Why homemakers aren’t content
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I’m 63. I sure do miss the days of having a house full of children, cooking non stop, and sleeping hard at night. Now I have more time to keep things super organized and tidy. More time to explore new crafts. Rearranging my furniture instead of buying new. Enjoy every minute. Time FLIES!!!
Me too my friend.
It flies faster than I can keep up with! Smiles
Same here. I’m 65 and I miss cooking for all my boys. When they were all still at home of course there were times when I wanted to stay in bed a little longer or when supper didn’t come out right. Times when the thought of cleaning up yet another mess or a diaper that exploded right when I was finally ready to get everyone loaded into the car would bring me to the verge of tears. I reminded myself then that those days, both good and bad would be behind me sooner than I could imagine and I would miss all of it, which has come to pass. (Ok, I don’t miss poopy diapers.) Sometimes when you’re in the middle of one of those days you have to remind yourself that it’s character building. 😅
Amen!
@@Graceking7632 and deep into raising 5 kids. Kind of looking forward to my 60s 😅
"Get your kids to come back?!" If I were you kid I'd never LEAVE!!!!!
I always remind myself through the cooking, cleaning, farming and homeschooling…that I GET to do this. It’s a mental game changer.
I am 72 , Hubby is 73 and every Friday is “ our date day”. We always do something a little different and special from the rest of the days. We are still madly in love and we both look forward to our “ special” day. It’s the very simple things we do that are the most enjoyable.
Love that! Thanks for sharing.
My kids r 40 36 33 and still come home every Saturdaynight for supper❤
My oldest turns 33 next month and my youngest is 20. We have Family Dinner on Sunday once a month. Where does the time go? 😮😢
What a blessing! I could only pray mine do that.
This is Wonderful..you are blessed...I would love that..
That is my prayer for my four kids one day. That is my test of successful parenting.
Love this :)
This is so True! We were not created to know about Everything Everywhere…. We Need to pay more Attention to Our Own Lives & our Loved Ones 😎
I got off FB after the birth of my second child (now expecting #8!). More than just something for me, it was a gift to my children. It was a gift of my time and attention, setting my priorities intentionally, making sure the kids aren’t just interruptions to the FB never ending scroll. But the part I think they appreciate, is their childhoods remained private and protected. It was a struggle to retrain my brain and break some habits, but I’ve never regretted it.
My oldest turned 18 in May and my youngest is almost 7. Parenting has changed so much since the 2000s. It’s wild.
My youngest is 33 and my oldest and still in shock that he's 40!.Things are way different since the 90's too. I homemake my home for God.
I got married in 1985 at age 22. I miss the days of no technology. Life was busy, but slower. I had more time to clean, organize, craft, cook, all the things I love. In the mid 90’s I started working full time, but cellphones still weren’t a thing. Then the 2000’s came and my job required that I have a smartphone with me at all times. It still does. I am overwhelmed. I just want to slow down again, now that I’m 61, but i have to keep working. So now I’m addicted to CZcams videos. I need to cut way way back, and concentrate on me and my home again. Thank you for reminding me of simpler times. It’s so nice to hear that as a younger person you feel this too and recognize it. I love that you appreciate your home and family and that you love it. ❤
“We are getting robbed of our peace of mind” YES. This video so perfectly summed up exactly how I’ve been feeling thank you, I needed this
I just have to laugh! I saw you Lisa, without losing a beat, just take that utensil out of your sons hand as he just got it out of the drawer! Now that’s a momma , one of our multitasking,mom sees everything superpowers!!! 😆 I loved it!!!
You are such a wonderful mom, wife and woman. And yes, we have lost the ability to relax and enjoy our lives. To enjoy our families,extended included! To be thankful for the slower moving, easygoing pace. Music is a blessing! You are definitely an encouragement to me . I must tell you, I have grown to love you and I pray God will continue to bless you and I would call it, your ministry. 😊❤
“Humans are meant to create, and not just consume…”
I left social media about 3 years ago… no regrets 🙌🏻
This was fantastic! Thank you for addressing this topic. CZcams is the only social media I engage with. I can't imagine spending endless hours scrolling on Facebook, Instagram or TikTok.
