The Farmhouse Edit: What Changes When Your Kids Grow Up | Lessons from a Mother of 11 | Sarah of Our Tribe of Many
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What does daily life look like for a mother of 11 children of different ages?
I love to and I always tell other moms who are overwhelmed or questioning things like you need to look to people that are ahead of you. And when I look to the ones ahead of me, I feel like the ones who've handled it best are the ones who are flexible to change all the time. When when seasons are changing, they just do better. And I want to be that person, like just okay, it's changing. And I I can grieve and let go of the past of how it used to be, but also I'm going to march forward with a joyful Spirit to what's next?
My name is Lisa, mother of nine, and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse on Boon. On this podcast, I like to talk about simplifying your life so you can live out your priorities. I help you learn how to cook from scratch and decorate on a budget through this podcast and my courses, Simple Sourdough in the Simple Sewing Series. I also help people reach their goals from home through my business courses, Create Your Blog Dream, and YouTube Success Academy. I will leave links to these resources. in the show notes and description box below. Now let's get into the show. Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast. Today I am talking with Sarah from our tribe of many. She's been on the podcast before.
Many of you know her and love her content. This discussion is so encouraging if you are an overwhelmed mom or A young mom looking for just some perspective on what your future looks like and how beautiful it can be as children uh grow up. Large family life, Sarah has eleven children, so She has learned a thing or two at this point. having eleven children twenty one years old and younger And I think that you are going to find this discussion very encouraging. So let's dive in. Sarah, I'm so excited to catch up with you. If it takes us scheduling a podcast, then that sounds good. That's the only way these days. Yeah. Well, we're both very busy. You have eleven children and I know some of them are moved out and on their own, but nonetheless that means there's like moving parts everywhere.
That's one thing I find interesting. My oldest is now sixteen, so she can drive. Which means they're starting to have their own plans and it's just crazy how you think life will like slow down, but it's actually the exact opposite. Sorry, young mothers. Yeah, it is
it is so different. Exactly. And and I feel like nobody really prepared me for how different it really is when your kids are older.
Yeah, it's I was talking on a different episode recently about how it's kind of it's it blindsides you a little bit because my oldest was twelve four years ago. And four years as we all know is like nothing when you're an adult. Like it's just it's nothing. And so when four years ago I had all these little kids, twelve and under And then four years from now, I'm going to have like they're already, you know, all aging into these like more independent stages. But then four years from now, there's going to be four kids, or not four maybe, but you know what I'm trying to say. Like it's just very fast how every like the whole dynamic changes.
So
that's interesting.
It's so true. When I when I now that I have older ones, I have twenty one down to age three. Yeah, it's quite the range. I Yeah, and it gives you such a different perspective on your younger ones when you have raised some, like Kind of they're absolutely raised. Yeah. And it it's just wild. I'm about four years ahead of you. So my oldest, you know, just right up there and five years maybe. Yes. And yeah. It's just wild.
Yeah, well that is something that I talk about a lot because people will ask, I'm sure you get asked this question a lot too, is it easier to have like two kids or is it easier to have eleven kids? And I find the question kind of funny because of course more kids is more work. Like there's no way around that. However, it's your perspective shift that ends up making the little kids so much easier because there's so many things that you're like, oh That was something I worried about so much. And you don't realize how much stress goes into things that are very
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does daily life look like for a mother of 11 children of different ages?
0:00–8:41
2
How did Sarah design and build a custom home for a large, multigenerational family?
8:41–17:29
3
What surprising changes has homeschooling brought as the older kids graduate?
17:29–25:34
4
How does parenting shift when children become young adults and start making their own decisions?
25:34–33:59
5
What are the common misconceptions about large families and how do they actually experience connection?
33:59–42:46
6
How can overwhelmed parents redefine “wins” and celebrate imperfect progress?
42:46–50:12
7
Why should mothers trust their God‑given instincts over the endless parenting advice online?
50:12–59:16
8
What practical advice does Sarah have for moms feeling overwhelmed by the many voices and expectations?
59:16–1:07:16
Speakers
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