When Homemaking Feels Discouraging... // a heart to heart

I'm not a mom at all. In fact, I'm in college, but I enjoy your longer videos. You have seemed a bit tense in these last couple videos, but I understand things are changing and very difficult. It's sweet that you are willing to be vulnerable. Remember to give yourself grace.

Delilah, I am in metro Detroit. I am a Mom of 3 under 5. You have taught me a lot of things over 3 years. For instance, I copy paste your recipes to pack my freezers before having a baby. I can attest that I delivered a baby girl on December 18, 2023 and i am still eating from my freezer. Thank you! Also, I appreciate how you motivate me to do clean up and deep decluttering. This morning I was thinking about feeding my 4months old baby and I knew I can learn some baby foods recipes from you. I was right...now I am done making all the yummy baby recipes . Just when you feel discouraged remember that you are making a huge impact in a Mom across the Detroit River from Canada. Even if your content managed to impact me as one person that's a win. Also, I appreciate that you do everything around your kids...and I felt validated that all my babies sleep with us. You are not a failure and you have God in your home. God bless you and your family. Claire in metro Detroit Michigan ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Coming from another mum of four, it's ok to choose easy sometimes. I know you obviously love making from scratch etc and good on you for that! But the weeks that are hard, buy the store bought yoghurt and bread! Having four children can be a lot and just surviving in this stage of life is totally normal. Don't beat yourself up for not being perfect. Serve some cereal for breaky, I can guarantee your children are not going to mind one bit! I hope this comes off helpful and not as criticism. You're doing great xx

I wish the most disappointing thing about myself was that I couldn't make bread or bagels from scratch correctly. Deliah! You are making from stratch!!! That a huge accomplish that you even take the time to do that! The true success is that you keep trying! Don't be so hard on yourself.

This vlog was a balm for my soul. I’ve been following you for years and this is why. Thank you for sharing Jesus and encouraging other mamas. ❤️

Delilah, you are the most encouraging woman I know, what you achieve in your weekly videos is amazing! Teaching your children, cooking from scratch, making bread, yoghurt etc from scratch .... you are amazing! Dont get down hearted, we are in awe of you xxx ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Try to think of it as learning and growing rather than 'failures'.😊 The fact that you even tackle these things says so much about you! You are doing great, Delilah!!🥰

I dont know if you’re gonna read this….but I tried a LOT of sandwich loaf recipes and the ONLY ONE that worka for our family is your recipe!!!!!!!!!❤

The scoop of peanut butter + chocolate chip upside down dip is the most relatable thing I’ve ever seen.

Delilah, I’m 60 years old. I still get in ruts, have failures in the kitchen, and let the dust collect from time to time. You’re a human soul, give yourself grace sweet young woman.

Just echoing all the other comments of gratitude and appreciation on here. Can’t even fully put into words just how refreshing this video was. So I’ll just say thank you ❤️

I Just started to watch but I need to stop to enphasize HOW MUCH I admire and respect your work of mom of 4, your cooking skills, your homeschooling, and how you're loving and Kind to your family. No one is perfect, please never forget how wonderful you are and how much you bring peace and inspiration for us, Delilah❤

Oh my gosh I totally get this. I've tried sourdough and kombucha several times and it never quite comes out good so I have given up. Also we have moved away from bread anyway for quite a while now because I'm gluten intolerant and we are going carnivore

This video brought so much encouragement! Often times YouTube only portrays successes and the positive side of the story. Its great to see candid life with successes and failures and frustrations. You are such an amazing example of what a great mother looks like and I appreciate you sharing all of this with us. I completely understand how you feel about clutter as well!

Delilah, I’m a stay at home mom of 2. After having such an encouraging & mostly inspiring winter in the kitchen, I too have been in a rut lately. I was looking so forward to spring but I’ve found that surprisingly I’ve had such a lack of motivation & have noticed such a change in my moods. I find myself so irritable lately & I am not exactly sure why. I was walking through hobby lobby this past weekend and I looked over to a sign that said “be patient with yourself, nothing in nature blooms all year” I think it can also be discouraging when we find ourselves feeling this way in the spring / seasons when we usually would be inspired & happy, then we are hard on ourselves for feeling this way. Anyway, this whole time I was watching this video, it was like you were speaking straight to how I’ve been feeling. I can’t tell you how less alone I feel after finishing this video. Thank you so much for being authentic & honest, simply just knowing someone else has been feeling the same way I have been, makes me go easier on myself. This couldn’t have come at a more perfect time for me.

Delilah, I know exactly what you mean about the sourdough and the bread. I think i have figured out my problem. I believe it's the flour. I buy mine is 50lb bags, and put it in a giant galvanize bin in my pantry. I have gone through a whole 50 lb bag of failures and once that flour is gone, my sourdough came back to life and the bread products started getting back to normal. So it may or may not be the flour. And yes, the environment also plays a big part of our bread baking ups and downs. I make as much as I can from scratch. If I can avoid buying a product from the store, then I do. Those ingredients freak me right out because i know what they do to a person's health. Embrace the failures and embrace the lessons that YAHUAH is giving us through them. ❤

These words came into my mind: your worth is not determined by how well you're able to do something. Your worth is not determined by how energetic or efficient you are. You are worthy, period. That you can do things is great, but don't think your worth depends on it. <3

Wheredo you buy your bulk flour?

Your face when you took your beautiful sandwich loaves out of the oven...made my day! TRUE JOY!

How old is your baby? I feel like this was me recently and it's ALWAYS some weird hormonal shift. After having 4 kids I've started to recognize it. It happens sometimes around 10 months-ish. My son just turned one and this was me a couple months ago. I was emotional, the sky felt like it was falling etc. The key is to get back to the basics. Focus on sleep, sunshine and exercising. I'm glad you didn't just let it get you down though. Way to get back up and keep going and encourage others to do the same!