As a momma for the past 20 years (10 kiddos later), you are 100% correct. Things have changed so much, yet I realize I've just become more old-fashioned as time went on. ♥ Thankfully, my grown girls have embraced the lifestyle and are going to end up a million times better than me. Isn't that always the hope? 🤗
Send one of those grown girls my way!
This sounds disturbing/ creepy @@OutstandingCitizen
This really got me thinking
Well job done, from another momma!
I get it. I have 3 under 5. And I'm 37. I think I would have had way more energy to keep up with them in my early twenties .. and then I'd have a few extra hands around here now. It's the way it was meant to be.
This hits on exactly how i feel! I was just telling my friend that i was not made to know so much. I cannot mentally handle taking care of my families needs and all that entails/homeschooling/working part time/all the worlds conflicts/all the opinions of content creators and then getting pulled into the comment fights/trying to enjoy time to myself etc etc. my real life circle is small and often i feel like i use social media to fill it in, but in general it just makes me feel unfulfilled or pushed me to consume more social media or the “must have” product the push. I scroll when i should read or get something done. I scroll when i should be resting! Its just so hard and addicting. And i hate it. Sorry for the rambling 😂
We have family dinner at my mother in laws house every Monday. My son just graduated high school moving away to college in a month and I’m beginning to realize what a treasure it is to have your kids CHOOSE to spend time with you. I only hope to be so lucky!
Contentment…..one of my favorite words. Seek it, choose it and enjoy it. 💜
When I take my little grandchildren to the park, nothing makes me sadder than seeing young mothers ignoring their children while glued to their phones. They barely look up from the screens. It breaks my heart.
You are %100 right. I live in a city and I see parents pushing carriages with one hand and scrolling on the phone with the other. Even when crossing a street! My neighbor has 6 children and whenever their father is watching them outside he's on his phone and texting.
I live in a small IL town of 1200. Same thing at our little park. Children play while mom stares down at her phone.
I used to think that too but we never truly know what somebody else's life looks like. For some people, that is the only spare moment in their day when they can text back a long distance friend or family member, order groceries online, book a doctors appointment, complete school enrolments, pay bills, research the best 'xyz' for my kids, healthy recipes, run their online business, etc. Smart phones can be bad but they can also be good. In this day and age we experience enough 'parent guilt' as it is, let's try to practice compassion more. 💙
@@lani3664Somehow those things all happened before smart phones and they can happen again without them.
My homemaking changed when I watched the video ,"When there's not enough time to get it all done". During that video I realized I watch and look for short cuts to help me get it all done and that was robbing me of valuable time to love my home and my family. I now have 2 CZcamsrs I watch and one is Farmhouse On Boone. I love everything about Lisa's content and I'm refreshed and look forward to serving my family afterwards. I'm a Grandmother now and Homemaking was always so easy and rewarding before the Computers and Smart phones came along. I have a nice refreshing drink and sit down to watch Lisa. If there's not a new video out, I'm GOOD, I watch " When there's not enough time to get it all done again'. I've continued to realize each week through going along with your day and cooking that I raised 4 children and many others kids throughout my early years without having to have every other persons tips, tricks etc. Lisa I love your personality and Videos, even the music( that makes your videos so enjoyable for me. I love that you and Luke make time to stay in Love and enjoy your family. I continue to be encouraged every week.❤
You make some excellent points! My grandparents read the newspaper and then went about their day. They were much happier working around the house and visiting with family and friends. Lots of laughter. What a beautiful family you have! Precious, precious children!
I am 63 and remember when I was younger we went outside to play with the kids on the block. We knew how to entertain ourselves. We had imagination, sure we watched tv, but it was fun playing outside. Plus it gave mom a break when we ran around outside. Kids today have too much electronics and it is a different world.
I remember those days. The only time my mom saw me in the summer was when she yelled out the door "dinner time". I played all day long with all the kids on the block and rode my bike everywhere. Times have changed especially here in the city where you can't really just send your kids out alone anymore. My husband and I both worked full time so we sent our kids to day camp during the summer which was not cheap. I loved those days of board games, playing stoop ball, hide and seek etc...
A homemaker who isn't content has consumed so much propaganda they don't even know what a good home is.
