I cup my girls faces and stare at them while they squeeze hug me and the youngest has started to do this too! 🥰 you are not alone in finding them unbearably fascinating to look at and, having the worst memory, it’s lovely to relearn their face at every stage! They are why I journal too!
Yeah for March 20th! Birthdays and now my daughter’s wedding! Lol - We cut and glue because we love the things… Love: open yourself up to new possibilities to rediscover your creative mojo. Exactly!!
I envision your mother hearing you say you bought wallpaper and the look of fright in her face and her saying to you also, do not touch anything until I get there!! LoL! Hoping that your journaling has helped you through these valley times. We miss you :) By the way, you are the CUTEST woman in the world with your open heart and real commentary. Thanks again for sharing your love of journaling with us.
Happy Belated Birthday Emily 🎂 .. Sounds like it was a great one .. That was a birthday filled weekend for me too; my son, grandson, and niece which shares your bday .. Isn’t it wonderful what a change of curtains or pictures can make you feel 😊 .. I can’t wait to get started in my home .. As for staring and touching the kids faces I still do it and they’re grown 🤣.. They just laugh and hug me lol .. ok so now you’ve given me the initiative to go reshush.. I hope I spelled that correctly, let me know lol
@@EmiLou.Arts320 Oh they are never too old to let mom stroke their hair and cheeks. Especially when they've grown up in a good happy loving home .. 🥰 .. Mom is always allowed 😁
I didn’t know you left because I’ve been in my own valley so just know your not alone. I still love seeing your videos. Getting me through my valley. 🥰
So excited to see your new video alert come through. You have inspired me to start collage journaling. I’ve been magazine harvesting, which I love and pottering in a journal. I’ve been scrapbooking for years
Happy belated birthday!!!!! 🎉🎊 Today we are celebrating my dad's 68th n my brothers 41 for March! Girl my dad callin talkin bout tequila n shots! Lord save me tonight! Lol so glad you're back! I did a journal page today before getting ready for this shindig I must host lmaooo and omg they are coming out w two more antiquarian type sticker books on Amazon!!!! Good stuff today, hope you come back soon!!!!!! 💓
So glad that you worked on your "space"! The fact that you had the energy to do that speaks volumes! I imagine you will be feeling MUCH better now. Hugs from Texas 🧡
Great pages and chat. Even if you did have to ask “what was I saying?” I love when you ramble! 😀 Be glad that your kids still want you to watch them. Even if he really wanted you to watch him bet the ‘whatever it was’. Loved the catch up.
Welcome back!!!! You've been missed =D Hoping you and fam are well =D Excited to watch a new video, and let Addy know that I kept her beautiful thank you note, and I loved EVERY SINGLE STICKER on it! She also has amazing handwriting for her young age (mine was horrible lol). I intend to incorporate that card into onto one of my projects =D (oh, and we only have a few boxes of cookies left... hubby is a cookie monster lol) And... HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY!!!! On with the video! Ok... paused a minute and some in, cus girl... you are so right. Peaks and valleys. It's hard to reach out in a valley period. I learned a new term today... "Wintering". Not "just" for winter season... it's a way of approaching the "winters"/valleys in your life with understanding and appreciation, knowing that such moments are for rest, healing, self-care, etc... that even as land must go rest and rejuvenate for things to grow again, so, too, must people. I also learned "Glimmering" - an amazing view of appreciating the little things, like a rose's smell, sunlight on your face, the perfection of a single snowflake... its purposefully changing your thinking to remind