Single, no children, never married, Swiss, former project manager for social projects in Africa, now recovering from long covid the past 15 months. My world is very small as I’m housebound at the moment. Your podcast entertains me and makes me feel like I got to „travel“ and discover new „worlds“ from the comfort of my bed. TY ❤ for the laughter, encouragement, inspiration despite our very different walks of life.
Married with one son, Canadian but living in France. My son returned to Canada to study last September, so I'm truly an empty-nester. I've become a homemaker, after a long career in Canada as a law librarian - huge difference. Moved from city to countryside. Still figuring it all out 9 years later. I love your podcast, as you show me a whole other lifestyle, and you remind me of the Mennonites in Kitchener-Waterloo, and those I have worked with in the past. You've also reminded me, in my secular country, that God is still here.
I love how God creates us all so differently... I've been a mom for almost 14 years, and never have I ever had the luxury of being in a position where I was worried about wasting time! The job literally never stops, and I'm SO tired. I WISH I had as much energy as the two of you have! 😂 God bless you ladies ❤
I love the idea redefining who you are/what you do with your time. In a year & a half my youngest will be in kindergarten and I’ve been thinking a lot about how I want to spend my time. When my twins were little, my neighbors were grandmas that served me so much and I want to be just like them. What Jana said about the being the one they can call when they need anything really resonates with me. I’m the mom of 8 and I’ve spent the last 19yrs devotion it my time to my kids and love it. Yes, there are so many hard things with kids, and a lot of behavior issues right now, but this is the life my husband and i dreamed of!
Christian, Wife of 46 years, Mother of three adult girls, Gnomie (grandma) to four grandchildren. Retired nurse. More than three words~not always a rule follower! Today we bought our next home, hopefully our last home, a Villa. 💛 Megan, you are WAY too hard on yourself! Give yourself time to recover from your pregnancy and birth and your rebirth as a mom of four. You do not need to be superwoman. Lean on the Lord, sweet mama. 💛 Love your new ministry, Jayna! Can’t wait to hear updates. 💛 It’s the same in our area of Missouri~married at Bride’s home church and then go wherever the man takes you or you jointly decide to go together, of course! Usually the man’s place. 💛 My dad always called my mom a “scrubby Dutch” because she was always being ‘productive’. I inherited that from her, too. I’m telling you…learn to NOT be that way. It is important to NOT get your worth from what you do and that you’re able to rest, even though there are still things that “need doin’”. For Megan, Jayna and all over-achievers! p.s. meant no offense by my term for Dutch, it was said by my father. p.p.s. Can’t wait until next week!
Married 24 years in May, I’m a homemaker/homeschool teacher, & have three children, ages 21, 18, & 13. I’m very involved with the women’s prayer group at my church & I help in the preschool class one Sunday & Wednesday every month.
I am French, my husband is Italian, we live in England and I am a Spanish teacher. Have been for 30 years and love it. Not a believer and not a mum but love your videos. ❤
Christian,Happily married for six years and counting, homemaker, full time university student in medical physics. We live in the Netherlands and we met when we were both working in the same fish factory. Bought our house when I was 18, saved more money to remodel, got married when I was 20, got back to school to study 2 months after we got married. had to start somewhere near the bottom, but I'll recieve my bachelors degree in 3 months from now, so we're getting there. The reason I went back to school is that I really felt in my heart that that was where i should go to use my talents. so although not a traditional route, to us, it is the route that God has planned for us, and so we are taking it, even if it means that some christians wont understand why we didnt take the ''get married-have kids-route.'' (as if recieving children is a guarantee)
Full-time in Children's Ministry, part-time baker, and Bible school student. Also, a single homemaker for myself and my sister with whom I live. It isn't traditional, but I find a lot of joy and fulfillment in my style of simple homemaking for the two of us. Love your videos. They are so fun to watch and I always come away with something to think about.
Wife, mama of 5, homemaker, and homeschooler. I love your conversations! Megan, just as an encouragement… I had several stressful pregnancies, miscarriage with my first, 2nd was a twin pregnancy and we lost one at 21 weeks then bed rest till a month from my due date. The next was drama free and then another twin pregnancy when our oldest was 4. Thankfully it went very well other than the constant monitoring and our boy was on oxygen at first. All that to say the emotions you are going through are very understandable! I had so much anxiety after my twins were born. I had a lot of help but so much depends on the Mom and 4 little ones is a lot to juggle! You will eventually get back to normal! Focusing on the truths of God’s promises are so helpful! It was difficult to focus on reading longer passages of scripture but having a verse or two to cling to helped so much. I was single until I was 28 so feeling like my life kind of stopped and I wasn’t doing much to change the world was also a struggle, even though I loved my babies so much! Now that my youngest is 5 I’m surprised at how quickly that baby stage went by!