THIS
Thank you! Feminism is a lie. I’m not saying the right to vote, have a checking account, etc.. This go out of the home to work, letting someone else raise your kids, and then still have to come home and do it all is bull. Staying home is bliss. Raising your kids is bliss. Nothing better. Homemaking is bliss. 💕💕💕
Oh so much this. But you know what, I didn’t even know how. It took me the better part of a decade to find purpose in all the tiny tasks. To think of my work of something worthy. I didn’t know anyone who was a homemaker.
I truly find purpose and contentment in caring for my family and our home.
@@Buff19 I know. Me, too. And today, in some circles I can feel shamed and ridiculed for not having a job outside the home and a retirement check. Sometimes I lie and say I’m retired. I am tired - a tired grandma. 😂 But I’m not caring what other women say now just because they were sold and bought the bull. I’m proud. I love my home. I love my garden and the food I grow and preserve to feed myself and my family. Being a wife, mom, and grandma is my life and work.💕
@@annijohnson6210 God bless u
I have a 15, and 11 year old and now 9 month old Twins. It is so different than when my oldest was little.
Your channel is one of my favorites! So peaceful and encouraging. Thank you! ❤
I hope that many young homemakers are encouraged and challenged by your words today! I thought back to a time when my two were young and we did everything for “free-ninety-nine!” I used my son’s wagon and I’d pull them to the library, to the park for a picnic, to the yearly dance festival in our town, and so much more! It only required effort to just do it. That was over thirty-five years ago! I miss those days of sandboxes, homemade tents, dress up and jello jigglers. I hold those memories fiercely. Being a mother/homemaker is the most honorable gift and it flies by too fast. I appreciate your gentle reminders to us all. You and your sisters’ channels are a few great reasons for modern day technology that are a blessing in my life! Thank you, thank you! 🙏🏻🙌🏻🥰 Those berry crepes look gourmet worthy! Yum!
What sweet memories...thank you for sharing with us!
My oldest is almost 30 and my youngest is 6. In 1995 there wasn't even any internet where my youngest was born in 2018. The difference is insane. I feel like the internet in early 2000 was super helpful but now I think it does more harm than good. It would have been better if we'd never put it on our phones.
10 children 28 thru just turned 5 -Life has changed so, so much and so very rapidly! Loved the slow days of only littles at home walking everywhere -the library and parks. So the same! It was SO simple. Then the years of homeschooling ( which we are still in) and then the teens and young adults and now marrieds with children of their own.....So much change in our home and in the world. I rarely read the news anymore or try to follow a whole bunch of 'friends' on social media. There is so much in my own home and extended family, gardens, animals, and neighborhood that keep our life full and beautiful that extra just becomes overwhelming. I just pray for ,and take my peace about, alllll the crazy and tragedies I hear about anyway. May all of your homes and lives continue to prosper with the peace of God ruling in your hearts as you put one foot in front of the other and do life with joy as only He can give.❤
This is good advice and soooo true! I try to remember- that God works in our 'real life'. God has put those people in our life, and those are the relationships God wants us to invest in, or those are the people we should pray for. We can of course also pray for the things not in our lives- absolutely! I'm just saying we do not have to deliberately seek that out, with overconsumption of social media, news etc. we should not be so self minded. But we also need to be aware that this IS what God has given you to care for, to foster.
Thank you for sharing! I loved how the boys were following you around the yard and garden. It made me smile by reminding me of a mother hen and her chicks going and stopping right behind her. 😊
This was an increadible upload. Amazing, how you still grow inside - such thoughts. Love from Germany 😘
Imagin how we Moms whos children are 40, 42 and 44 think/feel!
I have such a hard time with house envy. I’m 44 and disabled on a fixed SSD income so I’m a life long apartment renter. I know if I had a home not attached to others with a back yard I’d be so content. I am always grateful for all I do have including access to local food banks so I try to make the best of everything on my plate mentally, physically and literally.
Can you volunteer at a community garden, library, or church? I find volunteering if able, so enriching.
Can you apply to move to public housing in a small town? Some smaller towns have units that have little yards or areas for a community garden. Or maybe join a church or a center that has a community garden. I wish you peace and contentment
@@dianewhitmire I volunteer 😊 relay for life.
@@marywiggins7411 thank you 😊 I don’t qualify for help but that’s ok. It just means someone who has less needs more I 🤍 it’s more a bout of home envy I have could always be worse.