your body, which is prone to looking for negatives, to look for the opposite, too. To remind yourself that in small moment, you are at peace. There's way more, including the fact it's based on the vagus(?) nerve/response. Interesting stuff, and I highly suggest at least checking these two things out to see if they may help you with the "valleys"... i've already started implementation in my life, and for the 1st time in weeks... I could actually take a deep breath (stress has prevented it) and wow, it felt GREAT, for just a moment, but.. it was so powerful. And... hushing for now ;) Omg... i love your mom! I can kinda picture it, and it SO WHOLESOME! You: hey mom.... ummmm... i did something.... Mom: .... oooookayyyy? You: i... umm.... i bought wallpaper. Mom: you WHAT? O. M. G. ... I'll be over in TEN MINUTES! It'll be okay! Btw... refreshing your home also refreshes your mind and soul =D Perfect after-winter/spring activity =D (hmm... soon as the chaos here eases... time to slap some paint on stuff, or maybe... just start with looking at some new rugs lol) Lol @ Michael not realizing they were different curtains! Just shows that when you've seen something for years, your mind kind of blanks it out. You know there were curtains, but for the life of you, the color/texture is... blank, or gets filled in by what replaced it. Ok... last edit (unless i word-o lol) It's natural and not creepy for a parent to stare and memorize their kids faces, to yearn to touch their face and hair - it's all part of the continual bonding and love! So, "creep" on your kids, and, with their permission... indulge in those moments of smothing their hair, gently touching their beautiful faces, and giving and receiving those hugs. Kids raised like this, knowing they are loved fully and completely, become amazing and loving adults. If they choose to have children, those kids also will benefit from this. Touch is so very important to thrive - we know that infants can actually suffer "failure to thrive" without this vital element... but people forget... it's true for every stage of life. Some require more and some less, but it's still needed. Happy birthday again, and may you enjoy many MANY more spins around the sun =D Much love from our home to yours.... and I was serious, I'm off to look at new rugs lol. Thank you for the suggestion! =D
So hearing from you made my day, Emily! Okay…I have lots to say! First of all…what are you even talking about?!? You exude “springiness”!😀🌸🌼 But, I have to agree…it’s been ANOTHER month!! 😳Happy 39th birthday, dear Emily!! 🥰🎂🥳It sounds like it was a beautiful day! Spending your birthday with your people is the BEST way to spend the day!! That’s PERFECT ! 🥰💕♥️ Spending time with those we love is what life is about! Our tribe is EVERYTHING!!🥰♥️♥️ I am grateful that you continue to allow us to hitch a ride onto your life journey. Ultimately, I am not sure when we really get to the end of the road, but I am happy and ever-so-grateful to have the ability to travel my personal journey each day! We need to enjoy every moment!! 💕🥰Yes…the world NEEDS to be lighter!! That’s actually my word for the year! I am attempting to learn it, experience it, and live it each day!! And finally…shopping the house!🏡 I so enjoy that! 👍🏼Just remember…sometimes we need to remove the curtain to see what is right in front of us. In your case, it was rugs, towels, AND new curtains!! Gotta love Target!! Oh, and Home Goods!!! ❤️🎯🏠So…I am done! Thank you, Emily, for all you do! It’s an honor to “know you” in this way, and perhaps someday we will meet in real life! I just adore you! 🥰💕♥️ Have a beautiful, bright, and peaceful year as you look to 40!🥰😘
There's a new sticker book coming out in Sept called Imaginaruim.. I've got it saved on Amazon 😁😁 so glad to see your back.. was worried you were under the covers with fruit snacks for the long haul.. glad you had an awesome birthday doing what you wanted!!
