Ahh, I needed this. My husband often thinks I should be able to get more done in a day and have done it "perfectly". I started doubting myself and what I can actually do. I am going to step back and give myself grace.
I pray your husband gives you grace as well, He opens his eyes to all that you bring to the home, and YOUR rest and creativity and self-care matters too. Some days you can run all day and fel you accomplished little, and ither days you can nal it with all of the most important things you wanted to get done with ease. But that's life as a homemaker. You've ot this! God's got you!
Hi there! I wanted to let you know that your video today really inspired me. I too have had a lot of trauma and no support from family. I was adopted at 7 weeks old and it was 100% by the wrong family. So completely different from me, I never fit in and instead of embracing and supporting me as an individual, I was judged, put down, told me my creativity got in the way of me living a life that they expected. I turned 60 in October and it has been a long painful journey but I finally feel like I am managing in my life. Thank you for your encouragement!
🤔...You forgot...Keeper of the Flame!🔥That is if you have a woodstove. Hehe! Seriously, another excellent video. I wish there had been resources when I was young. In the 80's we were EXPECTED to be able to do it all and without complaint. "I can bring home the bacon...and fry it up in a pan", comes to mind!
So I am watching your video, I thought Wow, you are right. My greatest aspiration was to be a homemaker and a mama. When I was in high school it was shoved down my throat to go to college, I never ever wanted to, I tried 1 semester and was like why, just why... My value is from heavenly Father and I always knew the most important thing I could I ever do was be a Mom and homemaker. Without a home and family people are soooo lonely, sad, angry, depressed, the whole gambit. I never got paid with money, I got paid with unconditional love and the most beautiful moments in my life. I get to keep those forever and ever, not money it comes and goes like water through your fingers. Thanks this was a great video..luv Karyann
This was excellent and thank you for the recipe! I’ve always wanted to make these. I’ve wanted to be a homemaker my whole life. I saw how my mom stayed home with me and I needed that. I wasn’t homeschoolied, but I homeschool. It’s the greatest holy work we will ever do.
When you consider what it would cost to hire out all of the things you are doing every day, it definitely helps put everything in perspective, doesn't it!
@ absolutely. i was a cop for 7 years before being a stay at home mom...this is much harder. but more rewarding. everyone needs to thank SAHMs more. 🙏🏻🖤
What a fabulous video! I listened to your list twice and I would add Accounts Payable/Receivable. I know you had bookkeeping and finance but I also pay all of the bills in my home and manage the finances when my husband's paychecks come in. And as you know, it can be quite stressful when money is tight. We went through that for many years when my children were young. 😵💫
Nearly every mother I have met has said, “You stay home with your kids? I can’t do that. I can’t be around my kids that much. It’s amazing you can.” Is that a compliment for me or my kids? Or an insult for the person’s kids? Goodness.
Maybe they're just introverts who need alone time and don't think they'd be able to sacrifice that. Maybe they don't have a support system in place to allow that alone time. Maybe their parents treated them like a burden. Told to be seen and not heard. Maybe this, maybe that. Who knows 🤷♀️
Come to think of it, my own mother was like that. She despised the few years she had to spend at home. She wanted, needed, to be out and about. Working, being around other people who weren't her family, gardening, etc. She makes Joan Crawford look like a saint, but she's still a person with wants and needs. Some women, sadly, just don't have it in them to be SAHMs. But at least my mother tried. I give her a wee bit of credit for that, despite how much she broke us. She tried.
Wow, that's just sad. I know there were days I may have felt that way but certainly not all the time. I did raise a very difficult child and I admit it was very, very trying at times but I wanted to be home raising all of my children no matter how difficult it was at times.
I love your videos! I don't have support from my family for the most part, and have had a rough few years but still filled with joy in the midst of it. Your videos bring me joy and help me focus on the important things. I am very thankful for a husband who understands the value of me being home with the kids ❤.
Thank you for sharing. I've been a SAHM for 14 years (shorts amount of time back to office work) with 8 kids. I never thought I would do this as I used to think when I was younger that all my own mom was doing was being a "homemaker". I wanted to be climbing the corporate ladder when I was an adult. I did work for many years and got a college degree while working full time. But I am meant to be here with my kiddos. Just as you say, it isn't easy. Life is really hard. I feel like staying at home with kids is harder work than going to an office job, but there is so much more to being here with your children and raising them. Often though, people make comments like "you have enough children" or "you're done having children, right?". These are from very close family members. They look more at the financial side of things. We do struggle financially, but we are just doing what we believe God is calling us to do. It is hard when you feel like you are all alone doing the homemaker thing with a big family. I find some living the same life around here, but mostly I find others like us online.
I’ve been accused of being “lazy” because I don’t work outside the house. Not by my husband of course but by onlookers. My favorite is “What do you do all day?” Not to mention on top of homemaking I also spend numerous hours per week at the nursing home where my bedridden mother resides. No one but me understands that journey and emotional abuse I take on with every visit. So call me Peggy Bundy if you wish. God knows where my heart and obedience lies. I have nothing else to prove. Keep doing what you do as a homemaker no matter what society tells you!
