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About a decade ago, my husband and I were going through a very difficult season of life. And one day we were at a breaking point and were having a conversation with his parents. My MIL told us, ‘you chose your love, so love your choice.’ And that really resonated with me. Love is a choice. So for every trial we face I remind myself that I choose to love him regardless of what my feelings are saying in that moment. It has changed our marriage for the better. We celebrate 15 years married this August.

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I needed this today! Thank you Margaret. My grandma had a heart attack (she's 90) last week and my heart has been heavy waiting for news of her health. I love all the books by Katherine Reay, they're cute and clean!

What's something I'm loving? I'm loving crocheting blankets right now. It's the worst season to making a blanket, but as I'm struggling to decide whether I keep my business open or close it after 4 years, making blankets is bringing me the most joy and peace as I try to listen for Gods next step for me. I'm also loving to sit with my eyes closed and really feel my heart while I imagine my future home, family, and the prosperity I know awaits me. How am I doing? I'm finding peace in my quiet life which is amazing as I've never really had a quiet life. I'm rebuilding my relationship with God and learning to follow my heart. Favorite snack? strawberries and whipped cream, green grapes and a string cheese, ice cold water Margaret, thank you for making a video like this. For making a place where we can safely talk and feel seen. Even if nobody sees/responds to this comment, I feel a weight lifting off me just by putting it out in the world.🤍

I’ve been watching your videos for years, but have never commented before. This video felt like a hug. Thank you.

You are doing it and doing it well ❤ it’s normal to feel overwhelmed you have lot on your plate. I needed this vidoe, love it! Also momma to 3 little boys and things are loud and things are messy and it’s hard and good at the same time. My fav thing is reading right now and I’m so looking forward to summer and more time spent reading. Loving these zevia raspberry lime drinks 😋

I’m 32 weeks right now with my first and I’m sooo terrified. I’ve never had anxiety like I have this pregnancy, always scared something’s wrong or going to go wrong so I’m trying to watch anything I can to start having a peace of mind and to remind myself, women are meant to do this and we are stronger than we may think and feel. Those thoughts help but I’m still scared lol

Thank you for being so real and open. When comparing myself to people on social media I always feel like I come up short. I am 15 years older than you and always feel so inspired yet inadequate because you seem to have so much wisdom at such a young age. I have the big house and great career and am still jealous of your life. I spent way too much of my life going after the things that did not matter and that makes me sad. Life is so hard but learning to trust the Lord is my main goal now. I falter all the time but He keeps bringing me back. He is my source of contentment now. Thank you for your videos, they brighten my day and I get so excited when a new one drops.

Thank you for being so real and open. When comparing myself to people on social media I always feel like I come up short. I am 15 years older than you and always feel so inspired yet inadequate because you seem to have so much wisdom at such a young age. I have the big house and great career and am still jealous of your life. I spent way too much of my life going after the things that did not matter and that makes me sad. Life is so hard but learning to trust the Lord is my main goal now. I falter all the time but He keeps bringing me back. He is my source of contentment now. Thank you for your videos, they brighten my day and I get so excited when a new one drops.

Thank you for this Margaret!! It has not been an easy season for me, I am having trouble finding a job and feel very isolated from my family because my parents are emotionally abusive but trying my best to keep going. This really helped me calm down after a panic attack and helped me feel less lonely so thank you. ❤️ What I’m loving right now: flowy dresses, quiet prayer time outside, audiobooks, embroidering, and yoga.

Pho is my current favourite dish to cook, I thought it was super complicated and something I missed as I used to go to a restaurant to have it but I can't afford this/ don't live near one right now. A simply, cheap recipe that I love and now I get to enjoy hosting people and sharing the meal with them. Loved this video, yes to more of these - thanks!

Book: Jane Eyre Mantra: Yet always rejoicing Snack: Avo on toast, jellybeans

❤ I’m doing good. After not doing good - I looked at myself. Over worked, stressed & needed some me time. I’ve put some boundaries in place & done the work. Happier & things are good. My absolute favourite meal right now is home made satay & roti. We have been making it wayyyy to much but it’s so good 😊 I really enjoyed this & hope you get the feedback you need 😘

Oh my gosh, I loved this. You could feel the genuine warmth and kindness radiating during the video. It had such pure and gentle intentions. Thank you Margaret x

A mantra I've been loving over the last year of my life is, "The grass isn't greener on the other side, it's greener where you water it." It helps me to remember I have all that I need and that social media can often make me feel like I need more or different things to make myself happy. It robs me of seeing the true blessing my life already is with everything in it, and if I take better care of the life I have currently my life is just as if not more magical than the comparison trap that is social media. Hope this helps anyone like it helped me. Also to Margaret, I love this kind of content and pray I find real life friends like you. This was such refreshing content! Sending so much love.

