I love that you talked about connecting with your kids. As a homeschool mom I'm with my kids all the time, but that doesn't necessarily mean that we have connected on a regular basis. Just taking that time to be with them, without school or other things but because we genuinely want to spend time with them means so much. ❤️
Yep we live way up north in the rainforest and mountains, if you don't embrace the weather you wouldn't get to do anything - my youngest sons favorite place to be is Lake Eacham, we've been swimming and adventuring at some other areas lately so I promised we would go swimming there yesterday no matter what - we stayed and swam through a thunderstorm until 6 pm. The water up here is often freezing, but magically when it's raining the water warms up, the sky puts on a dazzling display that you are physically part of. The other bonus is that all the normal people leave... Because they don't want to get wet - and that leaves all us strange and weird ones to enjoy the perfection on display. My youngest really wanted to have a picnic and swim for xmass - my older adult kids really wanted to go 4x4 driving. I spent all day xmass eve cooking = my older 4 have partners, so that's a lot of food, on the day when we were at my oldests place, waiting for my daughter and her partner to turn up it started pouring, and not long after I found my youngest crying - my daughter in law had told him we wouldn't be able to go now - I said of course we are going, the track will be extra bumpy, there's a roof out there we can eat under, and the water will be divine - it was an amazing day, it is a remote spot and only one other group of people were there - and I happened to know them from a freedom group I'm involved with. Boxing day was bucketing down as we drove down to the city to spend the day with my sister and brother in law - it was torrential as we headed towards Babinda boulders, at points it was hard to see a meter in front of the car as we were driving and even I was thinking... Hmm maybe we should try tomorrow. Nope. Best day ever - and I was floating around in the water gas bagging with this lady for ages and her daughter was getting on beautifully with my son, she was talking about how she grew up up here but lived down in south qld now, but tried to come up here once every yr or two, she started rattling off some significant events that happened up here in the 80s, and I said wait a minute... Did you know the Avdill girls... She said omg I haven't heard that surname in so long... I'm Tracy... Who are you !? So amazing we hadn't seen eachother in around 32 years - we had been neighbors as kids - and there we were watching our kids playing together and swimming just like we had so many times. We stayed swimming and catching up till 7pm. We don't let the weather dictate our lives we embrace it, it's beautiful in all its faces = you miss out on too much if you wait for things to be perfect.
Tuatha, what an inspiration you are. I so loved reading this, your adventurous spirit is so amazing and I'm sure something that your kids adore about you. Thank you for sharing this I really loved reading it. Never again will I use the weather as an excuse! X
I loved this video. I loved all your tips....ebracing the weather I completely need to work on this!!! Setting goals and putting in place things to make those goals achievable. I loved you said there is a Wishlist and a goals list I needed this reminder!! especially the first point,.. We all need to work on being content with our lives and choices and children instead of chasing what everyone else is doing,.. there will be a zero chance you will be happy otherwise.. I was just having a really tough few weeks around this particular subject. Im a cave women, a bit of an introvert, I don't have social media,.. and when you don't have it, it opens your eyes to what it can do to some people,.. Kind of like taking a step back and looking from the outside in.. When your in a group gathering and hear other mothers "Did you see where she went on her holiday,.. omg didn't she just come back from QLD and she went again!! Did you see what her husband bought her!" I don't have anything to add to the convo.. Who cares! You feel ick like what a waste of my time that would be, It is a godsend to have a circle of parents you can be around,.. they DONT need to be a carbon copy of you and your family life,.. just confident enough in their own choices that they can accept you and your choices and you can do they same, not constantly comparing... I have a large family very closely spaced children,.. I have a couple of friends and they have a small family, but these mothers are happy with their choices and I am happy with mine we feel at ease and happy in each others company.. I would have old friends' interject into conversations "Do you know why I chose to have one and why you chose to have many... its because (.....) Um what is it my business for you to justify your choices to me, I don't own you, its your life !! Its not a competition,..Don't worry if your load is enough for you then you see someone else with "A bigger load" and then tell yourself you are not competent because you couldn't possibly see yourself coping in 'her shoes'. So what you are you and she is she,.. you do not need to do what she does, you don't even know what people really go through or what support they have, even if they 'can do it all' with no support, wow that's amazing and move on like I said you are you and she is she everyone has their own blessings, struggles, problems etc etc all new year and Christmas family catchups we've been having lately since coming out of lockdown I have found as time goes on conversations with some friends and family has got an interrogation/interview feel. It feels as time passes parenting confidence is going down hill, now a days most of us aren't living in the moment and as content as we can be, and we need to wheel it in and cut it out
@@HinterlifeHomeschool recently I came across this interview Georgie Gardener done while she was on the today show (I usually detest morning shows lol) it was with a magnificent man dedicated to the well-being project it was called 'Raising reselient kids' but I learnt so much for myself,... its worth taking a look on CZcams for it... life in the 'developed' world is wonderful as we have so much resources and emanates, general needs met however too many wants, mental health can often go down- first world problems and overload of our brains can have a negative impact in cases....
I love that you talked about connecting with your kids. As a homeschool mom I'm with my kids all the time, but that doesn't necessarily mean that we have connected on a regular basis. Just taking that time to be with them, without school or other things but because we genuinely want to spend time with them means so much. ❤️
I'm so glad Summer! That is probably the most dear to my heart, when we have that connection, everything is better!
