, 2018 / 3 Comments

    “Can you get LB for me? He just woke up…” I asked my husband who was climbing out of bed. The sounds of LB’s whiny cries were coming through the baby monitor. I…

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    Shea’s Story {on being a single special needs mom}

    / October 20, 2014 / 1 Comment

    Being a single mom to two young children, one of whom has special needs doesn't, make me a super mom. It's simply all I've ever known, and I'm just a mom doing what…

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    Growing up with a Sibling with Down Syndrome {A Sister’s Perspective}

    / October 5, 2014 / 6 Comments

    From a sibling’s perspective of growing up with someone with special needs: I would have it no other way.

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  • Special Needs Parenting

    What Special Needs Family Life is Really Like: An Overview

    / October 2, 2014 / 10 Comments

    The greatest need that the special needs family has is recognition of the fact that they are first and foremost, "normal" people, just like you.

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