I just discovered your channel and I think I already watched three of your videos. I pray you aren’t gone for good. Today is my “day off” I live with my father who is sick but functioning at the moment which is awesome but it’s hard. My sister came to live with us to help care for him so she does more of the one on one care. I needed to say that because I don’t want you to think I am taking full care of him I also am working five days a week. Anyway the point I’m trying to make is what you said about your son is so true and not creepy. Instead of dwelling on how frustrating or hard it is with my Father I should be enjoying and just being in awe of him the man who helped bring me into this world and who provided for me. Don’t you think those parents in Uvalde wish they could be weird and look at their babies and touch their faces and examine their freckles?! Also I totally agree about the moving things around and spicing things up. I love so many things (it’s kind of sick actually) but I tend to find a spot for things and just leave them there but when you move things around you find the beauty again. I am currently organizing my overflowing sticker collection (dang you hobby lobby and dollar tree for having such cute and affordable things) and I am listening to your videos and I am comforted and inspired so thank you! I recently read or saw this on some social media which says how there a two hobbies one the collecting of the craft supplies and two the actually creating with the craft supplies. It really convicted me and I am determined to be the second. Thanks again! I’m going to go binge some more of your videos. God Bless you and your family! ❤️
So glad to see you again! Seriously my kindred spirit! I’m here but not present 😂. My journal reflected a week of ick, so real is real and true. Thank you always for being real raw and true! 💜
The boys are playing that game you mentioned, terraria or something, on the Xbox now too. Since like yesterday. It looks like fun. Also, the randomly wanting to touch... is so relatable. My eldest just turned 13, a day before your b-day, and I can't get over the fact of how much I love him and how he made me a mommy and how handsome he's getting and hellooooo.... gushy much, lol. I love em 💙 anyway, it was fun catching up with you. x
With you all the way! It’s called being present. My baby is 22 and I still do it; children are such a marvel. It’s a blessing watching them evolve. Glad to see you back; you’ve been in my prayers.
I was worried about you and and so grateful that you have posted this video to share your journaling and what you want to share with us. That is a generous gift that you give. In my humble opinion you owe NO ONE an explanation nor a response to anything about anyone; including doing the best you can to get through the day. Even if you’re feeling like larvae.
I was thinking of Fatty!!! I was watching New Girl and someone on the show had a cat named Fatty (season 3) and I thought of your Fatty!! Happy Belated Birthday🎂
Heyyyy! I missed your videos 😭 ❤️ had nothing to watch while trying to put my 4 month old to bed lol. Sorry you had a tough month, right there with you, March was…. a total mental disaster lol. Happy late birthday! My mom turned 61 that same day!
Welcome back 😊 you do so well keeping up with your journaling, i love journaling but life sometimes gets in the way of me doing it. I hope you are heading up a happy peak soon. Happy belated birthday 🎉
Rejus is to take care of everything to do with your building, such as your cleaning. What a wonderful word!!
I cup my girls faces and stare at them while they squeeze hug me and the youngest has started to do this too! 🥰 you are not alone in finding them unbearably fascinating to look at and, having the worst memory, it’s lovely to relearn their face at every stage! They are why I journal too!
Thanks for sharing.
Happy Birthday and Happy Spring!
My space and surroundings are so important and effect my mood overall in such a big way! A space refresh even on a small scale can make a big impact!
I didn’t realize that I hadn’t done anything different in so long, just brought a breath of freshness😌
Yeah for March 20th! Birthdays and now my daughter’s wedding! Lol - We cut and glue because we love the things… Love: open yourself up to new possibilities to rediscover your creative mojo. Exactly!!
I just love your personality 🥰!
Thank you, that’s such a sweet compliment!🥰
Happy Birthday 🎂 🍀💐🌞
I envision your mother hearing you say you bought wallpaper and the look of fright in her face and her saying to you also, do not touch anything until I get there!! LoL! Hoping that your journaling has helped you through these valley times. We miss you :)
By the way, you are the CUTEST woman in the world with your open heart and real commentary. Thanks again for sharing your love of journaling with us.
I think you probably envisioned it spot on😂😅
@@EmiLou.Arts320 😂
Happy birthday 🎂
This video made my day! So good to hear your voice!
This was super fun to watch and listen to ! Thanks 🙏🏾
Happy Belated Birthday Emily 🎂 .. Sounds like it was a great one .. That was a birthday filled weekend for me too; my son, grandson, and niece which shares your bday .. Isn’t it wonderful what a change of curtains or pictures can make you feel 😊 .. I can’t wait to get started in my home .. As for staring and touching the kids faces I still do it and they’re grown 🤣.. They just laugh and hug me lol .. ok so now you’ve given me the initiative to go reshush.. I hope I spelled that correctly, let me know lol
Happy Birthday to your niece and it’s good to know that even as adults they might still let me stroke their cheeks🤣❤️
@@EmiLou.Arts320 Oh they are never too old to let mom stroke their hair and cheeks. Especially when they've grown up in a good happy loving home .. 🥰 .. Mom is always allowed 😁
Love your journaling style, and so enjoyed watching and listening to you. Ya gotta do what makes your heart sing!
