Q&A! What’s the hardest part of your lives? Is Diana too intense? Advice for young moms?
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I always say…..little kids are physically exhausting and teenagers are mentally exhausting. My awesome 2 sons are adults now. I lived through it. Lol
Haha, I think this is well said 🥰
I really enjoy these conversations. Thank you for your honesty and humility.
Same here!
Exactly my thoughts too!
My mother was born in 1929. She said, "Little children, little problems; big children ; big problems." RIP Momma
I have enough friends. We are cool.
My mom said this too! No rest or calm until they all pass their driving tests and take charge of their studies and work life. Been 28 yrs with all three and now I am almost there!
Diana, Your intensity is balanced by your warmth. You have such a fun! (loving) personality. You draw people in. Thanks for the encouragement, ladies.
Thank you for saying this ☺️🙏
Completely agree!
Diana, you must be in the 4% because if I had 4 kids, ages 6 and under, I would be too exhausted to do videos and workshops. You are a rockstar!
I love being around people that are more “ intense “ like Diana. They give me energy, push my limited thinking, give me ideas, and inspire me. I’m naturally more laid back, lower energy level, and an introvert so I always gravitate towards people that are the opposite of me!!!
Me, too!
This is so interesting to me. When I was younger, I was an extrovert but completely flipped in adulthood. I definitely lean more toward introvert. I find super extroverted people really exhausting. I can only take them in small doses. I love that there are both types of people as God created us all different, I just know what my limits are. Most of the time I would rather be at home reading or taking a walk with my kids or by myself. Lol
It is never too late. I had a friend growing up who went to church and i would join once in a while with teen activities or Christian summer camps. As an adult, i started to go to church and was baptized at 40 years old. God is with us 🙏
Friendships need to be fluid. They should be life-giving not life-taking. You should be able to see someone once every year and still stay close by picking up where you left off the last time you were together. True friendships are not demanding.
I graduated from high school in 1962. Fifteen years ago I moved back to my hometown. For the past five or six years about 15 “kids” from my graduating class get together for lunch once a month. We are now in the winter of our lives. It’s been wonderful to reminisce and to share memories but also to grow those friendships at this time of life.
Asking my online friends for a little extra prayer support. I've missed about a month of Saturday morning Bible study because I worked in the cherry orchard again this summer. That was barely over when my husband had to be put on hospice. He passed away - peacefully, without fear or anxiety- on July 20th and I am currently in that mind-numbing place of tying up so many details. I'll miss again next week due to out of town memorial services and burial. But I will be back. God has been so good to me. Lots of things are just falling into place, but I'm having trouble sleeping and there are just so many decisions that have to be made (and acted upon). Thank you! I'll enjoy your company again one day pretty soon.
Diana, I love that green shirt! Also I would say your intensity comes through as encouragement for living faithfully. Dawn, every season of life has its own rewards and challenges. You have helped me so much to simplify my life and home, which has brought me peace and joy. I appreciate both of you sooo much! Blessings!
I’m so sorry for your loss and also missing Bible study. I’ll pray for you.
Lynette- oh my gosh, of course we will pray for you! So sorry for your loss! What a tough season to walk through.
We pray that the Lord would give you many supports to uphold you as you navigate this journey.
What a sweet spirit you have to reach out for prayer with gratitude for Diana and her ministry , and even compliment her on her “green shirt “! It shows that God has you looking “outward “ towards others , and not concentrating on your own sorrow. Grief is a process, allow that in your life , but keep others close! God bless!
I have lived long enough to realize friendships like life have seasons. I have never found a lifetime lasting one, Except for my husband❤️. I have found d peace and much gratitude for all the meaningful seasonal blessings of friendship I have known. I wish them all the very best. 💛
My husband used to say, “Keep it, it doesn’t eat,”. Yes, yes, it does, it eats space, time, and bandwidth.
I had friends in middle school...thru early 20's, lost track of them, found them in late 30's, and we reconnected again in our 50's. I didn't know how valuable friendship was. This season should be great
I just lost one of my oldest friends from childhood. I’m 80+ and it’s expected and hard.
Another out of state dear friend that we have vacationed with for 57 years. Our children still remain close. It’s rare and we value this relationship.
