When Homemaking Is Hard
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Your videos give me hope to be a better mama. I don’t have much of anyone to look up to when it comes to being a SAHM. I never thought I’d be overwhelmed very easily. Today I was trying to tidy the house because I’ve been sick for 3 days and I unintentionally yelled at my kids and it made me broke down crying. That was minutes before this video was uploaded. So I thank you for this. I’ve been watching your videos since 2021 when you were pregnant with Molly and I can tell you that God showed me your videos as a guide to be a good mama. Thank you.
Hi Nadine/Mama! I'm not a mother, but would like to speak to you if that's ok. First, we appreciate you being honest about your struggles as a mom because I know it can be hard and a never-ending task. I want you to remember that while in this season of motherhood, your humanness will still arise and show itself, and that's ok because you are human. While your humanity doesn't excuse the yelling at your kids, it does provide context and helps you to give yourself grace because you will fall short. As your kids are growing, you are growing with them. Your also showing them what it looks like to walk with God through every moment of your motherhood journey. Invite God into those moments(maybe even allow your children to witness this) and be honest about your feelings, cry if you need to, but don't allow moments like those to keep you from trying because you will have more moments like those. Your children will still love you tomorrow and forever more. That one moment does not determine your entire journey as a mother. You have the next minute, hour, day, week, month, year to make a new choice. It's ok to mess up and receive forgiveness from the father and your children in this case. Sending love your way💗☺️.
@@nyny9598 thank you so much for this comment. And absolutely, I’m Catholic and a believer. I know it’s okay to be frustrated and tired and yes what I did out of frustration is something that shouldn’t be done. I’ve been having a rough time with post partum and I am working my way through life while trying to be a better mama.
I appreciate the words of wisdom and the support ❤️
I'm also a Catholic homemaking mama 🥰 This was a hard week for me too 🥺 I just want you to know that you're not alone, and I can pray for you if you'd like ❤️
@@in.thethickofityes please 😢❤ and I will be praying for you as well! We will get through this in Gods name ❤️ you’re doing good job mama!
You're definitely not alone. I'm here for you too :)
I LOVE that you respect your kids enough to blur them. Truly. I’ve watched you since you started and can’t tell you how impressed I am with your putting their rights first
We live in Kelowna and we can't farm at our home. But we joined financially with 7 other families and lease land. We grow summer and storage crops on 1/2 acre and it really has been so amazing to mix the worlds together (city country)
We got 800 lbs of potatoes last year! You can do it if you want to! See if you can get together like minded folks and grow!
Also, my husband is an acupuncturist and that could help you SO much with your eyes, and your wrist!
I am an Orthodox Christian mother of 4 and home schooler as well! Thanks for showing the work we do and how important it is. All Glory to God for the blessings He provides! Even in our struggles and suffering he provides us with opportunities to lean more heavily on him.
May the Lord bless you and your family!
I’d love a whole video dedicated to how you take care of yourself throughout your cycle. I’ve been learning more about it and it is a very important topic for women! A great thing to use your platform to bring awareness to. I know this is a channel about food now, but maybe that is perfect?
I’m so glad you came back to CZcams ❤ your videos are so uplifting and encouraging & reminds me I’m not alone in my everyday problems
As a homemaker living in an apartment in a city, I so appreciate your videos because we also rely on the grocery store and don’t have land for growing food. We’d love to be in a slightly bigger home at some point, but you said it perfectly: it’s meaningful to appreciate where we are now and cultivate skills to serve in the next chapter! 😊
Yup! This is what we did when we were living in an apartment our first 2 years of marriage and my first two trimesters of pregnancy. It's worth the wait and preparation.
Finally a wife/mother who can be honest enough to admit this & share with us.
This is more inspiring than most videos because it’s real! You’re telling the whole story, not just the beautiful parts, while keeping it uplifting and grateful! That takes courage and skill and I’m so grateful for you! It’s also inspiring because you were both homeschooled. It makes me excited to continue to homeschool my kids because I hope they turn out like you guys!
This is by far my most favourite video. Very raw, very relatable. The fact that your day looks and feels similar to mine, as a homemaker, makes me feel like I’m a part of something bigger. Something important ❤️
I am loooonnnnggg out the child raising years and I’m a retiree, but I so love watching your videos and marvel at your stamina and your attention to detail. Kudos. I am sure you’re a great mom.
I love the idea you brought up about preparing yourself as if what you didn't have was something that was coming... I, too, get very caught up in that feeling of self-pity that I don't have everything that I think I would need to be a good Homemaker. Thank you for reminding me that you can be a Homemaker without having "it" all.
