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| Mariah enjoying morning yoga at the Grand Canyon |
I am a newly engaged married, twenty something year old with the desire to be a successful housewife providing for my family from home! I want to accomplish things, to experience places, and to never stop learning.
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| David & Mariah at Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado |
David is my best friend, my love, and partner in everything I do! To say I am blessed to share a life with him is beyond an understatement. We've been adventuring together for over 5 years now and so blessed to say our dreams are very much becoming our reality. I must add, that life without this man seems overwhelming. The day we made those vows to each other he promised to always take care of me. Neither of us knowing that chronic illness would soon change our "normal". He has seen me at my absolute worst, I've been humbled and vulnerable in front of him more times than I would like to admit. Things I tried hiding from him in fear of his opinion changing about me, are the very things he doesn't bat an eyelash at. He's simply there for me! He's the dish to my spoon!
Our Cross- Country Road Trip
Without a doubt, deciding to take off on this 3 month adventure is a decision we will never regret! David, Blu, and I (along with the support and guidance of our families) packed every inch of our 2- door VW Rabbit, map in hand and time on our side! Both of us had not traveled very far before this trip and knew we wanted to experience more than the Florida lifestyle we've been living for 20 plus years.
Daddy and Blu Bear driving through Farm Land, USA
38 states, permanently smelling like campfires, and Priceline app ready to go when a HOT shower was the only thing that was going to stop us from going insane. That's right, we camped our way around the United States. We were blessed with good weather, amazing people, and supernatural experiences. There's something about being in nature that's been untouched by the hand of man. There's something about being there with the love of your life. That feeling of being engulfed in God's beauty changes you.
Momma's boy!
The 3 months we spent experiencing new things and taking each day, literally, one at time, gave us the opportunity to began to develop our lives, together, We discovered things that we didn't know were so important to us and learned things that we could totally live without!
Then there was the Grand Canyon...
The highlight of the trip, for me! We spent 3 cold nights in Arizona, but this campsite will forever hold a special place in my heart... The Grand Canyon was breathtaking. We walked the nature path to edge of the canyon and spent hours staring and taken a million pictures. On the second day of our stay, our lives changed forever...
We got engaged!!!!!!!
Ahhh, I could go on for hours pouring my heart out on to my keyboard but I'll save the mushy stuff for the wedding day! The proposal was perfectly us! As most of my girl friends know I was beyond ready to take this step with David. He seemed to have a different timeline in mind, so I thought. I was rambling on about how I'm just going to have to settle for being just a girlfriend for the rest of my life. How I'll just have a pretend wedding on Pinterest, and I'll never get his last name. This was nothing David hadn't heard before. But his reaction was one I was not expecting!! Mid sentence ramble, he pulls out an open ring box and said, "Just marry me already!", with the biggest, brightest, most heart- warming smile I've seen on that adorable face of his! Sorry, I know I said I wouldn't get mushy but I can't help myself!
Soon- to- be Mr. and Mrs. Battaglia
4.18.2015
Now we have over a year of marriage under our belts and are all moved into to our dream home-on-wheels. Our priorities have shifted and our focus is living fully with eyes wide open. Our life as Mr. and Mrs. is something we want to always remain a blessed commitment between, us, our families, and God. We want to give our marriage the platform to succeed, when so many others fail. This is my motivation. I have a desire and a calling to be a work from home housewife. A desire to provide for us and our families, abundantly!
As a young adult and new wife, I think I'm only beginning to understand the weight of this verse. I have never known "what I wanted to be when I grew up" but always felt like God was calling me to do something great. More often than not we look outside of our homes,outside of our families to tell us our worth, our gifts, and even how we should live our lives. I have rapidly learned that what the world tells us to work for, or how we should value ourselves, and that your social class actually is some kind of definition of you and we want nothing to do with a life like that. Becoming a wife, blending our families, and planning for the future has shown me what my calling really is. Showing me the importance of a happy home surrounded by God's light, where Angels are welcomed, love is overflowing, and creativity is not supply.
Awesome!!
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