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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Ezra,  Family,  Little Brother,  Motherhood

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 05.10.15 {and a very long general life update}

    / May 10, 2015 / 3 Comments

    The last six weeks have been full…in the best of ways. I was very scared when Ezra graduated from inpatient therapy that the transition for our family would be overwhelming. But it hasn’t…

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  • Miscellaneous,  Pregnancy & Birth,  What I Learned

    A few things I learned in April 2015

    / May 1, 2015 / 0 Comments

    Wow. April was such a full month for us. And in a lot of the best ways. I’ll go on to share some of these things in my next edition of Beauty in…

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Ezra,  Family,  Pregnancy & Birth

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 04.08.15

    / April 8, 2015 / 5 Comments

    It’s 76 degrees, I’m sitting on my sunporch, and regardless of the fact that I’ve been awake since 4:50AM, I think that right now is the perfect time to be counting my blessings…

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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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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    What I’ve learned from #whitespace {#oneword365 recap}

    / December 30, 2014 / 2 Comments

    But in all of the busy-ness, that Still Small Voice has been calling me slow down and smell the roses and stop doing all. the. things.   With these words I walked into…

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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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  • 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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  • Motherhood

    Dear Aprille-who-is-trying-to-be-a-perfect-mommy:

    / November 28, 2012 / 12 Comments

    Hi. This is me, your future self. I wish I really could travel back in time to tell you this stuff. But, I know you probably wouldn’t listen to me even if I…

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Military and Veteran Life

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 10.25.12

    / October 25, 2012 / 15 Comments

    I’ve decided to make “Beauty in the Mess” (previously posted as “Beauty in the Chaos”) an every-couple-weeks-ly blog segment. I’ve renamed it…simply because I keep referring to the term “mess” in relation to “beauty” in…

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