Brittany Marie Heronimus

As I sit here trying to find the right words to type, I have decided it best just to let them flow. See this is one of those post that I can't find the exact structure I want, or the perfect words to say, but I know that the feeling I'm experiencing now need to be documented. See in really now one day I will walk down the aisle to my best friend and become his bride. I am feeling joy, absolute joy knowing that this is the one god has planned to be my husband. I am feeling stress as the biggest day in my life so far is quickly approaching. I am a little sad knowing that all the time and effort we have put into this will soon be over. My heart is a little heavy as it becomes more and more real that I will no longer be BRITTANY MARIE HERONIMUS. 

Heronimus, is more than just a name, it was a choice. I chose to take on the last name of the man who was willing to raise me as his own. I chose to represent him every where I went. I chose to forsake my given name in order to honor him. It's not just a name, but yet the biggest example of love I could ever show my daddy. And yet in one short day it will be over and I will take on a

new last name. 

Wilson, the name that I practiced writing a million times. The name that represents our future family. Yes he was raised a Wilson, but now it is time to start our own Wilson family. I don't feel as though I am only taking on his last name, I feel as though we are creating our last name. We, together as a unit, are the Wilsons now. 

Saturday is the biggest day in our lives to date. But the best part is we have so many amazing big days to look forward to. We get to experience every victory and defeat together. We get to laugh and cry our way through the years, as the Wilsons. So tonight I maybe just a little sad that's all coming to an end, but Sunday will be the first day of the rest of our life. I cannot wait to be MRS BRITTANY MARIE WILSON.  

Serendipity

Serendipity 

1. an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.

This accident is my serendipity....

When we started this adventure I was sad, angry, confused, and frustrated. I named this blog "An adventure no one would want," and I believed that. I truly thought that God had dealt us a curse. I thought that this was going to be my world, a sad and angry world. 

Then came the day I realized that this was my serendipity. This was my desirable discover that changed my entire life! This is an adventure that I wouldn't change in a million years! This is the path that The Lord has chosen for us, and so yes I will worship in this storm. 

This adventure is the adventure to fall so in love with The Lord! This adventure is the adventure to fall head over heels in love with the man of my dreams! This adventure is the opportunity to help others through our pain and sorrows! This is an adventure of a lifetime, and I am beyond blessed to call it my very own serendipity!  

But The Greatest Of These Is Love

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV)

When I was 18 I waltz my newly legal but into the tattoo parlor and sat down to get my second tattoo. I had chosen three of the most beautiful words in the English language, words that were part of the love chapter. These words were absolutely beautiful to me at the time, they reminded me of our Heavenly Father's promise to us. These words were "Faith, Hope, and Love", words that many others have tattooed on their bodies. 

Now four years later I sometimes get a glimpse of these words forever inscribed on my body and they mean so so much more. I look back over the past year of my life and realize without those three words this trial would have been unbearable. These words are how we make it through ever day. Every time I look back over the last year and begin to feel sorry for us and for our lives I am consumed with hope for the future. I know The Lord has a wonderful plan for our future and that his goal is to use this for his glory. The amount of faith we have to have to get through this is amazing, and when my faith begins to waver I know that The Lord will grant me with faith to move mountains. 

But at the end of the day the greatest of these remains, and that is love. Our love today is stronger than it has ever been, and I have God to thank for that. When you're faced with the worse you can either face it alone, or fight it together. I didn't have to choose this life, but I can't imagine leaving this life. I would much rather spend my life with faith, hope, and mostly love, rather than taking the easy road out. 

With love,

Brittany Marie 

The worst blogger ever!

So I am pretty sure I have to be one of the worst bloggers in history. The fact  that I can go months and months without typing a single word proves just how completely awful I am at the whole entire thing. Believe me though it's not that I don't have any inspiration, I am marrying a miracle in five months! (That was my way of hinting just how close we are till the big day). It's just that I don't take the time to bust out a few paragraphs, and for that I am very sorry. 

So let's just review really fast what all has happened the past few months. Kaleb is walking with a walking, yep just let that sink in. Now he doesn't walk with it at home just yet, but that will happen as soon as his straight leg brace comes in. We feel extremely blessed to be working with a therapist who truly believes that walking is something he will do. She is going above and beyond to make sure that he is walking at the wedding. Something that I honestly was beginning to accept not happening. God has been just so amazing in healing Kaleb and yet showing us that our lives in the chair are not awful. We can still do everything we want to do, it just maybe a little different. 

We just experienced one of the worst moving experiences we could have ever had! We had inquired about these apartments in late October and was told that the unit we would be living in was handicap accessible, so we didn't think any more about it. Then came moving day... It was not at all accessible, he couldn't fit into the restroom at all!!! So after two days of completely praying and stressing and praying and stressing they finally moved us into a new apartment. Oh but don't worry there was still more stress to come, like the fact that they didn't want to accept our pay stubs as proof of our income, or the fact that we had to move more than half our stuff from the seventh floor to the fourth floor. And oh did I mention Kaleb is in a wheel chair. 

Well the point behind that entire story was for me to tell you that I was truly humbled after all of the chaos. I had no other choice than to trust God with all of my heart and to know that he will provide. It it so very easy to trust him with the huge stuff, like Kaleb's miracle, and yet with the smaller things sometimes I feel as though I could solve the problem faster. Day by day I am learning that God is in control of every situation and truly wants the best for us. 

Well that was my rant for the day, 

Brittany Marie