Real Families: The Courageous Bond of Julia and Ayla

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  • Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
  • Following on from 'JULIA'S BABY', we see how Julia has coped with the birth of her daughter, Ayla. After two years the pair have figured out their own way of communication, but that is just one of many difficulties for Julia to overcome.
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  • @laurajudd6785
    @laurajudd6785 3 года назад +738

    Julia Gates is now Mrs Julia Kimbell, mother of three, still living around Peterborough with John and their children. She hasn’t much of a presence online after 2004, however seems she’s been living a great life since the show - so good to hear!

    • @marybelvin452
      @marybelvin452 3 года назад +5

      !

    • @marybelvin452
      @marybelvin452 3 года назад

      M

    • @shiniestar32
      @shiniestar32 3 года назад +70

      That is awesome to hear. I fell in love with her the way she talks so sassy lol. Wow. She has raised 3 children, that is great. She did it and proved everyone she could do it.

    • @NadineMiller1974
      @NadineMiller1974 3 года назад +68

      Thank you for posting the follow up. That is wonderful to hear. So that means her children are grown adults now.
      I had seen another program of a husband and wife, I believe the mum was Blind & Deaf but I think the das was blind living in the UK as well. Julia's story (life) is no where near how this family was/is. They were chain smokers and the eldest daughter was actually filling the role of mum & dad. It was an extremely sad situation to the point she wanted to end her life and she was barely a teen if that. The parents said they would just keep having kids and no one could say different.
      Difference is Julia was/ is determined to be the best for Ayla and she was!

    • @buglove515
      @buglove515 3 года назад +18

      Amazing!! Love the update ❤ thank you

  • @cristinadinger5115
    @cristinadinger5115 Год назад +117

    I don’t believe Julia hates social services, she just wants the chance to do things on her own just like the rest of us. I think she is a very positive, hardworking, good mom!

    • @saram2446
      @saram2446 Год назад +8

      yes but I also understand that the social workers have the need to look after them, because we cannot really know how it is to be deaf and blind and we do not have the other senses oversensitiv such as deaf and blind people do have it

    • @pamelarogers8897
      @pamelarogers8897 Год назад +7

      Exact, and she needs to be grateful that so much help and assistance is available to her, graciously accept it, and drop the attitude. It's good for her to have determination but common sense needs to prevail.

    • @notaprettymom7620
      @notaprettymom7620 Год назад +9

      I work in disability support and this situation wouldn't be the same nowadays. Julia's "attitude" is in my humble opinion completely reasonable and she is very articulate and patient. She's got super positive energy which is actually amazing given that she seems to have been alone in her struggles for so long and keeps being made to prove herself. Today, she would receive support on her terms. People who she interviews and trains would either be hired through an agency or by her without the middle man, and be paid through funding for disability support. Listening to the social worker and the staff in those early days try and figure out what the problem is is with the benefit of hindsight kind of silly. Julia knew all along how the support should have been and I'm just sorry she didn't get it at first because it's tough for anyone being a young mum and she had all of these extra troubles trying to get proper supports in place which took precious energy away from the beautiful and massive responsibility of caring for her sweet girl. But she did it!

    • @ph4780
      @ph4780 Год назад +1

      @@notaprettymom7620 they tried to give her a seeing eye dog to help her be independent and she abused it so badly they took it away from her. She's just unable to regulate her emotions.

    • @ilikenapsandyou1060
      @ilikenapsandyou1060 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@ph4780 where did you find that information?

  • @heatherleonbruno3263
    @heatherleonbruno3263 3 года назад +240

    "Well then, don't ask stupid questions." 🤩 This woman is one quick, brave, and independent lady. Really an inspiration!

    • @kristycanning9255
      @kristycanning9255 3 года назад +3

      I just commented this and saw your comment !! Right like haha 😂 she’s amazing and so strong and she’s witty af. I’d totally be this ladies BFF if she didn’t mind me for being witty and cheeky also

    • @kristahathaway9308
      @kristahathaway9308 2 года назад +4

      @@kristycanning9255 both of you are 100% right this lady is amazing she's beautiful strong independent woman and she proved them all wrong and shoved it in their face she's doing so good now I hear she has three children I am at 34 minutes and 49 seconds so I don't know what goes on after that but it looks like she gets married Maybe three children wow

    • @catherinethemba
      @catherinethemba Год назад +9

      You left out selfish. No kid would choose her as a mother. Zero eye contact and left crying for hours. Luckily for Ayla she got that dad.

    • @njsmkmmsthatsit3518
      @njsmkmmsthatsit3518 Год назад +11

      @@catherinethemba There has never been a parent that was perfect. Not you not anyone else, so don't be so judgmental.

