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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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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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  • Ezra,  Family,  Little Brother,  Motherhood,  Special Needs Parenting

    What I’m doing differently with my second baby (based on 5 years of parenting a special needs first baby)

    / January 9, 2016 / 7 Comments

    They say that hindsight is 20-20. As I look back to Ezra’s babyhood, I now see that his neurological differences were apparent from day 1. He hated to sleep and thus fought it…

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  • Ezra,  Motherhood,  Special Needs Parenting

    Maybe your special needs child just needs you

    / January 5, 2016 / 5 Comments

    I hold him close in the “hug rock” position and pat his back while the lullaby music on Pandora plays. Heaven sent These wings were meant To prove once more That love is…

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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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  • Ezra,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Messy Faith,  Military and Veteran Life,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Special Needs Parenting

    The carousel never stops turning and our hard is still our hard

    / May 22, 2015 / 15 Comments

    I am coming to this space ready to be raw and ramble… you have been forewarned. I feel almost a stranger to the blank space. I’ve written so little here this year and…

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  • Ezra,  Special Needs Parenting

    How to get a behavioral diagnosis for your child

    / April 5, 2015 / 7 Comments

    Since Ezra received his ADHD diagnosis, I’ve had several friends and readers come forward with questions and concerns about their own children. “How did you know when to look for a diagnosis?”  “How…

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  • Ezra,  Special Needs Parenting

    Moving beyond the ADHD diagnosis: this is a journey

    / March 30, 2015 / 4 Comments

    It was a long, arduous path that led us to getting our son diagnosed with an ADHD diagnosis. It was years of unanswered questions and doubts, wondering why… Why won’t he sleep? Why…

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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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  • Ezra,  Little Brother,  Motherhood,  Pregnancy & Birth,  Special Needs Parenting

    Fear {on parenting a high needs child when planning for the next one}

    / February 27, 2015 / 11 Comments

    Special needs moms: How do you do this? How do you get past the fear and enjoy the thought of having another child? How do you go on to parent another child when…

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  • Miscellaneous,  Monthly Link Love

    February 2015 Link Love

    / February 24, 2015 / 0 Comments

    Between the snow days, the child-not-sleeping, the pregnancy, and the busyness of doing all. the. things., I’ve been incredibly UNmotivated to do anything blog related. I would apologize but I’m not going to…

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  • Special Needs Parenting

    If Found: Please Return to NORMAL

    / January 7, 2015 / 0 Comments

    Today it is my pleasure to host guest poster Sheila Temple. Sheila posted for us about adopting older special needs children as part of our 31 Days series, and today she’s back talking more…

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