Every generation is parenting things they didn't live through❤
Friends eb and flow. Just because you don't see people anymore also doesn't mean that they don't still consider you a friend in some capacity. I think preschool young kid stage I had more friends because our kids were friends. Now as an adult I have friends with younger kids and that had been nice where I can lend a hand or come and do life with them where they are at.
Re: littles and stairs. My daughter has Down syndrome so she’s never been stable on the stairs. I taught her to do the bum slide down the stairs. She’s 9 now and JUST started going up and down the stairs alternate legs in the last six months. Keep in mind that you need to keep yourself healthy so strategies to help you not injure yourself are just as important! ❤
That worked well with the first two (we did the tummy slide) but Cora is determined to do everything like the big kids, and it’s so hard to wrangle her onto her tummy or bottom with a baby on my arms! Lol. Thanks so much for the input and care 🥰
@@DianaKokku try having the big kids do it that way for a short time until she’s able to go down on her feet with some stability.
I’m very extroverted and a friend magnet, no brag, just blessed. I have two friends from elementary school, 1 from junior high, several from high school, and every place I’ve lived. I live on a road with 11 houses and I’ve talked with everyone and have a relationship with 5 of them. I’m mentoring several women and have others in my life that support me! It’s a rollercoaster at times but very much worth the investment in each other. Hugs and love to both of you!!
It’s a cultural difference and having a multigenerational family around your children will bless them and show them how to respect our most vulnerable treasures which is our elders. God bless you and your family.
When my son was 6 I was trying on dresses at a store. I couldn't make up my mind. I asked him and he picked one out. I loved that dress and got more compliments on it. (He is 40 now and still has good taste!) I have very few close friends. I don't have to be with them or talk to them every day, however, I am finding that many people do not keep commitments. If a better offer comes along, they chose the better option.
You nailed it! People are not keeping their commitments and will go with a better offer if it comes up. So sad.
It really struck me when you said God is writing your children’s story. I’ve often heard that He’s writing my story, but it put a new perspective on it when I stop and think, He’s writing my children’s story too!
Hardest and most rewarding. I am a Great Grandma. He is 5 weeks old . I watched him the whole night last night. 😂😂. He is such a good Baby. I am so thankful to be in his life .
Introverts like myself truly appreciate "intense" people who will adopt us 😅
My best friends have adopted me because I'm intensely shy but can pretend to be an extrovert in short bursts. They bring me out of my shell.
It’s hard for people who have married within their own culture to understand that boundaries and expectations are different when you marry someone from another culture culture. I'm so thankful for my friends who married someone from another culture. They understand that my marriage will not look like their marriage (that's ok).
I still hang out with friends from high school. We go on cruises and help each other with life issues. We turned 60 this year
Diana, you are wonderful and anyone who gets to call you friend is very blessed. ❤
My kids are 22,24,and 27. When you work hard in the early years you can enjoy the grown up years ❤
That’s a great reminder 🥰🙏
Yes! The best parenting advice I received was to parent my kids in a way that would help to form them into people I would want to be around! We have 3 adult "children" and 5 15 and under...they are just so much stinkin' fun!
MY high school friends (1963) are still some of my closest friends even though we don’t live near each other. When we are together we take off just like we were never apart.
As a very laid back person… I find myself relying on the ‘intense’, active, creative and excited to hangout friends! I LOVE when someone else shares their ideas and says ‘let’s go do this thing’. I can be too much of a homebody at times… I need the Diana’s in my life to help me step up my friendships! I think this is why opposites attract even in friendships! I have ALWAYS gotten along well with strong personalities!
I have had friends swoop in and out of my life over the years. It is fun to reconnect.
I have pre-teens and would GLADLY go back to the little kid (toddler) stage. Pre-teend are HARD and definitely not my gift area. Praise GOD HE is with me to parent my kids.
I don’t have any close friends that live in my area, which has been frustrating. I have friends from church, my neighborhood, moms of other kids at my daughter’s school, etc, but none are close friends who I have a lot of natural chemistry with. They’re all nice people, just not a strong connection there beyond surface level. And the friends I do have deeper connections with are friends from past chapters of my life and we stay in touch but all live in different places.