Thank you Vicki, I agree 100%😘
The personality that comes through in your UA-cam videos is very “Springy!” Happy belated birthday!
Thank you, that’s very sweet of you❤️
I was just thinking of you, and volià here you are! Happy belated birthday UA-cam friend.
So glad your back! Hopefully April will be a better month! Hang in there 🥰
You’re doing a good job
Thank you so much❤️
I didn’t know you left because I’ve been in my own valley so just know your not alone. I still love seeing your videos. Getting me through my valley. 🥰
I hope your valley is getting shallower❤️
@@EmiLou.Arts320 Thank you. I think it is.
Good to see you 😘
Thanks Michelle❤️
So excited to see your new video alert come through. You have inspired me to start collage journaling. I’ve been magazine harvesting, which I love and pottering in a journal. I’ve been scrapbooking for years
That is awesome Jo! Collage journaling is so fun❤️
Happy belated birthday!!!!! 🎉🎊 Today we are celebrating my dad's 68th n my brothers 41 for March! Girl my dad callin talkin bout tequila n shots! Lord save me tonight! Lol so glad you're back! I did a journal page today before getting ready for this shindig I must host lmaooo and omg they are coming out w two more antiquarian type sticker books on Amazon!!!! Good stuff today, hope you come back soon!!!!!! 💓
Oh don’t do anything I wouldn’t do!🙌❤️🥳
Happy Birthday 🎉🎊 I’m so glad your back! Missed you and glad things are better!
So glad that you worked on your "space"! The fact that you had the energy to do that speaks volumes! I imagine you will be feeling MUCH better now. Hugs from Texas 🧡
So glad your back - happy birthday! 🎉
I was missing you so much!! o glad to eee you again! Love you!!!
Thank you❤️
Great pages and chat. Even if you did have to ask “what was I saying?” I love when you ramble! 😀 Be glad that your kids still want you to watch them. Even if he really wanted you to watch him bet the ‘whatever it was’. Loved the catch up.
Don’t we all love it when I forget what I’m even saying🤦♀️🤣🤷♀️
Welcome back!!!! You've been missed =D Hoping you and fam are well =D
Excited to watch a new video, and let Addy know that I kept her beautiful thank you note, and I loved EVERY SINGLE STICKER on it! She also has amazing handwriting for her young age (mine was horrible lol). I intend to incorporate that card into onto one of my projects =D (oh, and we only have a few boxes of cookies left... hubby is a cookie monster lol)
And... HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY!!!!
On with the video!
Ok... paused a minute and some in, cus girl... you are so right. Peaks and valleys. It's hard to reach out in a valley period. I learned a new term today... "Wintering". Not "just" for winter season... it's a way of approaching the "winters"/valleys in your life with understanding and appreciation, knowing that such moments are for rest, healing, self-care, etc... that even as land must go rest and rejuvenate for things to grow again, so, too, must people. I also learned "Glimmering" - an amazing view of appreciating the little things, like a rose's smell, sunlight on your face, the perfection of a single snowflake... its purposefully changing your thinking to remind your body, which is prone to looking for negatives, to look for the opposite, too. To remind yourself that in small moment, you are at peace. There's way more, including the fact it's based on the vagus(?) nerve/response.
Interesting stuff, and I highly suggest at least checking these two things out to see if they may help you with the "valleys"... i've already started implementation in my life, and for the 1st time in weeks... I could actually take a deep breath (stress has prevented it) and wow, it felt GREAT, for just a moment, but.. it was so powerful.
And... hushing for now ;)
Omg... i love your mom! I can kinda picture it, and it SO WHOLESOME!
You: hey mom.... ummmm... i did something....
Mom: .... oooookayyyy?
You: i... umm.... i bought wallpaper.
Mom: you WHAT? O. M. G. ... I'll be over in TEN MINUTES! It'll be okay!
