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YMCA: A Mom’s Best Friend {Why Every Mama Needs the YMCA}

January 31, 2018 by Aprille Leave a Comment

Dear YMCA: “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” I jest, but only a little. But I feel impressed to tell you “my YMCA story,” because it’s a good one. It was September 26, 2014. I had once again been woken up at o-dark-insanity by a child who was less than two … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Little Brother, Momma Goes Back to School, Motherhood, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: childcare, fitness, motherhood, pool, special needs, swimming, y, YMCA

My Broken Hallelujah: Thoughts on the Last Day of Kindergarten

June 8, 2017 by Aprille Leave a Comment

It was 2014 and I was (once again) driving to the Christian preschool my son was attending to deal with a disciplinary issue. Once again taking time out of my respite because he wasn’t succeeding. “Broken Hallelujah” was popular that year, being still a new(ish) release to Christian radio. I found myself raising hands and … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting, The Preschool Years Tagged: ADHD, broken, church, Ezra, kindergarten, special needs, YMCA

Messy Motherhood (through the eyes of another)

May 14, 2017 by Aprille 1 Comment

This past week, my best friend Kathryn (who is a fellow military spouse, special needs mom, and blogger) came to visit me for five wonderful days. We have been online friends for eight years, but had never met in person until this week. Our motherhood journeys have had so many similarities over those eight years, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Motherhood, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: haircut, laundry, meltdown, mom, mom life, motherhood, mothers-day, special needs, YMCA

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

November 15, 2016 by Aprille 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 must-haves for my personal self care. I say no to everything unnecessary, and I constantly evaluate and re-evaluate the definition of “necessary.” … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Motherhood, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: exercise, giveaway, motherhood, netflix, self care, special needs, whitespace, YMCA

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 08.12.15

August 12, 2015 by Aprille Leave a Comment

*Quick note to my readers: This is the last Beauty in the Mess post that will be published publicly. From here on out, all Beauty in the Mess posts will be password protected. The password will be available to my weekly and monthly newsletter subscribers. So if you haven’t yet subscribed, feel free to do … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Fatherhood Tagged: ChickfilA, chiropractic, hiking, netflix, YMCA, youtube

What I learned in July 2015

July 30, 2015 by Aprille 7 Comments

1. Never try to see fireworks that happen after a baseball game. Especially when you have small children, because it will be just your luck that the ballgame will go to 11 innings and the fireworks won’t start til 11PM. There will be an epic meltdown around 10PM, you will resort to iPhone games, and … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Ezra, Family, Miscellaneous, Pregnancy & Birth, What I Learned Tagged: coffee, fireworks, naps, sleep, TV, YMCA

31 Weeks Bumpdate!

June 24, 2015 by Aprille 4 Comments

How are you feeling?!?! The question comes frequently. And at 31 weeks now, I’m slightly surprised when I hear myself say, “Pretty good!”  On Sunday, when someone asked me, “So are you ready to have that baby? Are you ready for it to be over?” again, I was surprised that my immediate answer wasn’t to … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Little Brother, Pregnancy & Birth Tagged: 31 weeks, affirmations, art therapy, dates, diet, exercise, little brother, pregnancy, VBAC, walking, YMCA

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 09.27.14

September 26, 2014 by Aprille 7 Comments

I really have no words for how difficult the last few weeks have been for our family. Our son’s behavior has led to both a suspension and expulsion from his private preschool (although those words were never used and the school was ever-so-gracious about both). While we are well on our way to getting some … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Messy Faith, Motherhood, The Preschool Years Tagged: ChickfilA, childrens museum, coffee, easy daysies, ice cream, makeover, monkey joes, sensory bin, starbucks, Trader Joes, uno, YMCA

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