This!! So true!!! My husband died 16 years ago. “Our” best friends have all parted ways (their lives with husbands and kids just didn’t mesh with my ‘single mom’ life plus being made into the ‘third wheel’ in couples groups was too awkward to endure very long. My friends I love the most are too far away … namely my adult kids and 5 grandkids.
I have 4 girlfriends from high school (1976) who have rekindled 5 years ago. We have all raised our families and now have time again to nurture our friendships. I have 3 sisters & my Mom that are my best friends for life. You two are very blessed to be best friends💜💜 Enjoy every phase of parenting, it constantly changes as they grow up. Our 3 sons keep in touch with us everyday. We've made lots of mistakes along the way, but we did our best. I could have not raised them without constant prayer, and a lot of times on my knees! God bless you & your families🙏
If I didn’t provide “structure”, then it would be hard to have friends. I have a whole system to make sure I’m in active contact. I book phone dates, brunches, walks to make sure I get on their calendars (especially if my friends have kids). Structure and follow-up is my superpower in relationships.
I’d love to hear more about this! I feel like I’m the initiator for my friend groups and need to develop my own system!
I so agree. Friendships don't just happen. They need to be cared for like anything else you love in your life. The best advice I ever got from my Mom was "The road goes both ways." It's give and take. Don't do all the initiating but don't wait around and do nothing either! I like your superpower! Mine is patience :)
For me I’m an initiator and some of my friends are followers. Eager to get together but never initiate. So I readily accept my role as I need people and I offer ideas for time together and activities and it works well for our group!
You two ladies are such a treat in our long, hard, difficult days. May God bless you both as you continue to point us to Him and His amazing love and grace.
We have a 19 year old and a two year old, and eight in between them. I'm hearing ya both! Thanks for being real.
I think the modeling of faith is extremely important, but I think reading Bible stories and kid devotional s are very important, too. I remember that my mom read to me and my brother everyday. Usually it was a chapter in a regular book, a Bible story or a kid’s devotional. It really affected my thinking.
As a Catholic around the same age as y'all, I can say that there was a sad lack of bible study and faith formation. However, the changes in the Church over the last two decades have been truly transformative. A lot of that has to do with some fabulous converts from the evangelical protestant tradition, who have revitalized the Church and brought back the zeal that was missing after the upheaval of the 60's and 70's. I love how generous and loving you both are, and how your different personalities come through in your online work.
I would honestly NOT be friends with my sister in real life. But there is beauty in having a close relationship with someone I would not choose she makes me want to be better.
Thank you Dawn. I really didn't care about high school either. I have not been to any of my reunions. Don't care to go. I do have a best friend from 4th grade. Which is great.
So funny! I am an introvert and need a Diana - always!
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I need real friends…..as a pastors wife, it’s hard to make friends.
I think you are right! Our pastors wife is very quiet and seems introverted. I make a point to go up to her every week and speak to her for a few minutes. ❤❤
Not a pastors wife, but yes, REAL friends that ask to go out for coffee, lunch, walk, just come over and hang out! I guess I need to work on that too!
It must be hard, I find I have the highest expectations from my church friends but I know that’s ridiculous we are all sinners.
@@dianasimplifies 💗
I am right there with you…I have learned over all our years of ministry that we really can‘t have friends in our church. Most every time it has gone sour when we thought we had friends in our church. I just had to realize Jesus is my best friend and He understands.
I like intense friends! I'm not intense, so having a friend who has lots of ideas and energy, and is more talkative, then I can go with the flow. Laid back friends are good too. Being more intense is not a bad thing though!
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Im quite SO thankful for your channel! I’ve been feeling so overwhelmed lately! I also have 4 children, my youngest started college today! I won’t say that parenting gets easier, but it’s a different kind of challenging! You still worry just as much, it’s just about different things. I will pray for you and your family, and please pray for mine as well.
You two together = BLESSINGS!!!!!!!
Catching up on my TH-cam subscriptions here! We introduced our 4th baby boy into our family this summer. HOLY COW has it been a challenge with everyone home for the summer.
Your comment about “friends who share history” is so true. It’s tough loosing a friend to cancer who knows everything about you and still loves you. It’s impossible to get that type of relationship back again 😢 Thanks ladies for all you do ❤
Ahhh, my heart goes out to you. I lost my best friend of many years, and still miss her so much.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm praying you can find a providential friendship in this season.