Spot on! I've always wondered why i felt compelled to stay in social media constantly and felt so ashamed. And it's the community aspect I'm missing out on. Thank you for this video. ❤
Thank you for on going wholesome teaching and living. 😊
My kids are adults and spread across the US. I only see them occasionally. My husband has PTSD so their visits unnerve him a bit. I tell him when they are here it’s like filling my empty gas tank as full of gas as it can get!❤
Thanks Lisa your videos are calm and comforting to me ❣️
I’m sorry you only see them occasionally. Some of my kids are spread far and wide and I only see them very occasionally, however, I do have some that still live close. I instigated a family game night last year and it has turned out to be a fun thing that the close ones seem to want to come home for. I wonder if you could do some sort of yearly or every 6 months type of old home week to encourage them to come home for?
I’m entering a new chapter of motherhood, both my kids are now school aged so both will be gone during the day. I’ve been a SAHM/WFHM since they’ve been born and on one hand I’m looking forward to all of the work I can get done while they’re away but I’m also mourning that baby/toddler stage. Your page has been such an encouragement for me on many hard days and I love how you share things you do with the older kids and younger ones. My daughter and I watched the video where your daughter made you a dress and it inspired us to sew some Barbie clothes that evening together.
Also wanted to add that I’ve been social media free (except for CZcams) for a year and a half now and I’m soooo glad I made the switch. I don’t miss anything about it other than engagement and pregnancy announcements. But I’ve become so much more present with my family since I gave it up. I HIGHLY recommend it, even if it’s just a break every now and then. ❤
How about homeschooling?
❤❤❤❤ this vid felt nostalgic for me looking back 15 yrs myself to when my oldest was a baby, time has flown by and ur right things have changed so much
Homemaking and parenting has changed over the years. I have 6 children, I had 3 in my twenties, 2 in my thirties and one in my forties, I must admit it seemed a lot simpler and less pressured with my first three, social media didn’t even exist then.
Sharing my feelings I couldn’t put into words myself this morning Lisa! This is so encouraging and inspiring even for a mama of littles 🥰
I think your advice about "recharging" is so needed is this day and age. I am watching this after the Presidential debate and so needed to see normalcy, love and calm today. We do spend too much time worrying about, not only the U.S., but the world and are on media overload. Thank you for being the calm in the storm. ❤
I really like your page and commentary because your life is more realistic. There are so many pages out here who try to tell us how we should be or what being a home maker should look like… but you don’t do that. And you incorporate your children in your content. As someone who works outside the home, I still connect with you. And you often address real things or struggles that come up and ways that you solved them. Thank you so much.
I think we are freely giving up our peace of mind, not necessarily being robbed of it. A small difference that ends in the same place, but puts the ownership on us to take hope of our lives ♥️.
Thank you for sharing this!
I want that for my kids to come back, I have a 22, 18, 13. We did lots of things with them as they grew up, My young adults are so out and about on their own, and I feel I barely see them. They have jobs and girlfriends and friends, but im hoping they come home more when they get settled into their own routines in their lives
GREAT video Lisa. I really look up to you and learn so much from your channel thank you❤❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤❤❤ I will also be 40 in 2 years!
When I had my son, we didn’t even think about having a registry. We just told our friends what we needed or wanted. I am always so amazed at all the new things and the prices of them.
Great video! The lack of starting and stopping cues rang true for me. Thank you
What a gift you are to the internet Lisa!!!🥹 I’m literally crying 1/2 way into your video…thank you for sharing your heart and motherhood journey with us 🥹🙏🏻
May God continue to pour out his blessing on you and your family. This kind of honest truthful post is so needed! It epitomizes godliness with contentment is great gain!! 1 Timothy 6:6
I am one of your followers who is 60 years old. I had my 3rd child when my first two were teenagers at 15 and 12. I now also have grandchildren who are 7, 6 and 3, and another coming in Sept, so I know exactly what you mean about the changes that take place in society.
I wish we could go back to the days before social media when having little children revolved around the stroller and going to the park, library reading hours, baking in the house and reading books before afternoon naps, among other things.
I've asked you so many times where you get all your energy from and today you revealed your source. Yeah! I was QUICK to order for both my husband and myself. Thank you so much for sharing! I do pray that I am regenerated so that I can get back to doing all those wonderful things I love to do. I don't have children living with us, they are all grown and have children of their own, but I do have a rather large garden, chickens, and several acres of land to tend to, while still maintaining our home. And I've noticed the older I got the more my energy was zapped. NO MORE!!! Thanks Lisa.
