#titusischill

[willmer7]

Titus loves football. He has loved it since he was learning to walk/run and busted into the APU end zone, mid-game, while his dad was trying to keep an opposing offense out of it. He has spent countless hours, football season after football season, at his dad’s shoulder breaking down game film. He has been the ball boy and he’s been several QB’s favorite post practice wide receiver. Last year he played his first year of tackle and his dad got to be the assistant coach (which he loved ☺️), but this year he gets to play with a team he’s invested in, full of his classmates, friends, and pride of his school. He is having the time of his life. This week he was awarded a spot on the varsity team and he even got to start! Wednesday the FR/SO team came away with a big win and last night the varsity team did too. Titus finished with 2 PBU’s (passes broken up) in the end zone and several nice tackles. I don’t post about him a ton on Instagram, because he is not a huge fan of attention, but football brings out a passionate/outgoing side of him, and we love to see it in this household 🙌🏼. So, I’ll sneak him in some posts this way ☺️. Titus, you have waited a long time to put on a helmet, and snap on some pads. You have spent a good amount of time learning the game and watching a football field. Now it’s your turn to be on the field-wreaking havoc. Keep having fun, son. Enjoy your team-the pre-game dinners, the bus rides, the locker room, the stops on 4th and short, and the battles on the field ❤️. We love you all the time. ••• #titusischill https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci5xHGGP3Oo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[willmer7]

Titus loves football. He has loved it since he was learning to walk/run and busted into the APU end zone, mid-game, while his dad was trying to keep an opposing offense out of it. He has spent countless hours, football season after football season, at his dad’s shoulder breaking down game film. He has been the ball boy and he’s been several QB’s favorite post practice wide receiver. Last year he played his first year of tackle and his dad got to be the assistant coach (which he loved ☺️), but this year he gets to play with a team he’s invested in, full of his classmates, friends, and pride of his school. He is having the time of his life. This week he was awarded a spot on the varsity team and he even got to start! Wednesday the FR/SO team came away with a big win and last night the varsity team did too. Titus finished with 2 PBU’s (passes broken up) in the end zone and several nice tackles. I don’t post about him a ton on Instagram, because he is not a huge fan of attention, but football brings out a passionate/outgoing side of him, and we love to see it in this household 🙌🏼. So, I’ll sneak in some posts this way ☺️. Titus, you have waited a long time to put on a helmet, and snap on some pads. You have spent a lot of time learning the game and watching a football field. Now it’s your turn to be on the field-wreaking havoc. Keep having fun, son. Enjoy your team-the pre-game dinners, the bus rides, the locker room, the stops on 4th and short, and the battles on the field. ❤️ We love you all the time. ••• #titusischill https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci5vqyZvnNw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[willmer7]

My high school Freshman 📚 Titus, you and your polos are going to rock high school. I love how ready you are for this next chapter. You are a city on a hill (Matthew 5:14). I know you carry that truth proudly. I can’t wait to know high school through your experience. Praying you forward & through each day. God is in your midst and He’s not going to leave you unused. Eyes up and ears open ❤️🦁. #titusischill https://www.instagram.com/p/CiQtWJ0v-1L/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[willmer7]

Titus suited up for his first high school game last night. He had his heart set on # 42, but he ended up with # 6 (freshmen life). I was on the field taking photos and Brian was up in the stands with the twins-still a new place for him and still an uncomfortable one in August. Addie doesn’t leave for college until next week, so she came out in force too. It felt new, but so good. It was a varsity game, he played in the varsity scrimmage last week, but he wasn’t expected to play last night. But when the players took the field for kickoff, # 6 jogged onto the field. I immediately looked up in the stands and I got a 😁 & a 👍 from @coachwillmer . He was giddy for his son and the opportunity he was getting to play. Calvary won the game and Titus got to play on special teams and one series of defense. He got in the car on cloud 9, thankful to put on a helmet and pads, thankful for the bus ride over to the game, and thankful for the locker room. Football is back in the Willmer household and we have a new favorite number to cheer for. #titusischill https://www.instagram.com/p/Chfg40SPDIY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[willmer7]

Titus is 14 and we don’t believe it. Everyone in the family affectionately calls him “son.” Titus you are filling in, into who you are going to be as a man of God and filling into all the shoes and clothes you keep growing out of. If there is one thing you want to be, it is honorable. I love how you are respect what is good and stand for what is right. I love how you asked a sweet girl to be your Valentine because you are chivalrous and you knew it would make her feel special. I love how you still sometimes button the top button of your polos, because you like to. Bold can be quiet. And you are quiet, steady leadership. You are adaptable, respectful, a good friend maker, a fierce competitor, love to hit and make body contact when you play football, and you are an ultimate teammate. You are almost always first at telling me I look beautiful on the rare occasion I wear a fancy dress. You aren’t as clean as you claim to be, you leave all of your stuff right at the foot of the kitchen island, I trip on your shoes everyday, you are a sly instigator, you love pasta and sausages like me (bestill my heart ❤️), and you are quick to steal your dad’s pit juice (deodorant, but Brian calls it pit juice 🤷🏻‍♀️). I think you will be taller than me by the time you turn 15, bumping me down to the 5th spot and you are Bella’s 🐶 2nd best friend 😉. Still quietly growing up before my very eyes, may you be relentless in pursuing Christ before anything this world brings. My tender hearted lion. We love you always, son ❤️. #titusischill https://www.instagram.com/p/Caxp7B1PSaJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[willmer7]