I’m now questioning if I am both laid back and intense at the same?! 😂 I’m laid back as in going with the flow and seeing friends when I see them, but intense as in getting deep REAL quick! Every time. 😂😂😂
Yes. I think this is me!! Why not just dive right in to the deep end?! And with a good Bible study and prayer accountability?! Hahaha… 😅💛
@@DianaKokkuyes! And struggles and questions and vulnerability! ❤
Hahah “Diana’s intense”
I feel ya. I meet people that say “oh people call me intense” and I laugh cuz they are nowhere NEAR as intense as I am. 🤣
Solidarity sister!! 💛💥
You’re amazing, I wish I could be your friend in person.
" a lot of people that enjoy structure to their friendships!" Too funny! I am more like Dawn. I like to be relaxed with someone. I do have a neighbor I walk with that I wouldn't hang out with because she's too concerned about things I don't worry about or things that are important to me like someone's dog getting lose all the time or her job.
I'm not from the US, so I don't understand why Diana would be "intense". I find my sister "intense", she drinks until she gets a hangover, has horrible fights with her husband, and is short-tempered so her reactions are pretty bad for all the family. To me, she is intense, which is an awful adjective to call someone. I think Diana is a smart and interesting woman with many interesting topics to talk about. I'm an introvert, so I don't mind listening to you talk about things. Have a good weekend!
I prefer the more intense friend so I can let my gaurd down and don't feel as judged. Both are good though
We need all types of people in the world.
I'm intense! I feel like easy, laid back introverts are who gravitate to me. I'm definitely intrigued by your program and it's what I need. I just watched That Awkward Moms video about normalizing messy houses and prioritizing friendships over loneliness. This goes perfectly with your video.
Thats because I/we do not need to use i energy to read the room, people like you are sending clear signals.
So THANK YOU ❤😂
Communication is the answer to most things, I believe. And it’s not something we are taught in American culture. I spent the last 5 years caring for my parents (mom died of Parkinson’s last year), and without a doubt - it has been the greatest privilege of my life. Hands down the most important thing I have achieved. Getting to spend that time - sometimes angry, most often laughing, sometimes so painfully sad. That intense time as adults in modified roles, what a treasure. I feel immensely grateful for that opportunity. I wish I had had more time like that with my grandparents.
I am truly tired of intensity being seen as a negative personality trait. Intense people get things done, are fun and when they are your friend, they have your back. I love Dawn, but she seems to frequently seem judgemental about Diana's personality. Dawn is super intense about minimalism, but that is not seen as a negative. Diana, I think you are great and that the intensity that God gifted you with is not something that you have to dim. Let your personality shine Diana. Wish there was a way we could have organically became friends because I get you girl and I wouldn't change a thing about you.
"We went a little hard on the 'Diana is intense.'" Y'all! I feel you. I have a wonderful friend who is this person for me. We complement each other. And I love the zoom groups for accountability. I do this, too, with an online coworking time twice a month with my coaching group. We briefly state what we'll be working on at the beginning of the call, turn off our cameras and mics to work individually, then come on to say what progress we made during our time. It's encouraging & motivating, and a nice way to have supportive fellowship on our journey.
Isaiah 40:11 is a verse that a friend pointed out to me when my kids were little. “…He gently leads those who are with young.” This was the best encouragement for me to relax and accept that my spiritual journey would look different during the season with young children.
This whole verse is amazing and I've clung to it!
Dawn's kids' ages is a great time. Littles are physically tiring and teen years are tough when they start driving. It's all worthwhile and rewarding.
I am very blessed to have a best friend for more than 60 years. We met before preschool when my family moved to a new neighborhood. I am now 64 and hope for many more years together.
You both are so beautiful and positve people.
I love people like you Dianne, I wish I could be your friend.
Diana in your videos you're relaxed & at ease, as though you're talking to a friend which I find refreshing. Intense isn't the right word. If anything, you have enthusiasm.
I was thinking the same thing. Diana if you read this I don't see you as intense. Thoughtful, kind, helpful, aware, but not intense.