We need your brownie recipe ❤️ Something easy and super yummy I love making is something my mom called “Tuscany bread.” Spread pesto on a slice of sourdough, then put a slice of tomato, a basil leaf or spinach, a slice of muenster cheese, and top with some parmesan. Just bake it until the cheese is golden. So good!

Read Amanda Dykes Whose Waves These Are or Set the Stars Alight Also seasons with small children is tough work but good work keep it up, it is worth it and we don't live for this world but the next, keep going you are doing great!

You’re not alone friend. I’m also going through a really hard time. It’s so hard being a mom. ❤

I am so thankful for this video. I teared up several times watching while folding laundry because I felt not lonely for a moment. You also reminded me to be grateful for the weeding I've been grouching about, I should be thankful to have beds of flowers in my yard that need to be weeded! I've been loving my food processor that was given as a gift, there are so many recipes and chopping and shredding that have become so much more simple because of it! Recently, I've been shredding whole blocks of cheese then freezing it, so I have the convenience of shredded cheese without the nasty starches and additives that the store bought ones come with!

Loved this video! I have a few favourite foods currently, tacos, stir fry’s and dumplings!! I tried a new recipe for vegetarian dumplings made from scratch and they turned out soooo good! Thank you for this video it felt very comforting 💗

I love this so so much! I’m coming off of a beautiful week in Montana celebrating our 15th Anniversary! One of the most fun moments was sitting at a distillery & spying a rodeo about to go down across the street. My husband has never been - so we paid our tab & ran like kids across the parking lot to watch a rodeo in the mountains.🏔️ ❤

You are such a sweet soul! When I first found your UA-cam channel you were living in my city for your husband’s baseball. I remember thinking that we could be friends, then you moved 😂! I’m glad that we can be friends still. I am an older mom (46) of 5 kids and still struggling with keeping it all together. I will be praying for your backyard for your kids. God answered my prayer and gave me my house, he will answer yours too. He loves to give good gifts to his children!

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There is an enzyme in bananas that actually deplete the nutrients of other fruits when mixed together in a smoothie, if you don’t mind no worries just if you didn’t know that 🙂

That's OK. This has been a tremendously hard year for me on the loneliness front, so I know what you're feeling. Long story short, my wife decided to leave, and now my best friend is gone and I only have my boys half the time. So there are times when the quietness just roars around me. It has been dark, but it has been one of the best times in my walk with the Lord. So my only recommendation is, you may not feel like there is time, but MAKING time to be still before Him and read the word with the goal of being close to Him has really helped me. As for what I have been "loving". I ditched my only social media (instagram), so I'm having more time to be still and to read.

I absolutely loved this video so much. It can be so hard for some of my friends to open up and share and it’s difficult to always be the one opening and sharing because it can feel like something is wrong with me in terms of like I’m the only one that seems to be having a hard time. I appreciate your vulnerability and it was so lovely to have the same type of friend as I am for 17 minutes. Thank you for sharing❤️❤️

I am 6 months pregnant, I live in an apartment far from my family and friends. We have been looking for a house for 4 years and can't find anything. The first pregnancy was great, I felt calm and present, and in this one, everything is somehow difficult for me. The husband has his needs, my two years old son has his, everyone has his own opinions on everything and interfere in everything. I feel alone, isolated, disconnected, like someone who doesn't have a right to their needs right now. To my own decisions. Someone who doesn't know how to clearly say no and set boundaries for others. I've been a minimalist for 4 years now and right now I feel that even simplifying my environment all the time does not helps at this stage of life. I don't feel like a enough good mom or wife or anything right now.

Good quote from my grandfather “Hard work won’t hurt ya but worrying about it will”

Gosh I just loved every bit of this video! I am a new mom, my first baby is 5 months old now. I love him and am blessed to be home with him and it’s also a season of reckoning with the changes! Realizing not all of my old hobbies and fun things have a place in life right now and learning to realize that is OKAY and motherhood is a sacrifice. A good one. A gift from God. So there’s definitely loneliness and all kinds of feels mixed in! And anxieties about the future (will I have more kids, can I handle more kids, what do I even like right now or want, etc etc etc) Also… wondering how much I’m influenced by online world and what do I really want to do versus what I think I should do… it’s a mind trip! I’m also with you on the clean books. For awhile I was into the popular fantasy ones that basically tirn into P**n and the Lord convicted me that it was wrong

Gosh I just loved every bit of this video! I am a new mom, my first baby is 5 months old now. I love him and am blessed to be home with him and it’s also a season of reckoning with the changes! Realizing not all of my old hobbies and fun things have a place in life right now and learning to realize that is OKAY and motherhood is a sacrifice. A good one. A gift from God. So there’s definitely loneliness and all kinds of feels mixed in! And anxieties about the future (will I have more kids, can I handle more kids, what do I even like right now or want, etc etc etc) Also… wondering how much I’m influenced by online world and what do I really want to do versus what I think I should do… it’s a mind trip! I’m also with you on the clean books. For awhile I was into the popular fantasy ones that basically tirn into P**n and the Lord convicted me that it was wrong