I sure do enjoy your videos. You are such a capable homemaker. My oldest daughter is your age and childless by choice. I lost both of my sisters to suicide decades ago and I sure miss them. Today and made an apple pie, two butternut squash pies (with my homegrown squash), a triple batch of strawberry jam (from my homegrown strawberries), and made up a bunch of pie crusts to have on hand in the freezer. I have a large, organic garden in the mountains of Ecuador. My youngest child is still at home and I am enjoying having two small grandchildren.
You definitely gave us food for thought. Personally I am not on FB, Twitter, or Instagram and I am the exception to the rule. I recently visited for a few days with my childhood friend of 61 years (70 now) and she is glued to her tablet and scrolling the minute she sits down. I decided this time I would say something to her. So I told her I didn't come to spend time watching her scrolling looking at what other people were doing when I was right in front of her. She stopped, but I'm sure the minute she went to bed she was on Facebook scrolling. It's like an addiction. You have a wonderful family and extended family which guarantee's there will be plenty of kids around. I've been watching your sister's channel and she is just so sweet.
This was so timely and so important to talk about! I’ve been loving the format of your videos the past couple months, thank you!! ❤
Everyone is born to be a mother, but not everyone knows how to be a mother. and you are one of them. I could be a mother, but I have not known how to be a good mother. sadly it is my reality. congratulations on being a great mom!❤❤❤❤❤❤ hello frome Atlanta Ga.😊
Agree with everything but also isolation. Many moms of my generation are dealing with having children and not having a community or freinds or even family to engage with often. We often turn to our phones for socialization which is never enough. We need human interaction. It’s so hard these days to make friends these days because of how polarized this country is.
We didn’t have family or friends over but rarely. We talked on phn some, but never for long. Getting together to spend the day and kids playing together was a big treat. We started the crockpot before we left and shared lunch there.
Many of us had to get the car for the day to do anything. One car family.
We weren’t isolated. We were working at home loving our family
Without cable tv either lol let alone internet.
Ur human interaction is right there with u, living in ur house
Ur creating ur interaction with each new baby u birth
And ur husband is ur best friend who comes home after work and doesn’t run off on wkends
@@YeshuaKingMessiah that sounds nice I’m glad that’s how it worked out for you. 🙂
I don’t think there will ever be a time when your children don’t return home ! You are an amazing mom and I feel sure your husband is as well! Most children aren’t as blessed to have a home to come back to ❤.
I have children ranging from 18 to 3, and it is overwhelming how much and how quickly parenting has changed over the years. I loved that podcast episode and have the "Opt Out Family" in my audible library!! I can't wait to read it! God Bless you for always sharing your heart and truth ❤. You are so encouraging! I also love watching your videos because they are just so simple, peaceful, and inspiring.
“As homemakers we can give our peace of mind over to an algorithm that is designed to keep us entangled”. Ah. Such good and true words. Thank you for this message.
Mom of 13 years here, I totally agree Lisa❤
It makes sense to me now, when you explain it about wanting your kids to come home after they grow up. Mine don't, which breaks my heart. I have three children, one is my son-in-law and I have two grandchildren, which is all I will ever have. I rarely see any of them anymore and often wonder where I went wrong. I was a single working mother with little time or energy for socializing or creating that party "vibe" at home, so it makes sense now. I didn't fail...I did the best I could. Many other factors led to the aloneness in my life but realizing that because of circumstances beyond my control it was out of my hands as a young mom. Thanks for the insight Lisa it helps a lot moving forward...and throwing parties!!! 😉
I enjoyed getting to meet you at the homesteading conference, Lisa! Thank you for your encouragement in homemaking and mothering.
I so agree with all you have shared
in this video.....I am encouraged by you!!!❤ God bless you😊
I enjoy your calming voice, as you share your actives with us. I am 74 and I enjoying watching how you young mons are taking on the world and teaching your families to to take care of life .These skills are slowing being lost to the world......
I so enjoyed seeing you today at the Midern Homesteading Conference in Idaho. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion with us!!