Btw... refreshing your home also refreshes your mind and soul =D Perfect after-winter/spring activity =D (hmm... soon as the chaos here eases... time to slap some paint on stuff, or maybe... just start with looking at some new rugs lol)
Lol @ Michael not realizing they were different curtains! Just shows that when you've seen something for years, your mind kind of blanks it out. You know there were curtains, but for the life of you, the color/texture is... blank, or gets filled in by what replaced it.
Ok... last edit (unless i word-o lol)
It's natural and not creepy for a parent to stare and memorize their kids faces, to yearn to touch their face and hair - it's all part of the continual bonding and love! So, "creep" on your kids, and, with their permission... indulge in those moments of smothing their hair, gently touching their beautiful faces, and giving and receiving those hugs. Kids raised like this, knowing they are loved fully and completely, become amazing and loving adults. If they choose to have children, those kids also will benefit from this.
Touch is so very important to thrive - we know that infants can actually suffer "failure to thrive" without this vital element... but people forget... it's true for every stage of life. Some require more and some less, but it's still needed.
Happy birthday again, and may you enjoy many MANY more spins around the sun =D
Much love from our home to yours.... and I was serious, I'm off to look at new rugs lol. Thank you for the suggestion! =D
I love your comments Abigail, they make my day. You are so thoughtful and sweet❤️ Addie will love that you loved her card😘
I just love your channel. I like how genuine you are. You make me laugh and brighten my day. Belated birthday wishes. Many blessings.
Thank you so much Wendy😘
Happy bElated birthday. Welcome back
I'm glad you're back!
I was so happy to see a video missed watching glad your on the up right now x
Thank you so much❤️
Yea! Glad to see you! Hugs!
Happy belated birthday Emiilu arts
Thank you!🥰
I am glad you are back! I laugh because I just binge purchased stuff at home goods tooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sometimes Homegoods hits just right!🤣
@@EmiLou.Arts320 if they don't want me binge buying stuff they wouldn't have made it all so shiny lol
So hearing from you made my day, Emily! Okay…I have lots to say! First of all…what are you even talking about?!? You exude “springiness”!😀🌸🌼 But, I have to agree…it’s been ANOTHER month!! 😳Happy 39th birthday, dear Emily!! 🥰🎂🥳It sounds like it was a beautiful day! Spending your birthday with your people is the BEST way to spend the day!! That’s PERFECT ! 🥰💕♥️ Spending time with those we love is what life is about! Our tribe is EVERYTHING!!🥰♥️♥️ I am grateful that you continue to allow us to hitch a ride onto your life journey. Ultimately, I am not sure when we really get to the end of the road, but I am happy and ever-so-grateful to have the ability to travel my personal journey each day! We need to enjoy every moment!! 💕🥰Yes…the world NEEDS to be lighter!! That’s actually my word for the year! I am attempting to learn it, experience it, and live it each day!! And finally…shopping the house!🏡 I so enjoy that! 👍🏼Just remember…sometimes we need to remove the curtain to see what is right in front of us. In your case, it was rugs, towels, AND new curtains!! Gotta love Target!! Oh, and Home Goods!!! ❤️🎯🏠So…I am done! Thank you, Emily, for all you do! It’s an honor to “know you” in this way, and perhaps someday we will meet in real life! I just adore you! 🥰💕♥️ Have a beautiful, bright, and peaceful year as you look to 40!🥰😘
Thank you so much Cheryl, it is an honor to be considered your friend❤️
Welcome back!
Thank you Mary!🥰
Hello! Welcome back!!
Thanks Molly!😘
There's a new sticker book coming out in Sept called Imaginaruim.. I've got it saved on Amazon 😁😁 so glad to see your back.. was worried you were under the covers with fruit snacks for the long haul.. glad you had an awesome birthday doing what you wanted!!