Married, professor, pregnant lol Side note: can we PLEASE stop saying our husband "babysat" the kids... our husbands shouldn't be babysitting. They're being fathers and raising THEIR children. ❤
I think even non-Mennonite families, traditionally have where the women move from where they live to where their husbands are. My brother's wife moved across the country for my brother nineteen years ago. I am involved in a mom group where several of the woman have moved from other states to live with their husbands (and one is moving across the world for a couple years because of her husband's job). I feel it is rare a man will move to his wife, but it happens sometimes (though I can't think of examples hahaha). I enjoyed the conversation. What I do: Married almost 20 years, 2 teens and a baby, stay-at-home mom, but I am also ten years a resources adviser for a non-profit fighting human trafficking issues. I have run my own photography business (did for 13 years), was a youth leader and Sunday school teacher for ten years, and am a certified life coach (mainly health/wellness and carbon footprint reduction/decluttering). I have a lot of passions and hobbies haha. I homeschooled my two teens until a couple years ago (and worked in retail during that time) and will homeschool again.
Jayna, I’m a substitute teacher and I LOVE it!! I work three days a week and the other two is for my home and family. It’s a flexible job, you’re not tied to a daily schedule as a teacher is, and you can have time to keep your home and family life as much of a priority as you need to. Being a substitute is such a blessing!
Married 57 years this year, mother of four, grandmother to sixteen and great grandmother to two. Have worked in business at different times, but family always came first. Retired now and enjoy my life with my husband traveling and volunteering.
Never married. No kids. But spent 40 yrs as a pediatric nurse. So I had plenty of time with children. Then retired and swung pendulum completely the other way. And I'm now looking after the needs of my 92 yr old father. You never know what God has in store. And He provides the grace for each transition.
Teacher, daughter, dreamer! I moved to central Illinois to teach at a rural Mennonite school this year and have been learning a lot about myself and growing so much in my faith. So fun to listen in on your conversation again!
I am a Gamma to five littles, a wife of over 40 years, and a mamma to two grown men. I just love watching you two girls. We have always wanted to visit Lancaster … maybe one day we will and god willing we may just bump into our favourite Mennonite girls. Jayna I’m thrilled that you are finally able to have some Mommy time and hear that you are enjoying your teaching job. And Megan you are one lucky lady to have four littles now. Love the podcast ladies and can’t wait to watch more!!! God bless you both 💖
Thank you for saying that about simple childhood memories. We may or may not take another vacation, so it's nice to be reminded that it's the everyday that counts the most 💞 Wife, Mom, Homeschool Mom ❤
41 year old mom of 3 (5,7,9) and wife. I work full time in the insurance industry. I still consider myself a homemaker because I get to cook and do all the things ❤ I love this podcast and Megan’s channel is my favorite TH-cam to watch! I look forward to Thursdays!
Such a coincidence the "homemaker helper" I was putting my children to bed before watching this episode and (like I do every night) I was remaking their beds. Even though they make their own bed every day... by the time I come in to tuck them in they have it all pulled apart and twisted. (Yes, it can get annoying haha) but every single night I remake their beds over them while they are in it and tuck them in. They always seem to snuggle into their pillows in anticipation of the warm covers being straightened and tucked in around them. And I suddenly found myself wondering if this was something they would remember when they are all grown. And I suddenly hoped so much that it was something they would remember very clearly and how cozy and safe they felt every night as I tucked them in. Then I went to do my regular house reset before going to bed and turned on this episode I'd been waiting to watch. 😊
Here in Nebraska I am retired; worked for my state for 36 years initially processing unemployment claims and then helping people find jobs (created hundreds of resumes for people) helped them learn interview skills, and assisted employers in finding good employees. I raised 2 sons along with my husband and now have 6 soon to be 7 grandchildren. I was blessed with a wonderful job because my boss was very family oriented and working outside the home worked for me. My suggestion for you girls is to do what you love. My family always came first!! (save your money for retirement as it flies up on you)
Homemaker, homeschool teacher, and student! My kids are getting a bit older as well and I decided to go back to school for a master’s in teaching special education. I want to start a local ministry for special needs children and their families.
I've been a homemaker for 10 years. My son is 10 & my daughter is 8. Recently, since I have more extra time I've been working about 10 hours a week. It's the perfect balance. I'm a mom first, but I do love the balance of both. I'm a speech therapist working with the pediatric population. I love being able to help other families while my little ones are at school. ❤
Married, homesteading, homeschooling mama to 3! I’m Catholic, but my husband and I got married in my church in PA and then moved to MD then VA for his job. So, not just Mennonite ladies moving to where their husband has a job. 😊
Married, SAHM of 2 (3 years and 2 months) I’ve had a bunch of fun jobs prior, coffee shop barista, gym desk worker, receptionist, also I’m co director for my church’s youth programs!
Hi! I am a mother of 3 youth. They are 16, 20, and 22. I am a homemaker, volunteer librarian at our Mennonite School, and I sew a lot. Love listening to y'all.