    • @tinktinkkks4209
      @tinktinkkks4209 Год назад +1

      When she was telling the doctor ur hurting me, and then called him a bichh lmao or did she call the bby that 😭😂 I hear lil b

  • @angelaberni8873
    @angelaberni8873 Год назад +63

    To have such a friend as she has having to constantly do signs on her hand is truly a God sent. You are a gem of a friend.

    • @LyYAHN
      @LyYAHN 7 месяцев назад +1

      And at that age as well! I have tremendous respect. Not for being a friend... Julia seems to be a great friend to have and you can count yourself lucky to be her friend.
      The respect I have for Lisa is much more directed towards the fact that she decided to go into that line of work. As I've previously mentioned - especially at that young age. It's amazing that she decided to learn this specific language. She is a hero for that!

    • @illailla5813
      @illailla5813 7 месяцев назад

      I don’t think it’s just a friend doing a favor. I think she’s a paid by the state assistant.

    • @Jessicavargas-ig1zm
      @Jessicavargas-ig1zm 4 месяца назад

      She is a paid assistant however, they built a friendship and a bond with one another, so their relationship went beyond a working relationship.

  • @justineharper3346
    @justineharper3346 Год назад +49

    Ayla is such a beautiful and intelligent child. I love how she leads her mom by the hand to show her stuff ❤

  • @survivingitall5263
    @survivingitall5263 3 года назад +106

    Julia's best friend/helper is an amazing person. It's so great that Julia has help that she chooses and isnt just assigned people she doesnt trust

  • @justmejo9008
    @justmejo9008 Год назад +91

    I think losing John for a time was probably a real eye-opener for Julia. Not appreciating people was part of her problems

    • @MsPiinkFllamingo
      @MsPiinkFllamingo Год назад +2

      Me too. It was an eye opener.

    • @TJHutchExotics
      @TJHutchExotics Год назад +12

      I think she loved and appreciated him but had a wall built around herself preventing her from displaying amd saying it - but I think she did need her eyes opened

    • @hellaSwankkyToo
      @hellaSwankkyToo Год назад +13

      ableism + the tough exterior she had to built to protect herself from it + all the ableism social services agents was her problem. Julia was clearly capable from the beginning + had to fight doubters + prove herself twice over every step of the way. she needed help but she should’ve been able to direct + determine what that help was + how it was received.
      she should’ve been treated + respected + listened to as if she knew her own life + her own needs better than anyone else ever could. it wasn’t until they figured that out that things got smoother.
      thank god we do things better now. even though the ableism is still just as bad + ever present. especially in the minds of abled spectators who think they know better than the disabled person when it comes to identifying their “problems” + what they need. 🙄

    • @hellaSwankkyToo
      @hellaSwankkyToo Год назад +1

      @@TJHutchExotics completely agree.

    • @justmejo9008
      @justmejo9008 Год назад +9

      @@hellaSwankkyToo they gave her the kind of help she requested 🙄 ugh! Go safe a woman who needs your help.. this lady was amply accommodated

  • @vickiezaccardo1711
    @vickiezaccardo1711 Год назад +52

    What a heart- warming update. What a wonderful mom! In comments it was said that Julia went on to marry and have 2 more children. Would be nice to see a doc on that. I'm so glad all worked- out for her

    • @theresajohnson1959
      @theresajohnson1959 Год назад +1

      Same here🤗

    • @teijaflink2226
      @teijaflink2226 Год назад +3

      All the kids should be adults now, would be so fun to see how they all are doing now and if she has grandchildren.

  • @extracelestial1027
    @extracelestial1027 3 года назад +84

    wow 20 years later and they’re still together :) love that. every relationship has bumped in the road

    • @kristahathaway9308
      @kristahathaway9308 2 года назад +8

      I'm trying to look for all the information all you guys on here are telling me you found the information on the internet but I can't find it anywhere can you give me the link

    • @Goodwillwinoverevil1984
      @Goodwillwinoverevil1984 Год назад +2

      She's lucky her partner has good values. She's lucky.

    • @andrecancol
      @andrecancol Год назад +2

      @@kristahathaway9308 exactly I cannot find any information about this at all

  • @MamaTriedSolo
    @MamaTriedSolo Год назад +51

    I empathize with the social workers and caretakers...you are angels! Gratitude is not always given when it should. In this field, if your paycheck is all the gratitude you'll ever receive...DO IT ANYWAY! God sees your heart even if no one else does!

  • @royalejordan-hunt8358
    @royalejordan-hunt8358 2 года назад +39

    Julia was ALWAYS determined to take care of baby ! Even with here multiple disabilities, she never backdown. Because she knew if she gave social services a step they would have taken a mile and her baby away from her. This story is truly inspiring.

  • @babsywoman4212
    @babsywoman4212 Год назад +18

    It is amazing the way Ayla adapts and feels instinctively she has to communicate with her mom in a different way as with others.

