Being a woman is one thing. Being a mom is another. Throw in being a homesteader and you have one big super hero. However, there are seasons in everything we do. Go at YOUR pace. Work your farm. Be proud of all you have going on. It’ll all work out, mama. I promise! You can do it all in due time!
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Patara, You definitely know how to speak to people in a way that's soothing and totally realistic!! I love that you keep it real!! Take care God Bless!! New Follower Shey
I love how you put things into perspective. I'm working on remodeling my house so I can put it up for sale. I'll be moving up to Tennessse from Florida. I'm gonna start a new chapter in my life as a homesteader. I've been dreaming of doing this my whole life. I watch your videos and learn something new everyday. Thank you for your advice and knowledge and hope to see you at the homestead show in May.
I think you give very wise advice Patara, and I'd rather watch you & the Mrs V's of utube-dom, than all the made up, hair curled, long fingernailed 'homesteaders' (yeah, right!) in this realm. You're real people who work really hard but are good enough to invite us into your life and share with us the good AND the bad of what it takes to call yourself a homesteader, it for damn sure doesn't take lipstick. lol.
Thanks so much for this one, we are in transition time with our mini farm and planning what to do next- I've got 5 kids and three are really young. I'm glad I listened to your vlog today!
When I went out this morning and found my 83 year old neighbor just finished cleaning my ducks poo off her carport I realized it wasn't my season for ducks. I was really sad about this till I saw your video. Your so right about there being a time for every thing. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 There is an appointed time for everything, A time for every activity under the heavens: 2 A time for birth and a time to die A time to plant and a time to uproot what was planted; 3 A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to wail and a time to dance;* 5 A time to throw stones away and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away; 7 A time to rip apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak; 8 A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace.
I have two boys (1 and 2 years old). My list of 'wants' is a mile long but like you said, it's just not my season. Between cooking from scratch, hand washing cloth diapers and my 86 sq ft garden I'm maxed out! If I added anything else it would fail. So, for now, I watch your videos and sketch chicken coop designs in my spare time. Love your videos, thank you for sharing!
Say it sister…"I'm not in that season"……we do go through so many seasons and praise God we as women can flourish through them. You are so
Real and so honest about your life and we appreciate you so much. Be Proud momma, you have done well and your love of family shines through.
Very wise words. It is way to easy to look at what others are doing and say I can do that. What you should be asking is, with all me and my family are doing right now should I be taking on more. Be honest with yourself as you answer that question. God wants us to have the time to spend with him and family. Don't overload your life, it will cause you to stress out, burn out and fail.
I needed this. thank you so much for your candid honesty. there are so many pressures to have and do it all right now when my season isn't up to it. this video brought me contentment, knowing it's OK to be where I am. 🙂
pacing yourself is a hard lesson to learn
This is true with anything in life. What I did when I was 30 is no longer possible now at my age. There are work around's for some things, like having to open a pickle jar or something, new gadgets to help and all that, but some things are just too much. So I have to pick and choose what is important as well as what I can physically do now.
Julia
Good talk.
Much needed needed video. We have a 10 yr old who loves animals and is the most excited to get a farm, my 5 yr just does what her older brother does and the baby well it'll be normal for him. My husband wants to be self sufficient too but he has to work so the kids and I will have to manage most of the farm. I'm a stay at home mom, we won't homeschool we're not ready to take that in along with a farm (when we buy). My hubby has been doing his homework too, taking to people that own or take care of farms and he's been picking their Brain, happy moment because I knew he wanted this but not to the extend where he was doing homework too.
Thank you, Patara, for the porch talk. I'm a mom of 6, and have to constantly remind myself that as much as I want to take on new things in life or learn new things, it's not always possible at this season in life. However, I know that in time, Lord willing, those things will come. I appreciate your down to earth, straightforward videos like this. Thank you for your time in sharing with us and being such a great encouragement. God bless you!
Your videos are fantastic they don't always portray what's happening in my life but I mostly have been where you are ❤️
This was a very good video. I enjoyed it. Change is constant especially on a farm so we just try to roll with things around here and not get to uptight over different situations. I usually don't comment but I did want to tell you that I am personally glad you don't do the live stream shows sometimes to me they seem to be more for other channels. You are more personal with your viewers and teach great lessons. Thanks
Our great-great-greats had a ton of children in order to have help. Kids were milking as soon as they could reach the teats! They weren't making indulgent decisions on what kind of lifestyle they wanted to live like most of us are (thankfully) doing today. They had to get food on the table and survive. In many ways, it's more difficult parenting now because we are forced to be concious parents. Our children don't have survival chores from sun up to sun down to form their characters, unless we provide them. It's our job to sculpt their lives with the goal of developing their character, and the whole of society suffers when parents don't do that. I believe choosing a homestead lifestyle automatically helps to raise children who are concious of life and the consequences of decisions made. Children should be considered as important contributors, and we should make sure they know that they are. The truth is, the time of baby/toddler hood goes by in a blink. It doesn't last (nearly long enough for me!). You can make anything work for that short period of time. What doesn't work, and never will no matter what lifestyle you want, is to be at cross-purposes with a partner. I was blessed, as you are, to have chosen a supportive partner/husband who believes we are in it together. My heart aches for those in a different situation. Good grief, I didn't mean to write a book!
I've been binge watching your videos. Thank you for making them. They speak to my soul. I've been wanting a farm forever but its just not my season yet. I'm still learning and waiting for my turn.
Wow, i feel like that was some delicious mama advice right there! thank you <3 i needed that <3
Good, good advice, Miss P. Being 1 generation ahead of you, I would advise ENJOY the season you are in. When you have little ones and you feel like someone threw you out to dry……..hear me on this-that little one will be grown & gone before you realize it. Time goes by so quickly. Enjoy those kids while you have them. That house will be still & quiet, and you're gonna miss them. When your kids become teens, they will be able to help you with responsibilities on the farm. Hopefully they will love it. Raising kids and having a spouse is time intensive, so don't drown trying to take on all these other labor and time intensive responsibilities. Patara lives it-listen to her.
thank you for sharing..really enjoy listening to your talk today.. even if t was last year….better than T.V.
Thanks for this ,so true a time to reflect.
Amen Amen you tell it like it is i am 71 yr. old and i have always worked like a man my husband has taught me how to do so many things i still work like i am 50yr.old and by the your potato soup is GREAT