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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
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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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    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    Why KOA Holiday Campgrounds are so great for families

    / July 10, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Over the past five years, our family has done quite a bit of traveling. We particularly enjoy visiting historic sites, which is something easily done from the central part of North Carolina. We…

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  • Birthdays,  Ezra,  Family,  Homeschooling,  Lifestyle,  Little Brother,  Miscellaneous,  Travel

    Black Sails Adventure Company: Pirate Fun for Families in Oak Island, NC

    / September 19, 2022 / 0 Comments

    Pirates, Plunder, and Adventures! Our family's review of Black Sails Adventure Company in Oak Island, North Carolina

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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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    SPACE X LAUNCH and our fun astronomy homeschooling science unit

    / January 27, 2021 / 0 Comments

    As I look back on this unit that began with a trip to the Adler Planetarium a week before they closed due to COVID and ended with the Space X launch literally on…

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  • Family,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Travel

    Three weeks with my parents: another unexpected gift of 2020

    / January 10, 2021 / 0 Comments

    My parents taught me a lot about the sacrificial, unconditional love that parents have for their children, no matter how those children are! While I would never want to repeat the circumstances that…

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  • Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Homeschooling,  Travel

    Fracture: an update on our unexpectedly-upended family

    / March 14, 2020 / 7 Comments

    I’m out of town and broke my leg in 3 places. Our family is fractured, splintered, and stretched further than ever before. This is SO HARD on all of us. 

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    Our Unforgettable 10th Wedding Anniversary Trip to Texas

    / March 12, 2018 / 1 Comment

    We’ve been talking about our 10th anniversary for several years now. We’ve been throwing ideas at each other of where we should go, what we should do, how we should celebrate. We thought…

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    Ours is a minivan kind of love

    / February 25, 2016 / 3 Comments

    It was our one-month wedding anniversary the day that I wrecked my Chevy Malibu. I was about to turn right onto a busier street when I saw a pickup coming fast. I panicked and…

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