Diana, I would absolutely LOVE to have a friend like you!! 😊
"I suck and they hate me" as a part of building friendships😂😂😂
And Diana said she just needs to find those who are also in that 4% … the twins always make me smile. 😘
I think we change in our friendships. And that’s ok!
My sister still gets together with her high school friends! I used to be jealous, but now my college friends and I fly or drive across the country to see each other. 🥰
Diana reminds me of me when I was younger. I learned that my drive, energy, focus could be overwhelming to others and I needed to modify my engagement to what my friend needed. I learned that 2 ears, one mouth meant I needed to listen more, be there for them more. I used to say being with me was like drinking from a water hose. Once I recognized my effect on others I made some modest changes and it made a big difference.
I am blessed to watch both of your channels. I work weird hours in a group home with mentally challenged individuals. It's not my season to join your bible studies. I work on the times that you have them . Maybe in a couple of years when I retire.
I love seeing Dawn wearing her smart watch with the white band! I remember it, or one like it, from years ago. I loved it then, too!
Diana, someone like you with littles who is intentional in making and being friends is rare. I'm sure your friendship is a gift!
I just love you 2... Thank you❤❤
As someone who loves both of you and has lost a lot of friends last year- I am so excited for this workshop! I am cautiously optimistic I can make new ones!
Yes Dawn our children watch what we do! ❤
Diana, I believe we would be great friends. We both love the Lord. We both love deep conversation. I enjoy zoom friendships. I have a ton of friends….a great core group of very close friends….friends from childhood on up…. But still enjoy making deep connections with new people. I am a mentor and listener at heart. Praying for you as you seek to find deep and lasting friendships!!!
Loved your prayer today! Amen!! PS… I teach online Bible Study and facilitate time with the Lord with other, too. 😊❤️
Same Dawn! I think I'm done. I will have season and reason friends but probably not life long.
I am in your 4% Diana! 😁 also pretty intense, but kinda funny and generous (at least that's what people told me) that makes up for my high energy persona. Also, like another person commented here, I tend to push my friends to get out of their comfort zone and do something riskier and more fun with their life))
Diana and Dawn - I have had a friend for many years. We are not the same. I think you two WOULD still be friends if you weren’t related, because you respect your differences. Diana may be intense, but she is also self-deprecating and has a great sense of humour. Dawn - you may be laid back in some respects, but you also are very forthright and less inclined to couch your opinions (which seems to be the opposite of laid back). It is your differences which makes your sister-ship so nice to see, compelling to watch and listen to.
Thank you for sharing honestly. We are all going through the same things as we go through seasons of life. It feels so good to know we can give each other support and hope. Love Always Wins .❤
You two often have me laughing. This video did not disappoint.
What a lovely way to start my day. You two young ladies are so inspiring, wise, and loving! May God keep on blessing you abundantly as you care and nurture and instruct your loved ones and your viewers. 🌸🌼🌻💜🌼🌻 Thank you both!! 💜🌼🐝
I'm 52 and still have friends from school, talk to them and see them. But, my best male friend, we've been friends since before kindergarten. We drifted apart for many years when we started our own families, but then came right back like we didn't have any time apart. We talk all the time and spend time together several times a year bc we're states apart. We're better than a sibling to each other.
Diana You are awesome. I Love Your biblestudies. Dawn You are awesome too with the decluttering videos. You are both so gifted. Sending Blessings from Sweden ❤
My twin and I switched places in band and once in class during a fire drill. Only the other students knew.
We each had our own best friends in school. We had a group that all kinda meshed .
This is fun to hear! 💛
Dawn, I think I have watched every one of your videos, and pop into Diana's channel because I love to listen to the two of you together; I think you are so great! Before I officially knew you grew up Catholic, there were many times I thought, "man, they'd make great Catholics!" 😅 because so much of what you say on faith is what we as Catholics believe too. I can tell a lot of your solid faith foundation comes from the Catholic church. As a Catholic, I'm so sorry you ever felt it to be legalistic because it's really not that way! Everything we do has an intentional purpose: to lead us closer to our Lord in relationship with Him. Love you both so much! (Also *might* be secretly praying you both might find your way back home in the Catholic church ❤)
Diana, both my and my husbands’s parents are gone, and I can tell you what you already know and that is that you are so smart to wrap your arms around the gift you’ve been given with your husband‘s parents. You clearly are a wise person, But even with your Rich wisdom, I don’t know if you can even comprehend yet the gifts and grace you and your family are receiving now and will continue to receive all throughout your lives by welcoming them into your home. What a beautiful gift for everyone involved.
