Browsing Archive: November, 2011

The Frenzy of Fall Part 3 - Kayla's Visit

Posted by Aprille D on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, In : Army Life

Meet Kayla...

The story of our friendship is very unique, and honestly makes me think that God has quite a sense of humor. Kayla and I went to the same Christian school growing up. But we were five years apart, so never interacted. At all. I vaguely remember hearing her name once or twice, and her same with me. She remembers my little brother, and I remember her inlaws as her brothers-in-law were closer to my age and that of my brothers. But that's it.

Here's us in 1998 - Kayla in first grade, ...
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The Frenzy of Fall Part 2 - Little Moments

Posted by Aprille D on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, In : Family News

Since Russ went back to Afghanistan, I've really been struggling. Struggling with what? Well, just everything. I think that 90% of the time I feel utterly exhausted and overwhelmed. There's a song that has a line that says something like "You can only be strong so long before you break..." Which is true. But I think that most of the time people don't realize that I'm not even trying to be strong - I stopped trying a LONG time ago. Mostly, I'm just trying to survive.

I have chronic fatigue, fr...
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The Frenzy of Fall Part 1 - Chicago Trip

Posted by Aprille D on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, In : Family News

Where have I been the last month? um...I'm not even really sure that I know! But, I'm going to attempt to remember enough to write this rather picture-heavy series of blog posts. I'm glad I take a lot of pictures, because without them I don't know if I would remember--it's been that crazy!

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Shortly after Russ left to go back to Afghanistan, Ezra and I flew to Chicago to spend 10 days with my family again. Ezra managed to get sick - again - while we were there, but we had a great time....
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