That is so hard! About these onlookers, they clearly don't know how to be respectful. I just want to encourage you that perhaps the Lord has other people that you haven't discovered yet that He wants you spending time with. There are so many people who won't make you feel this way, who will respect you and your choices and encourage you. I used to have the same problem as you, and I started praying the Lord would remove the people that were not for me, and bring people into my life that would be true friends. He did!
I am so glad you made this video! I've been a homemaker for 10 years and I'm homeschooling my two boys (6 and 8). My mom is so against it though. She's always making comments about how I have no ambition in life, my kids won't be able to go to college due to being home schooled and that I'll be ruined when my husband leaves me; when, not if. We've been together 20 years, married for 17. My dad forced hero stay home. She can't understand how she raised a daughter that would willingly be a homemaker. My husband and I 100% believe that we made the right decision for our family and I can honestly say I've never been happier in my life. The negative comments can be a bit much though. I really needed this video today!
Stacey, I'm sorry you have been dealing with this! Your mother sounds extremely intrusive, negative and toxic. I had a family member like this. Although I loved them very much I stepped away from them for around 10 years or more, having limited exposure to them. As they got older, they mellowed and we were able to resume a sweet relationship just before they passed away. I do not regret having stepped away from them for a time. I see situations like your's where as the kids get older, the people who think they have the right to have opinions about how you should be raising your family begin to meddle with the kids and drive wedges between the children and parents and cause problems. If your mother cannot be respectful of your family, I just want you to know there are plenty of people out there who you can invest time in that will be. I'll pray for you in this situation!
Your amazing thank you mama let’s continue to do Gods work because we were graced to do it, and chosen at such a time as this in these ends times to raise the future leaders at home this planet desperately needs so to all my Christian home making moms let’s go!! ❤❤❤❤
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Ahh, I needed this. My husband often thinks I should be able to get more done in a day and have done it "perfectly". I started doubting myself and what I can actually do. I am going to step back and give myself grace.
I pray your husband gives you grace as well, He opens his eyes to all that you bring to the home, and YOUR rest and creativity and self-care matters too. Some days you can run all day and fel you accomplished little, and ither days you can nal it with all of the most important things you wanted to get done with ease. But that's life as a homemaker. You've ot this! God's got you!
Hi there! I wanted to let you know that your video today really inspired me. I too have had a lot of trauma and no support from family. I was adopted at 7 weeks old and it was 100% by the wrong family. So completely different from me, I never fit in and instead of embracing and supporting me as an individual, I was judged, put down, told me my creativity got in the way of me living a life that they expected. I turned 60 in October and it has been a long painful journey but I finally feel like I am managing in my life. Thank you for your encouragement!
Thank you for sharing your story with me. It's an honor to connect with you, and I'm so glad you found this video encouraging!
Love this. ❤️ Yes. Being a homemaker is important to our family.
Absolutely!
🤔...You forgot...Keeper of the Flame!🔥That is if you have a woodstove. Hehe!
Seriously, another excellent video. I wish there had been resources when I was young. In the 80's we were EXPECTED to be able to do it all and without complaint. "I can bring home the bacon...and fry it up in a pan", comes to mind!
Haha, love it! Thank you so much! Yes, I remember that from the 80's!
Thank you so much for this encouraging video!!
So I am watching your video, I thought Wow, you are right. My greatest aspiration was to be a homemaker and a mama. When I was in high school it was shoved down my throat to go to college, I never ever wanted to, I tried 1 semester and was like why, just why... My value is from heavenly Father and I always knew the most important thing I could I ever do was be a Mom and homemaker. Without a home and family people are soooo lonely, sad, angry, depressed, the whole gambit. I never got paid with money, I got paid with unconditional love and the most beautiful moments in my life. I get to keep those forever and ever, not money it comes and goes like water through your fingers. Thanks this was a great video..luv Karyann
This comment actually brought me to tears. I love how you expressed how we as sahm homemakers do get paid. 🥰 Beautifully said, Karyann.
This was excellent and thank you for the recipe! I’ve always wanted to make these. I’ve wanted to be a homemaker my whole life. I saw how my mom stayed home with me and I needed that. I wasn’t homeschoolied, but I homeschool. It’s the greatest holy work we will ever do.
Thank you so much for sharing, I love hearing your experience!
my husband needs to watch this. lol we are under appreciated 💀
When you consider what it would cost to hire out all of the things you are doing every day, it definitely helps put everything in perspective, doesn't it!
@ absolutely. i was a cop for 7 years before being a stay at home mom...this is much harder. but more rewarding. everyone needs to thank SAHMs more. 🙏🏻🖤
I try to have the mentality of "I'm flattered you think I can fit all that in a single day." Followed by "bless your heart" 😂
I am so glad I found you and I love your channel. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this and being here!
What a fabulous video! I listened to your list twice and I would add Accounts Payable/Receivable. I know you had bookkeeping and finance but I also pay all of the bills in my home and manage the finances when my husband's paychecks come in. And as you know, it can be quite stressful when money is tight. We went through that for many years when my children were young. 😵💫
Yes, that's a big one! It's definitely a lot to handle when finances are tight. We have been low income our entire journey so I agree 100%.