I'm 22 , Nurse on a oncology unit, from Germany, in a relationship but not married (yet) . I love your videos, and they make me dream of a family and the homemaking, but also preparing and giving me realistic expections❤ God bless you ❤
Redefining myself during my current phase of life. I was hanging on to every word you girls said! It's sure different being a mom of teens then a mom of littles. My titles would include teen mom, middle age wife and homesteading. 😊
Empty-nester mom, piano teacher and pastor’s wife. As a side note, with my fourth baby, I just wanted peace and quiet at home too (and she was a February baby too!).
Wife, mother, teacher…..referee too as I have 6 children and 5 of them are boys! My little girl is sure feisty too though. 😂 I so much enjoy these conversations. Also wanted to add, I’m a traditional Catholic, we go to the old Latin Mass, and it is also common for us to have our weddings in the girl’s home parish and settle wherever the man lives. There are so many things that you ask if they are a Mennonite thing that we commonly do as well.
Great to see you again! Just how can you be so active with a newborn? It’s amazing. Maybe it’s because I am a late mom, but I had barely energy left to shower. Also, who takes care of your kids when you do the filming and other stuff? It must be so wonderful to have such a big family and community.
Grandma of 2 + 2 "bonus" grandchildren. Currently a Special Education Assistant in a public Elementary School. Was a therapist before that, and now partially retired, and helping 3 days/week with Grandchildren and Mother too.
My life is best summed up as “a blessed farmwife/farmgirl”! Married for almost 8 years now. We both grew up Mennonite, I definately take good values out of it but it is far from the only way to live a Christian life!! So far we have decided not to try for kids…& contrary to traditional Mennonite ways, it is not selfish to not have kids or to wait. There is SO many different ways God uses His children! I love kids, don’t get me wrong. But it’s not always Gods plan for everyone! I love your podcasts & how together you portray 2 different ways of thinking but they flow together!
I was so happy to see you back today! Both of you look good and it was a fun life update! I am a farmer's wife, mom of 3 teenagers, full time bookkeeper, and the leader of our young women's church group. I love staying busy too! 💐
Yay! You guys are back! ❤ I’m married with two school aged kids. I work part time at a grocery store in the evenings. However, I’ve been praying for a more rewarding job and I’m feeling a tug to possibly look into working for a school. Perhaps a teachers aide? I don’t know 🤷🏻♀️ 😅 We recently got a new store manager at the grocery store and he isn’t very understanding as to why my schedule is a bit restricted but my faith and family comes first 😬 sorry not sorry
So fun to be connected with you both! I am a wife of 51 years, mom of three now adult children plus helped the raising of one granddaughter, grandmother of 12, retired Special Ed teacher’s aide, Children’s Church teacher currently. My main goal in life was to lead my family to the Lord. God is so good! ♥️
I'm an SLP too! My kiddos are 8 & 10. I took a little hiatus when they were born & i recently started working a few hrs a week. I pray for you to have a great pregnancy. I miss being pregnant. 💕
Married, have two boys, work part time at my church in the evening, stay at home with my boys during the day and my little nephew. ❤️🙏🏽 feeling blessed.
hey y'all- Shawnna here😄 love the chat! Love you both! Megan- I sent you a congrats baby card- I don't know if you have gotten it yet. If not be looking for it 😘 I am 46 years old and a proud homemaker in Oklahoma. Love doing what I do taking care of my home, husband and our crazy 4 year old boxer Magnum😉I was in retail for 10 years. Then as a bank teller for 5 years. But since moving 11 years ago. I haven't gone back to work. Neither one of us would have it any other way. 😊Y'all are both doing such a great job as mothers and homemakers🥰
Homemaker, (thankful to be more settled into being a slower paced homemaker now!), pregnant with our second boy & Christian wife!❤ not a Mennonite but my siblings have all moved where ever our husbands jobs take us. Which sometimes means no family around and that is TOUGH!!! Love your videos!! So glad you’re back!
Homemaking mom of two (boy and girl), 21 years in retail accounting, and lastly office cleaning associate for family business.. Note married for 31 years and loving life as a grandparent of one little girl and anxiously waiting for a sweet little boy in August 24'
I personally think the moving to the bread winner’s location is typically outside of your community. Even as we are 7 years married we move base on the job with the higher income. My sister and her husband are the same way they moved across the country bc of my sisters job. Definitely all decisions are made seeking God’s will. ❤
I am engaged and have been working as an engineer for 4 years now. My Family always thought that I would become a teacher, but I really enjoy the engineering field. At the Same time I am really looking forward to Start a Family :) I love watching your Videos and getting a glimps into a different culture than what I am used to (living in Germany).
Glad you are back! Enjoyed listening to your podcast while i cut out a dress. Homemaker, Property manager for our real estate business, and Etsy shop owner.