  • @bettymikhail5101
    @bettymikhail5101 3 года назад +93

    Does anyone remember HELEN KELLER AND HOW FAR SHE DID GO AND HOW MUCH SHE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WORLD OF THE DEAF AND BLIND? This woman is amazing!!!!!!

    • @kirstenornelas881
      @kirstenornelas881 3 года назад +12

      Everyone remembers Hellen Keller and she deserves the admiration for being such a fighter but we often forget to give the admiration deserves to the teacher who didn’t give up on her and who developed the method of teaching those like her.

    • @amandapanda7878
      @amandapanda7878 3 года назад +4

      helen keller never had a baby

    • @papawnanasaveslovesnlife9530
      @papawnanasaveslovesnlife9530 Год назад +2

      @@amandapanda7878 so this makes Julia Truly an Amazing ❤ felt momma n determination of more that some without disabilities ✔💯❗... I'm Amazed by her story n her witty personality n determination jus as others are 🗯😍❗...

    • @kirstenornelas881
      @kirstenornelas881 Год назад

      @@amandapanda7878 the reason she is being referenced is the way that Julia communicated and the woman communicated with her with the hand movements was created by a teacher who met decided Helen Keller was not brain damaged like everyone thought. She simply didn’t have a way to see or hear so she found a way to reach her and teach her how to communicate. That’s the method of communication this woman is using here and people are referencing that without the teacher and Helen Keller both being strong and stubborn and not giving up people like Julia would never have had a way to communicate with or understand the world around them. They were prior to that placed in homes and left in the silence and darkness and barely cared for. So nobody was mentioning her over the part of being a mom or not but without her and her teacher, people like Julia could have never been mothers. She wouldn’t have been given a chance and wouldn’t have made it to adulthood without the method of communication she was using having been invented. If she had made it to puberty they would have sterilized her or had someone like her gotten pregnant they would have forced abortion on her or just taken the baby away without her ever knowing what was going on. Without a way to understand what was happening to her because there wouldn’t have been a way for her to be told or understand what was happening.

    • @tyffaneelavely8087
      @tyffaneelavely8087 Год назад +1

      yeah but it was even worse for Helen Keller bcuz sshe was born that way. Julia went deaf at 20 YO and blind at 4. So she was already taught the world thru her ears. Which makes it much easier to learn the hand sign language. Not saying it's easy by any means. She is a true inspiration. I'm just saying the fact that that woman was able to teach Helen Keller anything is a miracle in itself.

  • @DieAlteistwiederda
    @DieAlteistwiederda 2 года назад +102

    For anyone wondering: This little girl turned out just fine and is now an adult. Only saw some pictures bur she also had one with both of her parents so I am sure I found the right person.
    Disabled parents can be wonderful or horrible parents just like any able bodied parent can be.

    • @zimzalabitch
      @zimzalabitch Год назад +4

      Where did you saw it?

    • @daynalynnxo
      @daynalynnxo Год назад +1

      Also curious

    • @melindathomas21
      @melindathomas21 Год назад

      @@daynalynnxo me2

    • @amysnews6808
      @amysnews6808 2 месяца назад

      Where did you find pictures?! I haven't found anything but a few articles and none of them had pictures of the little girl more grown.

  • @carolynlong9148
    @carolynlong9148 3 года назад +41

    I think Juliea is doing fantastic. I work with people with disabilites and I support independence all the way. Two 👍👍for this video.

  • @Sarah-xj9il
    @Sarah-xj9il 3 года назад +25

    so cool how so young she helps her mother by touching. plus so smart

  • @kellym9756
    @kellym9756 Год назад +23

    Wow. What a remarkable woman. This is so touching. I am neither deaf nor blind and I struggle with 2 children. I hope she is made aware of these comments and realises how much admiration she has received. This has made a real impact on me. Thank you so much for sharing. Blessings to you Julia and family.

  • @marielcastillo6025
    @marielcastillo6025 3 года назад +22

    Julia has been better mother than so many who can hear and see but prefare to ignore their children....full marks to her. It would be so nice to have an update about her and her family.

  • @SaMaNtHa.2023
    @SaMaNtHa.2023 Год назад +10

    I love and how she explained that there is mums out there that are just got a baby but don't love it. And there is people out there that have a baby and love it so much that they are more protected than just a mother. I would be proud to have you as my daughter. I had my daughter and she was born with a cataract and she is completely blind and deaf in her left ear as well as blind in the left eye due to the cataract. And my family history and genetics wearly in life as I've got glucoma and I'm only 35. This is giving me hope that my daughter could chief of everything being a mum and I am so proud. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely story.

  • @BlindBombshell
    @BlindBombshell Год назад +62

    As a blind mother of three in the United States, I understand why Julia was apprehensive and abrasive with social services. They just assumed because she was a person with a disability that she had to have around the clock help. She’s a beautiful, wonderful mother and I hope for, the best for her and her family.

