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    • 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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    • 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}
  • 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’s Story
    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 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
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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}
  • 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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    Our Journey with Tube-Feeding: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

    / October 9, 2014 / 11 Comments

    Feeding a child through a feeding tube requires a lot of time, dedication, patience, trial and error, and plain old mothering instinct. There are good sides (yes, good!) to tube-feeding and bad sides…

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  • Special Needs Parenting

    Understanding the Financial Needs of a Special Needs Family (and how YOU can help!)

    / October 8, 2014 / 10 Comments

    One of the most difficult aspects our family and all families with special needs children must face is the financial impact of the care our children need and deserve. I am often asked…

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Fatherhood,  Military and Veteran Life,  Special Needs Parenting

    Life as a special needs dad (when you have anxiety)

    / October 7, 2014 / 9 Comments

    It's hard to think about what kind of boy and man he will grow up to be because of some of the struggles he has, like his sensory issues. It's another thing to…

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  • Fatherhood,  Special Needs Parenting

    Embracing My Son’s Autism: A Dad’s Perspective

    / October 6, 2014 / 6 Comments

    When our son Jack was born in 2009, it seemed like a natural thing that he would grow up to enjoy many of the same things that I had as a boy and…

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  • Special Needs Parenting

    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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  • Marriage,  Special Needs Parenting

    Making a Way in the Wilderness: Marriage and Special Needs

    / October 4, 2014 / 13 Comments

    As parents of a child with special needs, we are wandering in the wilderness. We are thirsting in the desert. But through both arguments and tears, laughter and joy we can walk together…

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  • Marriage,  Special Needs Parenting

    5 Ways Our Special Needs Child Strengthened Our Marriage (and How We Stayed Together)

    / October 3, 2014 / 5 Comments

    Both my husband and I would agree our faith was much shallower before we had a child with special needs. The Bible talks repeatedly about the reason for trials and tribulations in the…

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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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  • Friendship & Community,  Special Needs Parenting

    31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family

    / October 1, 2014 / 74 Comments

    The Story Behind this Special Needs Series The story of this series begins five years ago. Kathryn, Sara, and I were young military wives who had met online. We were expecting our first babies – all…

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  • Friendship & Community,  Special Needs Parenting

    Announcing 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family {starts October 1st}

    / September 1, 2014 / 6 Comments

    Announcing 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family - a blog series starting October 1, 2014 at beautifulinhistime.com. Providing hope and encouragement to special needs families and endeavoring to open dialogue, build…

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