Declutter & Chat // changes I’ve made, religion/beliefs, decluttering my makeup
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I lost my Mom Dec 23, 2021 and I have been cleaning out her house mostly alone...my 2 siblings have not helped. Under Mom's bed I found love letters my parents wrote to each other 2 months into their marriage when he was deployed for the Vietnam War. I never knew these letters existed! Heck didn't know my father was deployed either! I had talked to my Mom a few years ago about Story Worth but Mom did NOT do email and refused to let me create an email account for her and let me ask her the questions. I so wish I had pushed harder. Touching every item of my Moms this last year has been so hard and I have found so much that I wish I knew the story of and now it is simply too late. I cherish those love letters so very much! I never saw that side of my parents, they were not affectionate people in public. As the holidays are upon us and the 1 year anniversary of losing Mom is coming I have taken to reading 1 of those letters a night, I've read them all already, but I'm revisiting and re reading them. For those thinking about it and maybe have someone not tech savvy...push them...get those stories because when they are gone...so is part of your own story.
I was raised religious and heavily encourage you to look into teaching your kids how to think rather than what to think. Letting them choose what they believe is the most valuable lesson for children to learn that people have different beliefs. I also think explaining to them why you believe what you do is good for both of you!
Jess I just have to thank you for talking about StoryWorth! We adopted our son last year and after hearing about StoryWorth in one of your videos we bought it for our son’s birth family to fill out each week. I am so thankful we will have this invaluable book of their life experiences and wisdom to give to him one day. So thank you again for sharing this! ❤
One thing my family does for memories: all the women in my family (aunts, cousins, cousins’ kids) get together once a year for a big family sleepover. We started doing this when we realized that holiday get-togethers a few times a year weren’t enough!
As someone who’s not Christian, I just always appreciate you talking about religion in an inclusive way and acknowledging that not everyone has the same beliefs or celebrates the same holidays. 😊 Thank you for being thoughtful of everyone!
Jessica! I have a story. I was married to a high functioning drug addict for 5 years and we have a beautiful son together. I was trying to be a good wife and believe his lies and trust him every time I would confront him about his drug use and I finally got the courage to leave him 2 year ago. I left with nothing but our clothes, my son, and my car. I was 27 and had to move back in with my parents and I was almost done with nursing school but I had to take a break and started waitressing. I continued watching your videos because seeing you and your sweet family truly gave me hope for the future and helped me through a very bitter and sad time in my life. Fast forward to now. I met the love of my life at the restaurant I worked at. We got married in May and my son and I have a happy, safe, and stable home. We are so happy.
After religious trauma, I am definitely agnostic lol. I’ve tried to go back to church on my own terms by myself with no biases and I just found myself not happy to be there. I found myself not agreeing with a lot of what was being talked about. I tried it for a year for those who are going to try and challenge me in the comments.
So, I lost my mom way too early….she was 74, and it was the year you guys did your first Vlogmas.
I also grew up in Indiana and left after college. Leaving behind Christianity, which was so core to my identity for the first two decades of my life, has been a complex, challenging, and really beautiful journey. Life makes more sense when I look for less certainty and meaning it through this very specific, narrow worldview. It’s a relief to not have to walk backwards into biblical reasoning. But it took a long time to leave, slowly, part by part. To your question - “how do you know? Do you just know when you’ve found the truth?” I think it’s the opposite. you become more wise by recognizing you know less and less. It’s scary but freeing. Just here to be a person with all the other people.
I TOTALLY relate to you on “I don’t have to answer to anyone!” My beliefs have changed a lot over the last few years. And I am trying to care a little less about what people in my life think about that.
I absolutely love how you talked about not totally feeling like an adult until now. This is a conversation I have been having lately with my therapist (I'm 27) About how you never really feel like you "arrive" as an adult. And when you're young it seems like once you're older that just happens at some point. But she related it to the fact that a lot of us were told things like "just wait until you're older" or "when you're older you'll understand". And now we are older looking around for someone to let us in on the secret and well, there is none! And that's why the transition can feel so strange for some us. Thanks for this amazing video♡
I’m not a religious person but I do enjoy hearing about your journey, it’s very real and down to earth and helps me identify with my family and friends who are on their own journeys. Thank you for feeling comfortable enough to share something so important to you!
I wanna hear more Jess faith/religion talks!! I feel like you feel maybe (not scared) but hesitant to talk about it more in detail because you’re afraid of offending someone. But I’ve love you talking about this more!! There is a moment where you are believing what your parents taught you and you realize you have to believe it for yourself. I’m thankful that I have found my way to the same beliefs but it’s challenging as you have that realization and you go through your faith walk on your own. God bless you and your family! Jesus loves you!! As a sister in Christ I will continue to pray that you and your family will continue to grow in this together!! Need more positive videos like this in my feed. 💙
PLEASE don't worry about or apologize for talking about mortality. Our society tends to avoid it even when someone is literally dying in front of our faces. It's that silence on something we will ALL face that makes it hard to cope with. Yes, loss and grief are hard, but when we feel like we can't talk about it or when we feel like we're not allowed to talk about death in general we get stuck in denial and struggle (harder than necessary) to come to acceptance. Also, it's completely normal to think about mortality more the older we get. We logically know we're closing in on death, and we start to know more people who are dying. We should talk about it more, not less, and candidly at that.
Congrats on realizing that you don't have to answer to anyone in your early 30's! It took me until 43 with the help of a therapist to realize that I could make decisions based on my own needs and desires, not in a selfish way, but more in a non-codepenent way.
One way to teach your daughter about giving is to take her to pick out gifts for Tyler, Felicity, and other family members. Not just at Christmas but birthdays and other holidays, too!
When my parents started giving me an allowance part of it had to go into a charity account and a couple times a year I got to pick where that money would go. I think it was a great way to show kids how to regularly support different causes. Also part had to go into a savings account I could use for large things I wanted (like an American girl doll) and I think it's why I'm good at saving money to this day
Jess, this is one of my favorite videos you’ve ever made. I could care less about the makeup honestly, and I’ve been watching your videos for years 😂 I LOVE hearing your perspective on life. I wish more people could be open and vulnerable like this! You’re a beautiful human and I’m thankful for your existence ☺️
One idea for gifting is to donate to World Vision. You can choose from options like buying a goat, chickens, mosquito nets, school supplies, etc. you can then print out a card that says a cow, or chickens were donated in your honor. These items help families around the world become more self sustaining and provides food and income for them. We get a catalog I the mail each year and it can be fun for kids to look through it and decide what item they want to donate in someone’s honor. This has been our teacher gift idea for years. And we did this for my parents one year as well.