I had Mothers Wrist quite severely, it made tasks like putting my baby in the car seat, changing nappies, doing dishes etc so searingly painful and difficult. I ended up seeing a physio and I wore a special brace 24/7 that stopped any wrist movement for about 8 weeks and it FULLY HEALED!
This was an amazing video - love your thoughts and self-awareness. I moved onto my "farm" at age 44, and it's such an incredible amount of work, there's no way I would have wanted to tackle that when I was raising my kids and homeschooling. I would have felt pulled in so many directions. If it's truly your desire to have land, eventually you may get that, and you're so young, it won't be too late for you to enjoy all the blessings and challenges it brings! In the meantime, what you've created for your family is wonderful and inspiring!
I appreciate your mentioning how hard it can be to live on a farm. My husband and I planned to homestead, too, and when we got a taste of it on his parent’s property, I realized with alarm that I couldn’t handle it in this season of babies and homeschooling. Maybe chickens and a patio garden would be fine, but taking care of the children, the meals, and the house currently is all I have in me - and truly, that’s a lot!! 😊
So important to not take on more than you can handle, and make peace with that! Your kids are your number one priority! @@DansonforJoy
Girl, same. I homeschool my 4 kiddos & we're expecting #5, and I'm just overwhelmed this year.
Still SOOO thankful, and LOVE homeschooling, but some days are hard. ❤
I’m only at 5:23 & I’ve almost cried a couple times already. I felt very seen by everything you were saying. ❤ Thank you for sharing!
Just based on the title this is exactly what I need to watch. I just started staying home full time with my kiddos back in June. I’ve got 3 under 4. I’ve been having a rough time mentally and not being the best momma and home maker I want to be. Just in need of some encouragement and support from other mommas. ❤
I’m not a mom, I am a social worker and work with kids, but I still want to give you encouragement ! You are doing just fine, every huge change needs a period of adjustment and I am super sure you will be able to get your energy back and be the homemaker and mom you want to be sooner than you think. Also I want to calm your nerves by saying that your kids don’t need everything perfect, us women something are very ambitious when it comes to providing. The most important they need is love anns cuddles and I have no doubt that they get more than enough of that from you. Blessings to you!
Whew. Thank you for being honest and transparent. It’s so easy to see a quick video of someone’s life here on CZcams and think they have it all together and that you must be failing. We need more real life videos like these to show we are all in this together ❤️
Yes!!
I like that you talk about this! I’m not sure if you are going to cover it in the video (edit: I’m still watching haha) but it would be interesting to know how you prepare for sick days (or travel, like you did). It would help because I tend to get tired from time to time and it’s hard to see everything fall apart everytime I get sick or exhausted 😅
That would be wonderful... like a reset type of day... how do you pick up from where you are...🤗😊
That's such a great idea!!! I'd love that too!
“The Lord gives me wrist pain”
As a fellow Christian mama, I would ask you to make sure that’s biblical. I could be wrong, but I am of the understanding that God is the source of goodness and holiness, and can bring goodness out of suffering, but is not the source of suffering. I hope I don’t sound judge-y 😅 I know you study the Bible daily, and care about it a lot, so I thought it might be worth bringing up?
I healed my mommy wrists and hopefully this advice might help you. Long story short, I came across a podcast talking about the mind-body connection and how our nervous system can create pain in our bodies when we are stressed or anxious. We are not actually injured - even though we physically feel the pain - it is just a response to distract us from our feelings of stress. In order for the pain to go away just continue daily life and ignore any pain sensations. Try out different methods of calming the nervous system, like meditation, yoga, breathing techniques, journaling, etc…whatever feels right for you. I know this sounds a bit simple, but I did this after a year of pain and after a week or two it was GONE! I hope this helps you or someone else who needs to hear this✨💕
Thank you....this mama of 4 w mu youngest being 17😮 and I'm celebrating my my granddaughters bday nxt mo🎉 I'm in a total different season o life bit I appreciate and learned and am inspired by this content
THANK YOU!!
Keep up the great job ma❤
Thank you for the raw video. I had one of those difficult days as homemaker, homeschooling mom today, but I'm always hopeful His mercies will renew in the morning!
This speaks to my heart ❤ Beautifully done, Mama-all of everything you do.
I love your last line. "I love being able to sit down to dinner and watch my family nourish themselves". My evening instead goes like this....I sit down and watch my kids complain that they don't like whatever I made no matter what it is. 🤣😭
@MySkipping I'm not. I'm just laughing to myself because of the constant complaining over here. I am fully aware social media isn't accurate life.