Megan, I commend you for getting through a whole visualization scene while in labor. I just went to the dentist and needed a filling. I did not get Novacaine., I tried to distract myself by saying my ABC’s, I barely got to J K L and had to start over again!
Divorced 2 boys 23 & 16. A few different jobs throughout my 51yrs of life but nursing for 23 yrs now on disability due to very bad health. I homeschooling my 16 yr old pulled him out of public school after the 3rd grade. Too many things I didn't agree with in the public school.
Married, work FT, 2 bio, 3 step kids. 1 Grandson of mine. 4 Step Gran kids. We don't use Step though. Live in Massachusetts. Fascinated and love Lancaster, PA. I work 3 12 hr. shifts in a Hospital. Tired!
So my career in three words, fusing metals together (aka: welding). I am a mother of four myself, twin daughters and two sons. I am also a grandmother of 16 grandkids ranging from 33 yrs old down to 1 year old. I am retired and I enjoy being retired after 26 yrs in the welding trade. Reading and needlecraft are my two main hobbies. I really enjoy watching your podcast and also Megan's other channel. Look forward to new insights and ways of living. ❤
27yr old in New York, Married 8yrs, 3 kiddos ages 2,4,6. Currently stay at home mom but come September everyone is off to school... Praying on what's next 🙏 we are looking for me to start work again somewhere as we need a 2nd income.
Totally retired great grandma, 74, now away from our city life in Ft WORTH, Tx and into our little 80 year old country cottage that we remodeled with our rescue dog, Kona Louise and our new rescue cat, Breni Sue. We are Southern Baptists who loved to travel until a few years ago when I mangled my leg and hubby, 80, was ready to stay around our country place❣️. We help our recently widowed cousin in the ranch next door. We enjoy our Texas Rangers Baseball, Dallas Mavericks basketball, and Dallas Cowboys.
Work from home, one-and-done mom, and travel agent. I work a corporate job from home, have a 2 year old girl, and I’m a travel agent on top of everything.
Blessed,Teacher, Mom Being a full time teacher in a Christian school plus a mom is a great mission field, but also so exhausting. Wise decision to not apply for full-time Jayna!
ranch wife, mom, and cowgirl! Technically more than three words but all three titles kind of go together because sometimes I'm just home doing the cooking for our family, sometimes for cowboys, and sometimes I'm outside doing the cowboying with my husband and daughter.
Single, no children, never married, Swiss, former project manager for social projects in Africa, now recovering from long covid the past 15 months. My world is very small as I’m housebound at the moment. Your podcast entertains me and makes me feel like I got to „travel“ and discover new „worlds“ from the comfort of my bed. TY ❤ for the laughter, encouragement, inspiration despite our very different walks of life.
Married with one son, Canadian but living in France. My son returned to Canada to study last September, so I'm truly an empty-nester. I've become a homemaker, after a long career in Canada as a law librarian - huge difference. Moved from city to countryside. Still figuring it all out 9 years later. I love your podcast, as you show me a whole other lifestyle, and you remind me of the Mennonites in Kitchener-Waterloo, and those I have worked with in the past. You've also reminded me, in my secular country, that God is still here.
Homemaker, girl-mom, photographer. On a side note, Jayna, my girls cheer when Miss Jayna is their substitute!😊
I love how God creates us all so differently...
I've been a mom for almost 14 years, and never have I ever had the luxury of being in a position where I was worried about wasting time! The job literally never stops, and I'm SO tired. I WISH I had as much energy as the two of you have! 😂
God bless you ladies ❤
Jayna: "I don't have a problem sitting." 🤣🤣 love it
I love the idea redefining who you are/what you do with your time. In a year & a half my youngest will be in kindergarten and I’ve been thinking a lot about how I want to spend my time. When my twins were little, my neighbors were grandmas that served me so much and I want to be just like them. What Jana said about the being the one they can call when they need anything really resonates with me. I’m the mom of 8 and I’ve spent the last 19yrs devotion it my time to my kids and love it. Yes, there are so many hard things with kids, and a lot of behavior issues right now, but this is the life my husband and i dreamed of!
Christian, Wife of 46 years, Mother of three adult girls, Gnomie (grandma) to four grandchildren. Retired nurse. More than three words~not always a rule follower! Today we bought our next home, hopefully our last home, a Villa. 💛 Megan, you are WAY too hard on yourself! Give yourself time to recover from your pregnancy and birth and your rebirth as a mom of four. You do not need to be superwoman. Lean on the Lord, sweet mama. 💛 Love your new ministry, Jayna! Can’t wait to hear updates. 💛 It’s the same in our area of Missouri~married at Bride’s home church and then go wherever the man takes you or you jointly decide to go together, of course! Usually the man’s place. 💛 My dad always called my mom a “scrubby Dutch” because she was always being ‘productive’. I inherited that from her, too. I’m telling you…learn to NOT be that way. It is important to NOT get your worth from what you do and that you’re able to rest, even though there are still things that “need doin’”. For Megan, Jayna and all over-achievers! p.s. meant no offense by my term for Dutch, it was said by my father. p.p.s. Can’t wait until next week!