I have taken a step back from social media the past week and it is amazing how normal i feel again. No comparison, no FOMO, and so much more present. I know i won't ditch it completely, but I sure did need a detox!
It's important to remember to use SM as a tool, not a crutch.
I loved your video this week. I’m 59 and my children are all adults with spouses and lives. I am so lucky that they all live relatively near and come over for Sunday dinner nearly every week. I hope that continues and that I will be graced with grandchildren some day. I never thought about the FOMO angle, but they totally echoed that when I brought it up to them! 😂. It was very validating and I know that you are doing all the right things to create that for yourself as your kids move forward. ❤
Dear Lisa, your observations are thoughtful and accurate. Beyond God, family is all we have; our treasure. With family we have all we need. If we lived our whole lives without social media, but have a loving family, we need nothing more, we are complete. Father God bless these, your children, IJN ✝
Lisa,
I appreciate you, your homemaking, your insights, decorating ideas… I love the sincerity in these vlogs. I’ve been watching since before you moved to this lovely homestead. I loved tue farmhouse -(on Boone).. sweet simple ideas, flowers, recipes..waiting for baby, baby clothes, your amazing baby carriers, and also meals.
Idk how we can preserve these earlier times , but thank you for the walk down memory lane.
I agree with you 100%.
That was a beautiful dress your daughter was wearing. The cobbler looked yummy! Our family gets together every Sunday after church. Our two grown daughters and their families, all thirteen of us! I love it! Praying that your children will do the same! God bless your precious family! 😀❤️🙏🏻
Such good conversation… I love your wisdom and thoughts on motherhood. What a neat idea to take an internet algorithm and apply it to your family! As a mom to 4 kids 26-17, I’m so blessed to have them all come home for dinners and just to visit. It’s so important to have a strong family bond!
Love it! We thank God that our grown kids love coming over. When they had lived out of state for a while, each share how emotional they got as they came back down the driveway 🥹
amen!!!
Great video . My oldest is 36 and youngest 29 so things were soo different and better in a way. Things were simple and I never knew I was missing anything . Now being older and having medical issues I spend more time on my phone than i should. You’ve given me a lot to think about.
Thank you Lisa for all of this really good information. You’re right, it’s so easy to get sucked into social media. I enjoy several videos and I do feel like I’m getting behind if I don’t watch everyday. Thanks for the encouragement to lessen my social media time and enjoy more home time. I do enjoy following your videos and watching your children grow as well as your recipes and home projects. Hope your family is having a nice Summer.
Your videos always make a great point at the end, and I enjoy them so much. And I must say your podcatst chanel is fave of mine. When I want to relax, I allways find peace listening to your podcats. Great job Lisa!
You are truly a breath of fresh air. I love your easy style.
My eldest will be 16 soon and I’m pregnant with number four. I certainly agree that things have changed so much over the years!
I always enjoy living vicariously through your videos!
What a beautiful video, thank you for voicing some of the things we're all thinking about
I was lucky enough to be a stay-at-home Mom when my kids were youngsters, and we could have our meals together sitting at the dining room table. It was there that we exchanged thoughts and views along with worthy discussions. What I see now in society, is Mom's having to get a job to supplement the household income so they can have a roof over their head and food on the table. The cost of living is so high, staying at home is not an option anymore for many.
Thank you for encouraging mommas ❤😊
Thank you for this reminder. It’s just confirmation of what I’m needing to do in my life. ❤love your videos.
This was the best, I miss those days where it was simple but love my grandkids coming over
I’m currently in the learning to be a homemaker and walk all over town and to the library with the stroller phase. I do fine loneliness and boredom to be quite a big challenge but I enjoy spending time with my 1 year old and feel blessed to be able to stay at home with her.
Same boat here! My daughter is also 1 and I try to live in the state of being grateful because I know that if I was doing anything else I would be longing to do this, but it's so hard sometimes when you just need 20 minutes to lay down and not be bothered 😂
@@heather6404 yes haha. I just to be a horse trainer. I wish I had more time to start a few colts this year but I do t have time. I think longing for what I had before makes it hard for me to be grateful for what I have now but I’m very lucky to have a husband that can financially support my being a full time mom. I do t want anyone else raising my babies
This is so inspirational in SO many ways!
Your daughter's berry cobbler looked so delicious!! I just love watching and gleaning a more simple idea on how to do life.