What a breath of fresh air to see someone be honest and vulnerable. Life has ups and downs and it is refreshing to see someone show the struggle and not make it be some over-the-top unrelatable experience. Thank you for sharing and being real. Know that you are growing your community and slow and steady wins the race!! Hoping your current slump passes quickly!!! -- sending you lots of love, from a butter lover!!!! 🧈❣

Loved this video and format! ❤❤

Love the bread warmer basket 😍... Thank you for this video! Really enjoying decluttering and sorting out the house, a step at a time. But also enjoying the time with family doing everyday things.... Although at times lonely, I really do enjoy alone time. 😊 It's a little therapeutic

THIS! Gosh I needed this, thank you! As a fellow mama to 3 boys(my oldest turns 5 tomorrow 🥺) I really enjoyed every bit of this. I'm struggling with being at a new job after my last son was born just shy of 6 months ago and trying to balance work and mama life and being a wife and so much more!

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Truly enjoyed this video. Please make more hang outs soon!

Margaret, I really hope and pray that you will be able to find time to reach out to all who will be messaging to you in response to this video. Don’t feel pressured but I do hope that will be able to find the time to reach out to some. I know we would all love so much to hear from you but we also know that you are a busy mama. I would love so much to be friends with you! I’ve wished this since I found you and began watching your videos months ago. You would be my only friend. I isolate and keep to myself in my pain and I desperately do not want to continue my life this way. I feel comforted and not as lonely when I watch and rewatch your videos. Thank you for all that you do for others. I can honestly tell you that you have helped me more than you will ever know. Thank you so much Margaret. You are such a great blessing to me and to my grieving heart. Sincerely, Rachel

I am reading Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry. It is amazing so far!

I woke up feeling heavy and lonely. Scrolled youtube to see what is new in my subscriptions. I really needed this-I appreciate you and thank you for all you do xx

I’m working on getting off the birth control pill and I’m scared! I got on when I was 14 because my period was really heavy and I had bad acne. I’ve been on the pill for 7 years now and I have no clue how I’m going to balance my hormones now. I’m not ready for my acne if it comes back. I need to work on a diet plan to support my body during this next phase of life. Wish me luck :)

Your hair looks so amazing 😍

Love this video! Iowa Mama here, and your videos really inspire me in my days. My favorite snack right now is Kalona whole milk cottage cheese with fresh salsa or pico mixed in and use clean tortilla chips to dip in 😊

Loved this video! Thank you! Life is busy right now… I have a 21 month and a 4 month old 🙃 there’s not a lot of time for friends right now it feels like! I really want to get into making ferments! Sourdough, kombucha, kefir, etc and have been enjoying learning about them. Book recommendations! Books by Julie Klassen. I love ‘The Apothecary’s Daughter’ and ‘The Painter’s Daughter’. Wholesome love stories ☺️ She has other books too that she’s written that I love!

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This is the quote I keep reminding myself, "Enjoy the season you are in". You have cute eyebrows - love them:) I am still waiting for my own home and have to relearn to be content over and over. God is faithful to give us the desires of our hearts. Sell your courses and let others help toward your dream. The earnest love pouring from your eyes in this video can only be from Jesus ❤

This was so enjoyable to watch and listen to. I loved how you moved around in all the different spots-really felt like an actual friend was hanging out 😊 You are one of my top favorite UA-cam channels!! You are inspiring and so real. I have three little kids and I cannot imagine how hard it must be to not have a back yard. Hang in there!! You are doing an amazing job!

The only pan I own is the Pioneer Woman Prairie Signature 6-Quart Cast Aluminum Jumbo Cooker Saute Pan, Charcoal Speckle.

Some people will find this absolutely disgusting, but I quit cleaning all the time. I keep things picked up and put away. I only clean (countertops, windows, etc) when things look dirty. I quit caring what people think about my minimalism journey. Complaints from extended family who visited: You don’t have any medicine or bandaids and you only have one pan. Me: I know and I love not having to pick up spilled bandaids that have accidentally spilled hardened cough syrup on them in my medicine cabinet and I love not having to keep track of expired medications or worry about toddlers getting into anything and I love that I never have to clean more than one pan and in fact I could stop using sos scrubbers because of it. I love my chemical free, smell free life free of a different cleaning product for each nook and cranny in my home. I love using 1 multi-use soap. I quit buying extras of products. I keep the 1 I’m using. The store is open everyday and I can stop by if I need something. I quit buying tape, wrapping paper, cans without snap open lids(no can opener), napkins, paper towels, Tupperware, appliances, and more. The only thing I still buy is food, toiletries, clothing. Next stop is reducing and fixing clothing so I wear everything I have.

So needed this :(

That is not teaching them education, sorry