This kid feels like new.
Literally, he can feel his new heartbeat. He woke up feeling a little scared this morning. I could see it in his eyes. I asked him how he was doing. He said his heart felt weird, different. His heart was healed, and he could feel his new beat. As he was waking up yesterday, he said, “I would do this everyday, if it meant not having my heart the way it used to be.” Yes son, yes. Each time he would begin to wake up in post-op, as he was coming out of the anesthesia, tender tears would roll out of his eyes. No words, just tears. After several times of this, I quietly asked if he was okay, if there was anything we could do for him? With a small tired smile, and his closed eyes welling up, he said, “I’m so thankful.” Yesterday was full, from beginning to end. We checked on his heart a bunch last night-to make sure it was beating and to touch him, feel his chest and offer our overwhelming thanks to God. Still trusting our Lord with each new beat and a new rhythm with no more uncertainty. Thank you for all your prayers.
#titusischill 
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[willmer7]

For the past 3 years, Titus has had trouble with his heart & for the past 10 months, we have been working with a pediatric cardiologist to diagnose his heart condition.   It appeared to be a form Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT), but we couldn’t be sure until we could catch an episode with our heart monitor & were able to get a 6-lead EKG.  In early December, he had 2 episodes on back-to-back days.  This is when his heart will spontaneously begin beating 230-260 beats per minute.  Nothing brings it on.  It begins like he got kicked in the chest by a horse. It stops as quickly as it starts.  It can last between 10-90 minutes.  It’s scary for us, but especially for him. After meeting with his electrophysiologist, we decided to have an ablation procedure done on his heart.  It is a brief 4-6 hour procedure, but it is his heart.  They will go in and map his heart, trigger an episode, and look to see how where his heart struggles/where the abnormality lies.  We are praying the procedure is successful & praying for peace & faith that is greater than our concerns. Titus is the middle of 5 children, and he is my most mild-mannered.  He does not like attention, so this has been emotionally, as well as physically, uncomfortable for him.  I know he’d love your prayers.  We’d love them too ❤️. He is learning Gods word is alive and active and present when we are not. His favorite verse he memorized during homeschool & one we have said often, “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.” -Isaiah 54:10 #titusischill https://www.instagram.com/p/CY3FjUhrjhd/?utm_medium=tumblr

[willmer7]

Last night we gathered around Titus and prayed him forward. Today he started his first day at Calvary Chapel JH. He blinked back tears-happy & heartfelt ones, as he stepped into the passenger seat of Addie’s car. I love this stage between boy and man. My mother’s heart knows his love for home & his readiness to try something new. Both of us are intentional at holding on & letting go of moments like these. Together we soak them in, not letting them pass without being felt and acknowledged. 
One thing our family has learned over the past decade is obedience to God doesn’t always look neatly packaged. When God says “move,” we take action. No overthinking, no hemming and hawing, no looking back. Homeschool was not on the radar in March 2020, but then it suddenly was. 2 years later, we knew a school, away from home, was where Titus needed to be, we just didn’t know where or when. Then God made it abundantly clear. We called the school, interviewed, & 2 weeks later Titus is finding his way around his 3rd middle school in 3 years ☺️. New surroundings, used to be daunting, for this son of mine, but with each change, he gains new perspectives, strength, & confidence in himself & confidence that God is not in a set location with set people-He goes where he (Titus) goes. When you don’t know anyone and no one knows you, you learn God is everything & He will fill in the blanks in due time. Faith.
Praying over you, Titus, God’s loving-kindness would be mighty today. Your excitement for this day has been huge & we pray God’s huge care over you. I will miss having you at home, immensely. Nehemiah & Gwenyth will miss you too-especially for ping-pong & history, & our Latin games.
A little piece of my heart broke to watch you drive away with Addie, but another piece rejoices with your joy. You are special & every bit of 13, but not like how most boys are 13. With tears pushing their way through, I love you big. 
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Addie is now not just his big sister 👱🏼‍♀️, but his chauffeur! Praying God blesses their time in the car & Addie doesn’t bump into too many curbs. She can’t wait to visit him at break today 🥰. Calvary just gained another stellar Willmer.
#titusischill #topbuttonbuttoned ❤️
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