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    • 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
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    • Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom
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  • Home
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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
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    • Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom
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    It Gets Better {A Special Needs Kid Grows Up}

    / August 25, 2023 / 0 Comments

    The biggest reason I felt the need to reshare this post was to share just how far our kid has come...we have come. I felt the need to tell other mamas of kids…

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Family,  Homeschooling,  Marriage,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Special Needs Parenting

    Inadequate

    / February 8, 2023 / 0 Comments

    I am inadequate. Every. Single. Day. Every day I ask God why He chose me because surely someone else could do a better job. We share these things...boast in these things...so that you might…

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  • 2022 in Review
    Ezra,  Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Lifestyle,  Marriage,  Military and Veteran Life,  Miscellaneous,  Motherhood,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Special Needs Parenting

    2022 In Review

    / January 2, 2023 / 0 Comments

    2022 was a good year for me and for my family. It was productive and meaningful, and I would like to briefly give a family update and share some of our accomplishments.

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Fatherhood,  Friendship & Community,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Little Brother,  Motherhood,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Confessions of a reluctant swim team mom

    / September 4, 2022 / 0 Comments

    So, here's a few things that I learned and enjoyed about being a swim team mom (albeit, a reluctant one). Our family is resilient and has grown in our capabilities. As we progressed…

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  • Ezra,  Special Needs Parenting

    Strength for Today

    / October 27, 2021 / 0 Comments

    He's manic. Ugh. As we navigate this mood disorder, I'm learning the difference between ADHD hyperactivity and DMDD mania. I worry about his future. Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow  I…

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  • Birthdays,  Ezra,  Homeschooling,  Travel

    Colonial Williamsburg: Our Northern Star ~ Learning from History

    / May 27, 2021 / 1 Comment

    Williamsburg has become a "northern star" for me. Williamsburg brings out the best parts of my child. These interpreters who have poured into the life of my child, even in such short encounters,…

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  • Ezra,  Special Needs Parenting

    It’s just another (normal?) manic Thursday

    / March 18, 2021 / 3 Comments

    "If I didn't know who that kid was, I would say he's as high as a kite." These are the words coming out of the mouth of my husband first thing this morning. Let's…

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Redemption Stories,  Special Needs Parenting,  Thanksgiving

    When Grown-Up, Big Boys Cook Thanksgiving Dinner

    / November 26, 2020 / 0 Comments

    When I found out our Thanksgiving dinner table was going to have few guests, I was excited about having Ezra's help and making Thanksgiving dinner with him! He did not disappoint! All in…

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  • Homeschooling,  Special Needs Parenting

    ADHD Homeschooling: Balancing Consistency, Novelty, and Sanity

    / November 24, 2020 / 1 Comment

    So, what is to be done when our kids so desperately need two antithetical things (consistency and novelty), especially in regard to homeschooling?

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    ADHD Homeschooling: Hacks, Tricks, and Tips for Making It Work

    / October 4, 2020 / 0 Comments

    When people ask how homeschooling with ADHD is going, I usually reply, "It's going so great. I mean...it's messy and chaotic and loud and frustrating and most of the time I want to…

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This coming Tuesday it will be 4 years since my Grandma Carol went to heaven. This verse was one of 3 of her favorite verses that I had printed for her funeral. I selfishly picked designs that would complement the colors in my home, so I could keep and continue to display them.
Ezra grew again last night. With us both barefoot, our noses are at the same level.
I won four games of Guess Who against the birthday boy, so he handcuffed me and put me in “couch jail.” Such a raw deal. Do not recommend. #momlife #boymom #boymomlife
#boymomproblems #mommyproblems #kidswerehere
It’s fun being a mom to bigger boys. Dear mamas, it does get easier. At least a little bit.
So after having several inches of rain flood our garage at 10pm Saturday night and again at 6pm last night, Russ and I went on a mission to diagnose the problem. The problem was that all the pipe running from our driveway drainage culvert out to the street was either twisted, broken, cracked, or full of dirt and roots. We were racing another afternoon/evening of forecasted thunderstorms as well as working in 90+ degree heat and (currently) 57% humidity. I’m really not sure how we didn’t die. I’m not exaggerating when I say that this is physically the hardest and most exhausting day I’ve had in years.
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