I'm thankful for you ladies ❤
Hosted my in laws for 19 months- not easy 😅 now knowing what that's like, 3 months seems long!!
I am here watching this on my Friday morning (5:30am). I need to hear all of this. Thank you for a wonderful Video.❣️
Very encouraging.
Hi! A much harder thing is the change in volume of paper documents and mail coming into the house now compared to decades back, and the ongoing need to sort, decide, organize, act on large volumes of papers. This was not even a thing when I was young. And having to worry about scammers getting into accounts and they do not have to physically be present with the internet. For friends, when you do helpful things, you meet people who make wonderful friends.
There are ways to get off all these mailing lists. My hubby is good at it and we barely have any mail coming in. Some places you can choose to "go green" and they will email your bill or whatever it is. Also we tend to stand over the trash can when we go thru mail every day. Almost everything gets tossed. We pay most bills online so we don't need the envelopes that come with bills.
Yes yes yes yes yesssss! Such an important topic that we all have and don't know others are struggling too ..THANK YOU!!!!
I can totally relate to God's grace being so completely overwhelming. I moved in with my parents when my mom was given 6 months to live with my 2 Littles age 7mos. and 4. My marriage was rocky prior and absence did not make the heart grow fonder. In the year I was there, my mom passed away after 11 mos. (Praise God that we got extra time), I went through a divorce, moved myself across the country (to be near family), went back to school to renew my teaching license and started over. I am SO thankfully for that extra time with mom (not always easy, but so honored to love and serve her) and the life God had blessed me with now. God truly is so generous when we allow Him to be!
If i lived closer i would definitely be friends with you!
This is the talk I needed. Parenting a teen is so hard! I am feeling very lonely as a Christian in this season. No one is raising their kids with the same values as me, unless they are doing homeschooling. I am not able to do homeschool and support my family. The things of thr world are finding ways into my kids thoughts and trying to navigate this with God's will and purpose. I am praying Phillipians 4:6 . Your encouragement is such a joy.
Max Lucado's Inspirational Study Bible does a great job of explaining the Bible.
❤❤❤ YOU TWO JUST CRACK!!! ME UP 🤣🤣🤣 i am intense as well and some people don't know what to do with me 🤣🤣🤣
I don’t know if this helps but with our 2 children we ran with the moto of “lead don’t push” and I’m very happy to say that they are now 39 and nearly 42 and they are very active members in their churches. I feel very fortunate!
Diane, that's so sweet. I love your attitude towards your in laws and bringing it back to God's direction and grace
I'm also intense!!!!! So glad to know it's bot something I have to reign back, but just need to find the right people! Only problem is , sometimes I don't have the energy for other intense people.
Dawn, I would totally be your friend if we lived closer (I’m in SW Michigan). You’ve helped me get through tough times with your podcasts and TH-cam videos. And the TYHB course literally was a life saver during my youngest health battle.
Thank you for your encouragement ❤️
Love your videos and encouragement! As a mom of two grown children (daughter getting married in our front yard two weeks from today) I can relate to both of your mom “phases”. At every stage I always say there are good and not so good things about the stage of life. And I always try to hold on and focus on the good part of that stage. I also agree that what we DO is so much more impactful than what we SAY to our children. As far as friends- I have heard it said that we have friends for a season and for a reason. In my experience, God puts people in our lives to help us on this journey called life. Sometimes the season is a lifetime and sometimes it is for a few weeks or months. I really appreciate saying that it’s ok not to be friends with friends from high school or college. I needed to hear that. I am so very different from my high school friends (because I have changed so much since then) so just being Facebook friends is enough- seeing the highlights of their lives. I also appreciate that you didn’t say that all we need is our husbands to be our best friends. I have been married to my husband for 31 years and we have great conversations and love each other BUT sometimes I need to talk to my best friend who doesn’t mind when a quick phone call turns into an hour long conversation. And of course we always have our Best Friend to talk with too. So please keep going with your videos of encouragement! Love you both!