Married 24 years in May, I’m a homemaker/homeschool teacher, & have three children, ages 21, 18, & 13. I’m very involved with the women’s prayer group at my church & I help in the preschool class one Sunday & Wednesday every month.
I am French, my husband is Italian, we live in England and I am a Spanish teacher. Have been for 30 years and love it. Not a believer and not a mum but love your videos. ❤
I hope my kids remember our Christmas traditions. Christmas is my favorite holiday and I go all out with decorations and other family time traditions
Christian,Happily married for six years and counting, homemaker, full time university student in medical physics. We live in the Netherlands and we met when we were both working in the same fish factory. Bought our house when I was 18, saved more money to remodel, got married when I was 20, got back to school to study 2 months after we got married. had to start somewhere near the bottom, but I'll recieve my bachelors degree in 3 months from now, so we're getting there. The reason I went back to school is that I really felt in my heart that that was where i should go to use my talents. so although not a traditional route, to us, it is the route that God has planned for us, and so we are taking it, even if it means that some christians wont understand why we didnt take the ''get married-have kids-route.'' (as if recieving children is a guarantee)
Full-time in Children's Ministry, part-time baker, and Bible school student. Also, a single homemaker for myself and my sister with whom I live. It isn't traditional, but I find a lot of joy and fulfillment in my style of simple homemaking for the two of us. Love your videos. They are so fun to watch and I always come away with something to think about.
Wife, mama of 5, homemaker, and homeschooler. I love your conversations! Megan, just as an encouragement… I had several stressful pregnancies, miscarriage with my first, 2nd was a twin pregnancy and we lost one at 21 weeks then bed rest till a month from my due date. The next was drama free and then another twin pregnancy when our oldest was 4. Thankfully it went very well other than the constant monitoring and our boy was on oxygen at first. All that to say the emotions you are going through are very understandable! I had so much anxiety after my twins were born. I had a lot of help but so much depends on the Mom and 4 little ones is a lot to juggle! You will eventually get back to normal! Focusing on the truths of God’s promises are so helpful! It was difficult to focus on reading longer passages of scripture but having a verse or two to cling to helped so much. I was single until I was 28 so feeling like my life kind of stopped and I wasn’t doing much to change the world was also a struggle, even though I loved my babies so much! Now that my youngest is 5 I’m surprised at how quickly that baby stage went by!
Married, professor, pregnant lol
Side note: can we PLEASE stop saying our husband "babysat" the kids... our husbands shouldn't be babysitting. They're being fathers and raising THEIR children. ❤
I think even non-Mennonite families, traditionally have where the women move from where they live to where their husbands are. My brother's wife moved across the country for my brother nineteen years ago. I am involved in a mom group where several of the woman have moved from other states to live with their husbands (and one is moving across the world for a couple years because of her husband's job). I feel it is rare a man will move to his wife, but it happens sometimes (though I can't think of examples hahaha).
I enjoyed the conversation.
What I do: Married almost 20 years, 2 teens and a baby, stay-at-home mom, but I am also ten years a resources adviser for a non-profit fighting human trafficking issues. I have run my own photography business (did for 13 years), was a youth leader and Sunday school teacher for ten years, and am a certified life coach (mainly health/wellness and carbon footprint reduction/decluttering). I have a lot of passions and hobbies haha. I homeschooled my two teens until a couple years ago (and worked in retail during that time) and will homeschool again.
Your personalities and the way you express yourselves is different, but the different perspectives go so well together in this podcast!
Megan, what a gift you have , to have those beautiful childhood memories.
Jayna, I’m a substitute teacher and I LOVE it!! I work three days a week and the other two is for my home and family. It’s a flexible job, you’re not tied to a daily schedule as a teacher is, and you can have time to keep your home and family life as much of a priority as you need to. Being a substitute is such a blessing!
We need good substitutes!
Homeschooling homemaker mom of four here. I’ve been home for 18 years and love it! The most important and challenging job of my life! ❤️
Glad to hear you were able to get some time away, Jayna. 😊And the “no cooking” rule was brilliant. 🤩
It's not babysitting if it's your own kid, btw. It's just called parenting.
Married 57 years this year, mother of four, grandmother to sixteen and great grandmother to two. Have worked in business at different times, but family always came first. Retired now and enjoy my life with my husband traveling and volunteering.
Never married. No kids. But spent 40 yrs as a pediatric nurse. So I had plenty of time with children. Then retired and swung pendulum completely the other way. And I'm now looking after the needs of my 92 yr old father. You never know what God has in store. And He provides the grace for each transition.