I also think kids are so different. One of my kids complains more about certain things that some kids would never think to complain about. And there are certain things like eating, that he doesn't complain as much about because he loves to eat.
Yes, I feel you! I do NOT enjoy mealtime with my family. I don’t even sit down, I eat standing up 🤦🏼♀️ the constant mess and complaining “I don’t like this, I didn’t want that”
😭😭😭 you aren’t alone. This season of life is so exhausting but I know the work that I am doing will give me the biggest return in my golden years.
The overstimulation is REAL!!!! I can so relate to this. I honestly think that’s the hardest part about being a homeschooling parent. Sometimes I feel like someone is squeezing my brain or that I have a literal fog hovering over my brain
Sometimes we just need a reminder to rest. Thank you! I like that you point out that your children need to see you rest too.
I love this message + the combination of your honesty & encouragement. Being a mama & homemaker is amazing & also really hard. Thank you for sharing!
love your laid back voiceovers and I loved the talk abt being content. The Bible says that comparison is the thief of joy and the same is true about discontentment, because we’re comparing to what others have or what we wish we had. Finding the beauty in what the Lord has for you right now is such an encouragement!!
I woke up this morning thinking about a part of this video, which I watched yesterday. 😊 It was about being able to plan the flow of our entire month by being aware of our cycles. I’m so pleased to hear you bringing this up to ladies, because I wasn’t really made aware of it until the last couple years, and it has been life-changing!! 😆 This topic would probably be great for its own video. I’m still learning to be aware of my month-long cycle and plan accordingly. 😊
Such a great video:) I loved that you shared about thinking about the things we don’t have and to focus and care for what we do. I’m tuning back into loving and caring for my home and family in better ways and being grateful.
I've watched you for a couple of years now and I've always devoured your videos. Thank you for this video, Sarah. Such encouragement.
Thank you for your transparency. Home making is one of the most rewarding and most challenging of all vocations ❤️
Thank you for sharing your heart. I'm also a stay at home momma with 3 youngins and... yes. Much of what you say definitely resonates here. I will definitely try to keep some of what you have said here in my mind when I feel overwhelmed or burnt out... which is pretty often 😂
Thank you! This is what I needed - reminder to be grateful for what I have, bless you and your fam!
This is my favourite video you’ve posted! Thank you for being so honest and all the encouragement ❤️
Agree about tracking. I do Marquette. I am 39 with 8 children. I need to understand myself to prepare too. I had twins in March so just on cycle 2 currently but happy it’s back again. Nice to see a “regular” home maker and home school mom. It can feel isolating on those hard days to feel like I’m not doing what all the other super happy all the time, women are doing. So Thanks for being real ❤
This was so good to watch and such great reminders. Thank you for sharing!!!
This is such a beautiful video! It irritates me to no end the number of people who tell me I'm lazy because I'm a homemaker and homeschooling Mama. I am running circles around my entire family at all hours of the day; making and cleaning meals, cleaning messes, starting or finishing projects (home or school with kids), preparing for the next day, week, what have you. I don't know how anyone can say a homemaker is a lazy person.
Being a SAHM is 24/7 job nonstop and so much harder than a 9-5 job. You’re constantly taking care of other people.
@@yanak7159please don’t do that. No person has it ‘harder’ than another person. Everyone’s circumstances and struggles are different
Would you recommend it? I am in my twenties thinking about kids
@user-iy4nn8jb8d recommend being a stay at home mom or just a mom in general? I, personally, recommend both, but I love being home with my children and teaching them new things. I have always wanted to be a mom and was lucky enough to be blessed with the opportunity. I definitely recommend motherhood as I find it fulfilling. I know that it's not for everyone, and I respect those who know they just don't want children.
Yes, this is something we homemakers encounter all too often.
Thank you for this video ❤️
I work part time, but sometimes the longer grueling days are when I am at home with my baby. So much to be grateful for, but it can be very hard! Also- the unspoken pain of tendinitis! We are all so aware of all the child-birthing stories, but I am shocked at how no one talks about having mom’s thumb. I had no idea the pain that was developing in my wrist and arm as my baby was gaining weight.
This was a beautiful reminder and validation of what it means to be a mom.
This is actually a video I kind of missed on your channel. Until now. Thank you, Sarah. God bless you and your family ❤
Thank you so much for sharing the struggle. It really helps to know we are not alone in our lagging at times!
12:15 I look up to you as a fellow homemaker. This is encouraging to hear someone I respect say that they have to be mindful of a similar perspective/attitude to what I’m learning right now.
You are an amazing woman! I am 59, 4 adult children and you are a good example for many people.