Yep we live way up north in the rainforest and mountains, if you don't embrace the weather you wouldn't get to do anything - my youngest sons favorite place to be is Lake Eacham, we've been swimming and adventuring at some other areas lately so I promised we would go swimming there yesterday no matter what - we stayed and swam through a thunderstorm until 6 pm. The water up here is often freezing, but magically when it's raining the water warms up, the sky puts on a dazzling display that you are physically part of. The other bonus is that all the normal people leave... Because they don't want to get wet - and that leaves all us strange and weird ones to enjoy the perfection on display.
My youngest really wanted to have a picnic and swim for xmass - my older adult kids really wanted to go 4x4 driving. I spent all day xmass eve cooking = my older 4 have partners, so that's a lot of food, on the day when we were at my oldests place, waiting for my daughter and her partner to turn up it started pouring, and not long after I found my youngest crying - my daughter in law had told him we wouldn't be able to go now - I said of course we are going, the track will be extra bumpy, there's a roof out there we can eat under, and the water will be divine - it was an amazing day, it is a remote spot and only one other group of people were there - and I happened to know them from a freedom group I'm involved with.
Boxing day was bucketing down as we drove down to the city to spend the day with my sister and brother in law - it was torrential as we headed towards Babinda boulders, at points it was hard to see a meter in front of the car as we were driving and even I was thinking... Hmm maybe we should try tomorrow. Nope. Best day ever - and I was floating around in the water gas bagging with this lady for ages and her daughter was getting on beautifully with my son, she was talking about how she grew up up here but lived down in south qld now, but tried to come up here once every yr or two, she started rattling off some significant events that happened up here in the 80s, and I said wait a minute... Did you know the Avdill girls... She said omg I haven't heard that surname in so long... I'm Tracy... Who are you !? So amazing we hadn't seen eachother in around 32 years - we had been neighbors as kids - and there we were watching our kids playing together and swimming just like we had so many times. We stayed swimming and catching up till 7pm.
We don't let the weather dictate our lives we embrace it, it's beautiful in all its faces = you miss out on too much if you wait for things to be perfect.
Tuatha, what an inspiration you are. I so loved reading this, your adventurous spirit is so amazing and I'm sure something that your kids adore about you. Thank you for sharing this I really loved reading it. Never again will I use the weather as an excuse! X
I loved this video. I loved all your tips....ebracing the weather I completely need to work on this!!! Setting goals and putting in place things to make those goals achievable. I loved you said there is a Wishlist and a goals list I needed this reminder!! especially the first point,.. We all need to work on being content with our lives and choices and children instead of chasing what everyone else is doing,.. there will be a zero chance you will be happy otherwise.. I was just having a really tough few weeks around this particular subject. Im a cave women, a bit of an introvert, I don't have social media,.. and when you don't have it, it opens your eyes to what it can do to some people,.. Kind of like taking a step back and looking from the outside in.. When your in a group gathering and hear other mothers "Did you see where she went on her holiday,.. omg didn't she just come back from QLD and she went again!! Did you see what her husband bought her!" I don't have anything to add to the convo.. Who cares! You feel ick like what a waste of my time that would be, It is a godsend to have a circle of parents you can be around,.. they DONT need to be a carbon copy of you and your family life,.. just confident enough in their own choices that they can accept you and your choices and you can do they same, not constantly comparing... I have a large family very closely spaced children,.. I have a couple of friends and they have a small family, but these mothers are happy with their choices and I am happy with mine we feel at ease and happy in each others company.. I would have old friends' interject into conversations "Do you know why I chose to have one and why you chose to have many... its because (.....) Um what is it my business for you to justify your choices to me, I don't own you, its your life !! Its not a competition,..Don't worry if your load is enough for you then you see someone else with "A bigger load" and then tell yourself you are not competent because you couldn't possibly see yourself coping in 'her shoes'. So what you are you and she is she,.. you do not need to do what she does, you don't even know what people really go through or what support they have, even if they 'can do it all' with no support, wow that's amazing and move on like I said you are you and she is she everyone has their own blessings, struggles, problems etc etc all new year and Christmas family catchups we've been having lately since coming out of lockdown I have found as time goes on conversations with some friends and family has got an interrogation/interview feel. It feels as time passes parenting confidence is going down hill, now a days most of us aren't living in the moment and as content as we can be, and we need to wheel it in and cut it out
Oh my gosh Diana, I could not agree more! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and for watching!
@@HinterlifeHomeschool recently I came across this interview Georgie Gardener done while she was on the today show (I usually detest morning shows lol) it was with a magnificent man dedicated to the well-being project it was called 'Raising reselient kids' but I learnt so much for myself,... its worth taking a look on CZcams for it... life in the 'developed' world is wonderful as we have so much resources and emanates, general needs met however too many wants, mental health can often go down- first world problems and overload of our brains can have a negative impact in cases....
@@livebygodscommands7613 That's sounds interesting thank you for the tip I'll go check it out!
These are such great tips! 😊
Thank you so much! I’m happy found them helpful, thanks for watching!