Teacher, daughter, dreamer! I moved to central Illinois to teach at a rural Mennonite school this year and have been learning a lot about myself and growing so much in my faith. So fun to listen in on your conversation again!
I am a Gamma to five littles, a wife of over 40 years, and a mamma to two grown men.
I just love watching you two girls.
We have always wanted to visit Lancaster … maybe one day we will and god willing we may just bump into our favourite Mennonite girls.
Jayna I’m thrilled that you are finally able to have some Mommy time and hear that you are enjoying your teaching job.
And Megan you are one lucky lady to have four littles now.
Love the podcast ladies and can’t wait to watch more!!!
God bless you both 💖
Thank you for saying that about simple childhood memories. We may or may not take another vacation, so it's nice to be reminded that it's the everyday that counts the most 💞
Wife, Mom, Homeschool Mom ❤
41 year old mom of 3 (5,7,9) and wife. I work full time in the insurance industry. I still consider myself a homemaker because I get to cook and do all the things ❤ I love this podcast and Megan’s channel is my favorite TH-cam to watch! I look forward to Thursdays!
Such a coincidence the "homemaker helper" I was putting my children to bed before watching this episode and (like I do every night) I was remaking their beds. Even though they make their own bed every day... by the time I come in to tuck them in they have it all pulled apart and twisted. (Yes, it can get annoying haha) but every single night I remake their beds over them while they are in it and tuck them in. They always seem to snuggle into their pillows in anticipation of the warm covers being straightened and tucked in around them. And I suddenly found myself wondering if this was something they would remember when they are all grown. And I suddenly hoped so much that it was something they would remember very clearly and how cozy and safe they felt every night as I tucked them in. Then I went to do my regular house reset before going to bed and turned on this episode I'd been waiting to watch. 😊
Thrilled for your podcast to be back! I found it a few weeks ago and binged! It has been such a blessing in my life!
Here in Nebraska I am retired; worked for my state for 36 years initially processing unemployment claims and then helping people find jobs (created hundreds of resumes for people) helped them learn interview skills, and assisted employers in finding good employees. I raised 2 sons along with my husband and now have 6 soon to be 7 grandchildren. I was blessed with a wonderful job because my boss was very family oriented and working outside the home worked for me. My suggestion for you girls is to do what you love. My family always came first!! (save your money for retirement as it flies up on you)
Go big red!! ❤
Homemaker, homeschool teacher, and student!
My kids are getting a bit older as well and I decided to go back to school for a master’s in teaching special education. I want to start a local ministry for special needs children and their families.
I've been a homemaker for 10 years. My son is 10 & my daughter is 8. Recently, since I have more extra time I've been working about 10 hours a week. It's the perfect balance. I'm a mom first, but I do love the balance of both. I'm a speech therapist working with the pediatric population. I love being able to help other families while my little ones are at school. ❤
Wife, foster mom, homemaker. I enjoy watching you ladies!❣️
#3 changed me the most!
71 year old grandma of five and I never miss an episode of either of your channels. 😃
Married, homesteading, homeschooling mama to 3!
I’m Catholic, but my husband and I got married in my church in PA and then moved to MD then VA for his job. So, not just Mennonite ladies moving to where their husband has a job. 😊
Wife, Mom, homemaker, teacher...and all that goes with it!
Happy wife, mama to 2, and homemaker. Love your podcast!! Thank you for sharing your stories and hearts with us. ❤
Oh Megan, that scene from your birth story made me cry again!
Married, SAHM of 2 (3 years and 2 months) I’ve had a bunch of fun jobs prior, coffee shop barista, gym desk worker, receptionist, also I’m co director for my church’s youth programs!
I'm engaged (wedding in less than two weeks!), no kids and work full time!
Wife, no children yet, CNA in labor & delivery ☺️
I love to listen to podcasts while I’m doing work around the house 😊
Hi! I am a mother of 3 youth. They are 16, 20, and 22. I am a homemaker, volunteer librarian at our Mennonite School, and I sew a lot. Love listening to y'all.
Mom, Wife,Crocheter and I clean at an Airbnb ❤
I'm 22 , Nurse on a oncology unit, from Germany, in a relationship but not married (yet) .
I love your videos, and they make me dream of a family and the homemaking, but also preparing and giving me realistic expections❤
God bless you ❤
Redefining myself during my current phase of life. I was hanging on to every word you girls said! It's sure different being a mom of teens then a mom of littles. My titles would include teen mom, middle age wife and homesteading. 😊
Empty-nester mom, piano teacher and pastor’s wife. As a side note, with my fourth baby, I just wanted peace and quiet at home too (and she was a February baby too!).
Wife, mother, teacher…..referee too as I have 6 children and 5 of them are boys! My little girl is sure feisty too though. 😂 I so much enjoy these conversations. Also wanted to add, I’m a traditional Catholic, we go to the old Latin Mass, and it is also common for us to have our weddings in the girl’s home parish and settle wherever the man lives. There are so many things that you ask if they are a Mennonite thing that we commonly do as well.
