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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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    • Our Love Story
  • Faith
  • Motherhood
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    • 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’s Story
    • DMDD: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder – Our “Missing Piece”
    • 31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family
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  • Family,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Motherhood,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Life Hacks for Introverts: Survival Skills for When You Just Need a Break

    / June 1, 2018 / 4 Comments

    I have decided to write a blog series about introverts, introversion, and help for those in introvert/extrovert relationships. I’ve touched on the issue many times, but my post “Honest Confessions of an Introverted…

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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Motherhood,  Special Needs Parenting

    My Self Care Must-Haves (As a Special Needs Mom)

    / November 15, 2016 / 11 Comments

    Self care is so important for special needs parents. Over the last two years, I have very much evolved in how I have accomplished self care in my life. Below are my top…

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  • Miscellaneous,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Pregnancy & Birth,  What I Learned,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    What I learned in May 2015

    / May 29, 2015 / 1 Comment

    1. Whitespace was good in theory. Living it is ten times better. When I thought I was living whitespace, I was just scratching the surface. This morning I read over this post that…

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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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  • 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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  • Christmas,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    I’m dreaming of a white(space) Christmas

    / November 15, 2014 / 6 Comments

    I urge you - mom's especially - to take some time (before we get all caught up in it all) and evaluate what you want Christmas to look like for you. Make sure…

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

    Guilt-inducing hymns, the try-hard life, and recovery

    / August 20, 2014 / 16 Comments

    So you won't be able come here and find someone who is put together or who breathes inspiration into your life. Sometimes I wish I could be that for you - but I…

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  • Ezra,  Recovering Perfectionist,  The Preschool Years,  Whitespace: one word for 2014

    On #whitespace, staying home, and tomato suckers

    / July 12, 2014 / 3 Comments

    To know that saying no to the good and yes to the better; cutting out the busy and embracing the less-involved; to shunning the pin-worthy and grabbing hold of the easy; avoiding the…

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

    Exhale {Five Minute Friday}

    / July 4, 2014 / 7 Comments

    Sometimes I exhale the stress of a moment. Other times I exhale the stress of a lifetime.

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

    Waving the white flag: giving up and gaining #whitespace

    / May 29, 2014 / 10 Comments

    Well ladies, I've dropped out of the rat race and I'm waving the white flag of surrender. Do you always have to give up something to gain something? I say yes. But the…

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