Thank you for your honesty. I’m so glad you’ve started a new channel. Missed your videos, so helpful and inspiring. Many blessings Sarah. Also I love your dress, reminds me of some of my own.
It feels like this video was just for me. It’s exactly what I needed in this moment ❤
I needed this. Thank you Sarah❤
The mindset of loving your home, and where you are at in life, is so important ❤️
I love seeing more to your day other than homemaking/cooking.
I am impressed by the amount of work you put into your everyday life...I. a mum of 1 and most of the time can't even do half of all what you do. You're doing amazing and are an amazing mum ❤😮
I'm a 24 year old with 3 and also struggling with my wrists 😅 thank you for mentioning this! I hope we can continue learning more about it because I do love my wrists lol
Thank you for making this video. As mother you always critize yourself of nothing doing enough. Your video always brings happiness and comfort because you telling that I am not alone feeling the way I feel. Thank you ❤
Love this content so much! This video was such a blessing to me....thank you Sarah!!
Thank you so much for this. It was much much needed 🥰
You are the best!! So encouraging. ❤
Thank you for being real and honest. You’re video encouraged me in a hard season. I’m 30 with five littles as well. And homemaking has been heavy lately. As I too want to make things beautiful for my family and honor Yahweh in the way I do so. Thank you for loving your family well and sharing it with us.
Beautiful video and heart you shared with us today Sarah!🩵
What does Kieran do all day?
Watch the kids so she can do the social media work I assume I’m wondering too though
He works!!!
@@cheilacarina8246 shes said before that he doesn’t work, as their income is off social media :)
I think he works as her manager and accountant. And helps out around the house and with the kids. Let's be real, there is absolutely no way this woman could homeschool five children, make bread, cookies and jam from scratch, film it all and churn out social media content every day alone if her husband had a full time job outside the home. Not to mention while wearing a flowy linen dress and styled hair and makeup. I think this is so important to keep in perspective when watching her videos as regular mumas
@@lydias2980yeah she lets her kids "independant homeschool" and only helps them if needed. Also important to keep in mind.
I just really needed this. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank u for this reminder!!
Great video!!! Very nourishing for my mind and soul!
I hear u n feel u. Your voicing your feelings help all who feel it n keep it to themselves. Thank u for sharing
Really appreciate the honestly surrounding “wanting more” especially when you already live in such a beautiful home and have so much. It’s easy to get slaughtered for any degree of vulnerability online, so it’s lovely to see you keeping real and honest dialogue flowing. Love these videos and your creativity to include the kids but respect their privacy. You’re an absolute rockstar.
Have been watching you since 2019! Crazy to see all your kids being so much bigger now. Thank you for inspiring me I am a SAHM as well but recently we had to move back to my parents house and leave our home and it took a toll on me. It’s hard to cater my home when my mum is present. I struggle a lot but you gave me strength so thank you! A time will come when I will appreciate the struggles I went through and the things I learned. (We want to purchase a big land as well haha!) so please keep going mama! We missed you around here x god bless you proverbs 31 wife🤍
Fellow midday coffee kind of mum over here 🙋♀. It's the best! If I can I sit down with a book and my coffee to take a midday break ☕.
Ben Greenfield talks about homeschooling his kids. He hired a governess to help with the organization and teaching for his kids. He would be a great resource to look into for homeschooling inspiration.
thank you for making this video. you are an amazing woman and have a beautiful family. .btw - i really love your kitchen, the pull out drawers under the counter and the dining area. we are in middle of expanding our home and a new bigger kitchen and your space is giving me some ideas. :)
This was such a great video and so relatable
Thank you ❤
Showing my kids what rest looks like is such great advice
I love how real you are, thank you! Be encouraged sis, keep giving glory to the Lord
I am your age but just got married a year ago and now expecting my first child. I can’t even tell you what an inspiration you are to me. Thank you for keeping it real and showing it can be done. 🤍
Wait, i thought you guys had a little backyard, also planting a farden in some tubs and buckets just on the balcony is super fun and cool!
Thank you for sharing your mindset on your home! what you have & what you want eventually. I needed to here this perspective.
ps
the breakfast dish looks delicious!
Thank you Sarah you are literal an angel for saying this!
Your best STC vlog, YET!! 💜
I had to quit a career in banking because of bad tendinitis in both arms from computer work. My first thought when watching your channel was that i was jealous that you could work with your hands! Thank you for talking about the pain in your wrists from your occupation, it definitely makes me feel less weird and alone. By the way the son de flor dress looks fantastic on you, like it was made for you!