Nearly every mother I have met has said, “You stay home with your kids? I can’t do that. I can’t be around my kids that much. It’s amazing you can.” Is that a compliment for me or my kids? Or an insult for the person’s kids? Goodness.
I've had the same experience. I always took it as the mother didn't have enough patience to have her kids around 24/7...
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Maybe they're just introverts who need alone time and don't think they'd be able to sacrifice that. Maybe they don't have a support system in place to allow that alone time. Maybe their parents treated them like a burden. Told to be seen and not heard. Maybe this, maybe that. Who knows 🤷♀️
Come to think of it, my own mother was like that. She despised the few years she had to spend at home. She wanted, needed, to be out and about. Working, being around other people who weren't her family, gardening, etc. She makes Joan Crawford look like a saint, but she's still a person with wants and needs. Some women, sadly, just don't have it in them to be SAHMs. But at least my mother tried. I give her a wee bit of credit for that, despite how much she broke us. She tried.
Wow, that's just sad. I know there were days I may have felt that way but certainly not all the time. I did raise a very difficult child and I admit it was very, very trying at times but I wanted to be home raising all of my children no matter how difficult it was at times.
It’s called the lie of the enemy via feminism
Agreed with all of this. Being a housewife has been very looked down upon and it is sad!
Yes. It is better now than it used to be, but still not embraced as it should be.
My new fav channel! I looooove your kitchen 😍
Thank you so much! 😊
I love your videos! I don't have support from my family for the most part, and have had a rough few years but still filled with joy in the midst of it. Your videos bring me joy and help me focus on the important things. I am very thankful for a husband who understands the value of me being home with the kids ❤.
Thank you for sharing. I've been a SAHM for 14 years (shorts amount of time back to office work) with 8 kids. I never thought I would do this as I used to think when I was younger that all my own mom was doing was being a "homemaker". I wanted to be climbing the corporate ladder when I was an adult. I did work for many years and got a college degree while working full time. But I am meant to be here with my kiddos.
Just as you say, it isn't easy. Life is really hard. I feel like staying at home with kids is harder work than going to an office job, but there is so much more to being here with your children and raising them. Often though, people make comments like "you have enough children" or "you're done having children, right?". These are from very close family members. They look more at the financial side of things. We do struggle financially, but we are just doing what we believe God is calling us to do. It is hard when you feel like you are all alone doing the homemaker thing with a big family. I find some living the same life around here, but mostly I find others like us online.
I’ve been accused of being “lazy” because I don’t work outside the house. Not by my husband of course but by onlookers. My favorite is “What do you do all day?” Not to mention on top of homemaking I also spend numerous hours per week at the nursing home where my bedridden mother resides. No one but me understands that journey and emotional abuse I take on with every visit. So call me Peggy Bundy if you wish. God knows where my heart and obedience lies. I have nothing else to prove. Keep doing what you do as a homemaker no matter what society tells you!
That is so hard! About these onlookers, they clearly don't know how to be respectful. I just want to encourage you that perhaps the Lord has other people that you haven't discovered yet that He wants you spending time with. There are so many people who won't make you feel this way, who will respect you and your choices and encourage you. I used to have the same problem as you, and I started praying the Lord would remove the people that were not for me, and bring people into my life that would be true friends. He did!
This video came at the perfect time! Thank you!
I am so glad you made this video! I've been a homemaker for 10 years and I'm homeschooling my two boys (6 and 8). My mom is so against it though. She's always making comments about how I have no ambition in life, my kids won't be able to go to college due to being home schooled and that I'll be ruined when my husband leaves me; when, not if. We've been together 20 years, married for 17. My dad forced hero stay home. She can't understand how she raised a daughter that would willingly be a homemaker. My husband and I 100% believe that we made the right decision for our family and I can honestly say I've never been happier in my life. The negative comments can be a bit much though. I really needed this video today!
Stacey, I'm sorry you have been dealing with this! Your mother sounds extremely intrusive, negative and toxic. I had a family member like this. Although I loved them very much I stepped away from them for around 10 years or more, having limited exposure to them. As they got older, they mellowed and we were able to resume a sweet relationship just before they passed away. I do not regret having stepped away from them for a time.
I see situations like your's where as the kids get older, the people who think they have the right to have opinions about how you should be raising your family begin to meddle with the kids and drive wedges between the children and parents and cause problems. If your mother cannot be respectful of your family, I just want you to know there are plenty of people out there who you can invest time in that will be. I'll pray for you in this situation!
Your amazing thank you mama let’s continue to do Gods work because we were graced to do it, and chosen at such a time as this in these ends times to raise the future leaders at home this planet desperately needs so to all my Christian home making moms let’s go!! ❤❤❤❤
I love this, yes, let's go!!
Great words, Mama!
Thank you! 🙏
Happy New Year ❤
Happy New Year to you too!
THANK YOU .
You are welcome!