I must say, your videos are calming for me…not loud or obnoxious in any way.
As a parent to teenagers as well as toddlers I think about this alot! Love the concept of having things happening all the time ❤
Great commentary. I left social media about 4yrs ago and my life has only improved. I like to watch CZcams like this, but spend lots of time in what I call The Analog World
I want you to know you are my favorite here on utube..I am going to be 67 this year..we think so much alike..you do such a great Mom job..such wisdom..even tho Im older and my daughters are grown I share alot of the same ideas and thoughts as you...thankyou for sharing this today..God bless you in every way..
Thank you so much!!
My kids are grown and gone but my mindset is still get my chores done and I must accomplish something each day. Iam a retired 66 year old lady trying to spend more time in my yard and be happy with it. Just bought and planted more flowers this year and a few pepper plants. I enjoy your channel because it was how I was raised in the suburbs. We had a big garden and my Mom canned and put of food for a family of 6. Thabkyou
Love that!
Yes, I know exactly what you’re talking about! My daughter and son are 15 1/2 years age difference. Two totally different upbringings, with my daughter I was suddenly a single mom when she turned four years old. I always tried to keep it normal, or what she was used to as best as I could. Evenings and weekends were our quality time together.
My son ( from my second and present marriage) were a different ballgame. I was a stay at home mom, plus I moved to England, having come from Maryland, moving to a different country was a social change as well. I think living in a rural area has helped immensely, simpler way of life, less of hustle and bustle way of life by at least 10 years.
With my daughter, unfortunately, I had to go back to work and as I said in the beginning of the comments, tried to give her the quality of time as I could. I found I was made to feel like supermom, being pulled in so many directions. Thank heavens my daughter was resilient and loving, we have such a lovely relationship, as well.
As I said with my son, I was a stay at home mom until he was 4 years old and I started a part time job as a nursery school assistant. Perfect hours, had off when he did, plus it was next door to his elementary school. I would go with him to shops, libraries and swimming and especially for walks ( we have three commons ( walking trails surrounded by woods ) in my village.
Fortunately, with my son, I wasn’t pulled in every conceivable direction going, wasn’t belittled for being a stay at home mom, like I was when I had to go back to work when my daughter was little, after being a stay at home mom for four years. What used to get my goat, what full time job did you do, said I stayed at home and raising my daughter! The amount of times I heard, that’s not real work, or a proper job! That’s when I walked out on the interview!
Anyway, I know exactly what you mean and like yourself, I’m still a work in progress, I guess I tell myself, pick and choose my battles and find some me time, even if it’s ten minutes to just chill. I find myself more chilled and not so much of an overload!
Thank you, Lisa!!
I love the bagel recipe! I first made it about a month ago and have been obsessively making bagels ever since. I just pulled a batch of beetroot ones from the oven. I've made so many different flavours and toppings already!
Very good reminder of personal growth and time management. Refreshing video. Always enjoy your content.
This was so good! Your dishes look so yummy! I love your blog and that why I started my sourdough journey.😊 I love homemaking-it's God's blessing. I agree that we have to do more disconnecting and slow down. Being present in the moments with God, family, and friends.
I got Erin’s book on Audible after your interview with her. I haven’t started it yet because I’m trying to finish one I already started and I have a bad habit of starting a new one I’m excited about before I finish previous ones so I have about 4 started and unfinished right now. lol I’m currently in a season of being the project manager while we build our home on our two acres and start our little farm, so unfortunately I’m interacting with my phone a LOT, but in the next season when this one is complete, I’m wholeheartedly desiring to do a media fast for awhile and pray about what (if anything) I want to add back. Also, the dress your daughter is wearing while she mixes the berries is ADORABLE! I so appreciate that you don’t put your kids faces in your videos very often at all. Have a wonderful weekend!
I'm reading The Opt Out Family. It's very thought provoking. I don't have children, but I'm definitely going to be passing it on ☺️
Your daughter’s green sprig dress is adorable!!
You are so ON POINT here...!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
In 2020 I quit FB, the only social media I used, and I don't miss it at all. Now I do have certain people I watch on You tube, but I only allow myself to go on one day a week and catch up on them. My favorite pastimes are able to be enjoyed with me in the moment and not distracted by something else.