I am listening while trying to put my teething 6 month old baby to sleep! Super fun and relatable!
I’m an OBGYN, I have been married for 2 years, and no kids yet. Love watching your videos! 💜
Great to see you again! Just how can you be so active with a newborn? It’s amazing. Maybe it’s because I am a late mom, but I had barely energy left to shower. Also, who takes care of your kids when you do the filming and other stuff? It must be so wonderful to have such a big family and community.
It is so nice to have support. My showers are my favorite part of my day. Somedays, not much else gets done besides that!
Hello homemakers! I hope y'all have a great Monday! ☀️
Homeschool mom, produce farmer, bookkeeper to my husband's side business. Enjoyed a winter break but looking foward to the summer.
Christian, mom of 2 girls (12 & 9), work full time in ministry (partly from home/part office), homemaker & wife for 17 years.
I'm a retired teacher and now get to babysit my grandkids, the joy of my life! My daughter lives in Lancaster!
Grandma of 2 + 2 "bonus" grandchildren. Currently a Special Education Assistant in a public Elementary School. Was a therapist before that, and now partially retired, and helping 3 days/week with Grandchildren and Mother too.
My life is best summed up as “a blessed farmwife/farmgirl”! Married for almost 8 years now. We both grew up Mennonite, I definately take good values out of it but it is far from the only way to live a Christian life!! So far we have decided not to try for kids…& contrary to traditional Mennonite ways, it is not selfish to not have kids or to wait. There is SO many different ways God uses His children! I love kids, don’t get me wrong. But it’s not always Gods plan for everyone! I love your podcasts & how together you portray 2 different ways of thinking but they flow together!
Hallelujah 🙏 Spring is just around the corner!
I was so happy to see you back today! Both of you look good and it was a fun life update! I am a farmer's wife, mom of 3 teenagers, full time bookkeeper, and the leader of our young women's church group. I love staying busy too! 💐
Yay! You guys are back! ❤
I’m married with two school aged kids. I work part time at a grocery store in the evenings. However, I’ve been praying for a more rewarding job and I’m feeling a tug to possibly look into working for a school. Perhaps a teachers aide? I don’t know 🤷🏻♀️ 😅
We recently got a new store manager at the grocery store and he isn’t very understanding as to why my schedule is a bit restricted but my faith and family comes first 😬 sorry not sorry
Retired. Worked part-time until the oldest went to college. Writer and communications strategist.
Since your last season I got engaged ❤️
Congratulations 🎉
Noway! Congratulations! What an exciting time!
OkieNana, Wife and work as a nurse at our local hospital, but Homemaking is my favorite place to be!!!
So fun to be connected with you both!
I am a wife of 51 years, mom of three now adult children plus helped the raising of one granddaughter, grandmother of 12, retired Special Ed teacher’s aide, Children’s Church teacher currently. My main goal in life was to lead my family to the Lord. God is so good! ♥️
We were older lol . Watching code names was hysterical. You couples on the committee did WONDERFUL , hey thanks again!. It was gorgeous weather also.
Christian, wife, homemaker, piano teacher…feeling some baby fever so maybe first time mom within a couple years!
“Ama” of 11!!
I ❤ it ! Ana is what our oldest grand called me and it stuck
Speech and language therapist. Wife. Soon to be momma❤
I'm an SLP too! My kiddos are 8 & 10. I took a little hiatus when they were born & i recently started working a few hrs a week. I pray for you to have a great pregnancy. I miss being pregnant. 💕
Wife, mom, homemaker, business strategist. Work full time but enjoy making our house a home
Married, have two boys, work part time at my church in the evening, stay at home with my boys during the day and my little nephew. ❤️🙏🏽 feeling blessed.
Married,homemaker. Just lost our first little baby girl in January at 19 1/2 weeks. 😢
Sorry for your loss ❤️ I pray God blesses you again and you can draw closer to Him in this hard time.
hey y'all- Shawnna here😄 love the chat! Love you both! Megan- I sent you a congrats baby card- I don't know if you have gotten it yet. If not be looking for it 😘 I am 46 years old and a proud homemaker in Oklahoma. Love doing what I do taking care of my home, husband and our crazy 4 year old boxer Magnum😉I was in retail for 10 years. Then as a bank teller for 5 years. But since moving 11 years ago. I haven't gone back to work. Neither one of us would have it any other way. 😊Y'all are both doing such a great job as mothers and homemakers🥰
Wife, mom to 4 (2 in college and homeschool other 2), homemaker, and neonatal nurse practitioner.
So glad y’all are back!! ☺️
Homemaker, (thankful to be more settled into being a slower paced homemaker now!), pregnant with our second boy & Christian wife!❤ not a Mennonite but my siblings have all moved where ever our husbands jobs take us. Which sometimes means no family around and that is TOUGH!!! Love your videos!! So glad you’re back!