You know me very well!😘
I just discovered your channel and I think I already watched three of your videos. I pray you aren’t gone for good. Today is my “day off” I live with my father who is sick but functioning at the moment which is awesome but it’s hard. My sister came to live with us to help care for him so she does more of the one on one care. I needed to say that because I don’t want you to think I am taking full care of him I also am working five days a week. Anyway the point I’m trying to make is what you said about your son is so true and not creepy. Instead of dwelling on how frustrating or hard it is with my Father I should be enjoying and just being in awe of him the man who helped bring me into this world and who provided for me. Don’t you think those parents in Uvalde wish they could be weird and look at their babies and touch their faces and examine their freckles?! Also I totally agree about the moving things around and spicing things up. I love so many things (it’s kind of sick actually) but I tend to find a spot for things and just leave them there but when you move things around you find the beauty again. I am currently organizing my overflowing sticker collection (dang you hobby lobby and dollar tree for having such cute and affordable things) and I am listening to your videos and I am comforted and inspired so thank you! I recently read or saw this on some social media which says how there a two hobbies one the collecting of the craft supplies and two the actually creating with the craft supplies. It really convicted me and I am determined to be the second. Thanks again! I’m going to go binge some more of your videos. God Bless you and your family! ❤️
So glad to see you again! Seriously my kindred spirit! I’m here but not present 😂. My journal reflected a week of ick, so real is real and true. Thank you always for being real raw and true! 💜
Awww..
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
YOU'RE IN YOUR PRIME. 🤣😂🤣🥰🥰
I loved 39.
I'm 52 going on to 53!
🤩🤩🤩🤩
Happy Vernal Birthday, Dear Empress! Good to see you again. March has been quite the month. Take good care of you!
Thank you Linda🥰❤️
The boys are playing that game you mentioned, terraria or something, on the Xbox now too. Since like yesterday. It looks like fun. Also, the randomly wanting to touch... is so relatable. My eldest just turned 13, a day before your b-day, and I can't get over the fact of how much I love him and how he made me a mommy and how handsome he's getting and hellooooo.... gushy much, lol. I love em 💙 anyway, it was fun catching up with you. x
Tell me when he won’t let you touch his face anymore so I can mentally prepare myself😭 Henry loves Terraria!
With you all the way! It’s called being present. My baby is 22 and I still do it; children are such a marvel. It’s a blessing watching them evolve. Glad to see you back; you’ve been in my prayers.
Happy belated birthday lovely ❤️ So happy to see you on my UA-cam feed this morning 🙂
Thank you Jess❤️
I was worried about you and and so grateful that you have posted this video to share your journaling and what you want to share with us. That is a generous gift that you give. In my humble opinion you owe NO ONE an explanation nor a response to anything about anyone; including doing the best you can to get through the day. Even if you’re feeling like larvae.
Feeling like larvae🤣❤️ Thank you so much for the support Melissa, you guys are so sweet to me I always want to come back.
We need before and after reveals of the house makeover !! lol
Yes gurl… document the real days … I love how genuine you are are … glad you had a happy bday! Love catching up!
I was thinking of Fatty!!! I was watching New Girl and someone on the show had a cat named Fatty (season 3) and I thought of your Fatty!! Happy Belated Birthday🎂
Just came across your channel! Girl, I am HOOKED. Question - what is the large book your using with all the paper and stickers at (TS) 7:41?
Heyyyy! I missed your videos 😭 ❤️ had nothing to watch while trying to put my 4 month old to bed lol. Sorry you had a tough month, right there with you, March was…. a total mental disaster lol.
Happy late birthday! My mom turned 61 that same day!
Happy birthday to your mom! And Im sorry I left you high and dry for those middle of the night feedings😭
@@EmiLou.Arts320 It’s okay :) i rather you take care of your self first. ❤️
What a great catch up!! Yes...my husband and I are always oogling (sp?) over our gems :)
Welcome back 😊 you do so well keeping up with your journaling, i love journaling but life sometimes gets in the way of me doing it. I hope you are heading up a happy peak soon. Happy belated birthday 🎉
Oh trust me, I have not kept up! That’s the whole point of this. It took a bit of time sitting down and slapping stuff in to get up to today.