Sarah, look into castor oil wraps for your wrists. Homemaking is exhausting. Right there with you. Homeschooling and kitchen. Getting to other rooms of the house can be so hard. Some weeks I just tell my family and the kitchen that i need a break from cooking and baking because the rest of my house needs tlc. My rest time is a quick 15 minute break to watch a YT video...and I love my morning coffee time and my evening bible reading time. ❤❤❤
Your best video. Ever. Thank you.
I was literally having a hard morning and then saw this video come up.
Everything seems so difficult, having no motivation. It all kind of crashed after so many good days this week of getting so much done around the house and making good money. I'm all burned out and can't even do a good workout. I'm about to watch your video...🙂
You need rest, my friend. Take this day and recharge yourself! ❤
This was much needed. Currently in a “how can I get it all done” season of my home making life.
This is really timely!!!
I 100 percent agree with mama needing rest. I have trained my kids from baby on that every afternoon we have a nap/quiet time. We have done this for at least 14 years now. It is the only way i keep my sanity and can stay calm, rested and happy.
what a beautiful family! I hope that someday I can have that too ☺
This is the first video I have seen from you and I really enjoyed it! I know the title of the video was about when homemaking is hard but somehow this video gave me a lot of hope. My husband and I want to homeschool our kiddos (he was homeschooled growing up but I wasn't). It is intimidating to me still but seeing videos like these help me realize that it doesn't have to be a certain way as long as it gets done and it'll get better over time.
Also kind of random but I really like the fact that you blurr out your kids' faces! :)
Thank you for sharing your heart , you have wisdom to bless people with. Also - may God bless you with desire of your heart 🙏🏻
Oh my god these are exactly the same struggles i have🙈 i want also a farm, more land, animals, new house, bigger kitchen etc etc
Thank you for your honest video’s, i love them. You are such a beautiful soul❤ send you hugs from the Netherlands 🤗
Thanks you for sharing this is soo helpful and encouraging
Such an important topic. I can definitely feel with you not have any land. I would miss my yard and garden so much if I didn’t have that! but yet I’d love my husband working from home or a new kitchen. But in most of our lives we have wonderful blessing that we can take for granted because we keep looking to the next thing we’d love to have!
Over 10 years of living in quite a few different situations I’ve learned there is always good thing and bad. But even in the good things we dream of there is negative or hard things that come with it.
We will never find perfect bliss on this side of heaven. Remembering that has helped me find more contentment in the middle those hard things or in those thing that are not quite the way I wish!
I've had the same problem... Tendinitis... All my poor hands and arms... It's sooooo painfull, if this works, streches and warm helps aaaaa LOT!
I think that bread and egg meal at the end looked sooooo delicious, with the veggies underneath. YUM!! I also use a breadmaker. I highly recommend. I have small wrists and I find that kneading dough can be stressful lol. The Breadmaker is definitely a game changer!
Loved this video, and will probably watch it over again soon. 😊 Also, LOVE your dress!! 🥰
You have a blessed life. I enjoyed this video. I’m older and my kids are grown. I wanted to be a homemaker, but had a very messed up spouse and wound up having to be a single mom and work constantly while my mom took care of my sons.
After I bath my son and reset the kitchen after dinner, I go into a room a stretch for around 10 mins. It makes such a difference to my sleep, and feeling of well-being the next day. My family have gotten used to me doing this.
Oh my goodness, I was shocked at your hand issue - I'm currently dealing with daily pain in my hands, mainly right hand (mamma of 3, 3 and under). I have some sort of a chronic tendonitis in my hands and wrists and it's becoming bigger and bigger issue...I dropped my home sourdough business, selling goats, (milking them started my issues), and praying for strength for my working husband, who has to pick up so much of my slack...it has been very difficult. I will be praying for you, I can definitely relate.
So encouraging!
So good - godliness with contentment is great gain 👏
Sarah, I’m so happy you put your trust in Jesus🥲🙏🏼. He will carry you through your ups and downs. God bless you hon and your beautiful family 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💕💕💕 amen
If your wrist pain is Dequervain’s Tenosinovitis, what really helped mine was a wrist brace. I went to chiro and physio and did all the exercises, but what my wrist needed was rest. It got better almost immediately after I started using the brace.
Hi Sarah, about your eye aches I know that problem (I currently study for a Masters in international law). I used to get bad eye aches and migraines. A pair of blue light glasses were an absolute game changer for me as well as taking a moment every 45ish minutes to blink slowly a few times. When looking at a screen put eyes sometimes don’t blink fully and they basically get dry.
ooh, can you share more about homeschooling? i find this fascinating, especially for 5 kids!