My husband has been sick since December coughing, two X-ray multiple meds. Finally on the mend I hope. But your right lots going around.
Delaware stay at home mom. 6 kids with big age ranges. 27-20-15-13-10-2. It was fun to hear you say you stayed at a place in the DE beaches.
Homemaking mom of two (boy and girl), 21 years in retail accounting, and lastly office cleaning associate for family business.. Note married for 31 years and loving life as a grandparent of one little girl and anxiously waiting for a sweet little boy in August 24'
I personally think the moving to the bread winner’s location is typically outside of your community. Even as we are 7 years married we move base on the job with the higher income. My sister and her husband are the same way they moved across the country bc of my sisters job. Definitely all decisions are made seeking God’s will. ❤
I am engaged and have been working as an engineer for 4 years now. My Family always thought that I would become a teacher, but I really enjoy the engineering field. At the Same time I am really looking forward to Start a Family :)
I love watching your Videos and getting a glimps into a different culture than what I am used to (living in Germany).
Accountant, foster & Adoptive mom. ❤
Glad you are back! Enjoyed listening to your podcast while i cut out a dress.
Homemaker, Property manager for our real estate business, and Etsy shop owner.
Megan, I commend you for getting through a whole visualization scene while in labor. I just went to the dentist and needed a filling. I did not get Novacaine., I tried to distract myself by saying my ABC’s, I barely got to J K L and had to start over again!
So happy to see y’all back. I missed you two!
Master degree Social worker. I was a manager at our Children’s Aid Society ( child welfare) and now retired 😊
I’m almost finished with my MSW! I’ve done the whole thing, even internships, from home while raising my kids!
married, not blessed with any children, 60's model, part-time worker at a used bookstore (job-book searches and invoicing), and homemaker.
Mom to 3 soon to be 4, married, full time home maker/ help my husband with his business and home schooling family. Also live in two different states 🤪
Homemaker. Married. No kids.
Love what you ladies do! You are very encouraging!!❤
Divorced 2 boys 23 & 16. A few different jobs throughout my 51yrs of life but nursing for 23 yrs now on disability due to very bad health. I homeschooling my 16 yr old pulled him out of public school after the 3rd grade. Too many things I didn't agree with in the public school.
Wife,mother to 8, homemaker. I love to bake sourdough bread n quilt. Enjoy listening to you. Blessings from MO! Joanna
Married, no children 😢 and work in the scientific research field. Always enjoy listening to you both!
three words: Deliver mamas (and)babies. That was so hard. I'm a labor and delivery nurse
Thank you for your service to those mamas and babies! It’s such a meaningful contribution to the world!
Married, work FT, 2 bio, 3 step kids. 1 Grandson of mine. 4 Step Gran kids. We don't use Step though. Live in Massachusetts. Fascinated and love Lancaster, PA. I work 3 12 hr. shifts in a Hospital. Tired!
So my career in three words, fusing metals together (aka: welding). I am a mother of four myself, twin daughters and two sons. I am also a grandmother of 16 grandkids ranging from 33 yrs old down to 1 year old. I am retired and I enjoy being retired after 26 yrs in the welding trade. Reading and needlecraft are my two main hobbies. I really enjoy watching your podcast and also Megan's other channel. Look forward to new insights and ways of living. ❤
Wow! Amazing! A welder!!
career in 3 words - decision maker, organizer, communicator (I'm a project manager)
27yr old in New York, Married 8yrs, 3 kiddos ages 2,4,6. Currently stay at home mom but come September everyone is off to school... Praying on what's next 🙏 we are looking for me to start work again somewhere as we need a 2nd income.
Totally retired great grandma, 74, now away from our city life in Ft WORTH, Tx and into our little 80 year old country cottage that we remodeled with our rescue dog, Kona Louise and our new rescue cat, Breni Sue. We are Southern Baptists who loved to travel until a few years ago when I mangled my leg and hubby, 80, was ready to stay around our country place❣️. We help our recently widowed cousin in the ranch next door. We enjoy our Texas Rangers Baseball, Dallas Mavericks basketball, and Dallas Cowboys.
Work from home, one-and-done mom, and travel agent. I work a corporate job from home, have a 2 year old girl, and I’m a travel agent on top of everything.
Blessed,Teacher, Mom
Being a full time teacher in a Christian school plus a mom is a great mission field, but also so exhausting. Wise decision to not apply for full-time Jayna!
ranch wife, mom, and cowgirl! Technically more than three words but all three titles kind of go together because sometimes I'm just home doing the cooking for our family, sometimes for cowboys, and sometimes I'm outside doing the cowboying with my husband and daughter.
31. Single. No kids. Executive Assistant @ a global accounting firm. Love watching ya’ll and can’t wait to make a trip there!!