    • @MsPiinkFllamingo
      @MsPiinkFllamingo Год назад +2

      Props to you! ❤

    • @hellaSwankkyToo
      @hellaSwankkyToo Год назад +2

      exaaaaaactly. this is what nobody else in the comments seems to get or understand. this exactly!
      + i’m sure i know why that is.

    • @OhioTreasures
      @OhioTreasures Год назад +4

      I wouldn't want these ppl in my business at all

    • @kimdenny3294
      @kimdenny3294 Год назад +4

      It's obvious she cannot look after a baby by herself......

    • @magdalenaos8215
      @magdalenaos8215 11 месяцев назад +1

      She is not only blind but also deaf. Maybe not her, but her baby will need help of someone else all the time.

  • @jeanneprieto5219
    @jeanneprieto5219 Год назад +8

    Julia is truly remarkable. Having a baby is challenging for anyone. Most moms need help and I think she recognizes it, but she was being scrutinized with the expectation of failure. Good for her proving everyone wrong.
    The way I see it, she needs help mostly having people visit and talk to her so her baby learns how to communicate on a hearing world.

  • @mariaparker7545
    @mariaparker7545 3 года назад +18

    Totally in awe of this lovely lady... what a fantastic mother she is... so happy for them...

  • @kristycanning9255
    @kristycanning9255 3 года назад +18

    Omg I love this lady “don’t ask stupid questions then” 😂

  • @kathyhardee2398
    @kathyhardee2398 Год назад +23

    I'm so proud for Julia, I noticed she smiles most of the time. I feel Julia is making a great parent and is doing great with her well behaved baby.

  • @lindasanderlin4444
    @lindasanderlin4444 3 года назад +27

    So happy for her! What a delightful little girl. She was a beautiful baby and is a beautiful child. They are a lovely family. May God bless and protect them.

  • @twingytwango6971
    @twingytwango6971 3 года назад +13

    Talking to her via signing in her hand is amazing!!!

  • @gillianbrookwell1678
    @gillianbrookwell1678 3 года назад +34

    Julia's carer is a very patient and wonderful help to her; I think she should accept all the assistance she is offered.

    • @tiffanypenaguzman749
      @tiffanypenaguzman749 2 года назад +2

      She doesn’t have to, if she doesn’t want help it should not be forced.

    • @sistatiph2308
      @sistatiph2308 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@tiffanypenaguzman749right when it comes to HER. but unfortunately when you have a child, even NOT deaf and blind you need help. How will she know if her child has a bruise or a bump or a rash... What if a stranger walked in...Ayla needs someone to show her the things Julia can not . you didn't see the real version of this. At one point the baby was in the cot all day. 😢

    • @feliciasamples3311
      @feliciasamples3311 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@sistatiph2308and how did you find that out?

  • @rosannacellini2158
    @rosannacellini2158 Год назад +7

    Aww, The baby is so beautiful and healthy! So happy for Julia, and it's great that she had help to live and thrive as a mother. A mother's instincts are very strong. Happy to hear she got married and had two more kids.

  • @brownskin477
    @brownskin477 3 года назад +27

    This story was so real, it’s taught me how blessed I am. Through her strength!❤️🙏

  • @chriskilgour5576
    @chriskilgour5576 Год назад +13

    Her speaking is so good because she didn’t lose her hearing completely until she was 20. So up until then she heard so she learned how to speak well like any of us.

    • @tanyabrown9839
      @tanyabrown9839 Год назад +1

      ah thanks for that, I was wondering how she came to speak so well

    • @DuFreZa
      @DuFreZa 5 месяцев назад

      Nope. I met quite a few deaf people, they were all completely deaf since they were born. I didn't realize they were deaf until they casually mentioned it about a year later (they thought I already knew, so the topic never came). So no, they don't need 20 years of hearing to learn how to speak. They only need decent teachers and by the age of 3 they'll have completely full conversations like any kid their age. Oh, by the way, they also had a couple of deaf and blind friends since born and they'd also speak perfectly fine.

  • @Therealmegalollie
    @Therealmegalollie Год назад +6

    I hope so badly that they are all doing well!! I stumbled upon their story this morning and just adore the kindness in Julia and Isla is precious. Sending so much love, wherever they are!

  • @katekburns3495
    @katekburns3495 3 года назад +109

    I didn’t like the way she smacked her hands when she was feeding her. The baby is so well behaved and feeds herself

    • @dlminor
      @dlminor 3 года назад +31

      I didn’t like that either. I’m glad I’m not the only one that noticed that. Anyone know when this was actually filmed and how they are doing now?

    • @petitehippie7064
      @petitehippie7064 3 года назад +33

      I agree with you. She wasn't even doing anything. Not that there is ever an excuse. But, how often does she get smacked if Julia feels she is misbehaving? Absolutely dreadful.

    • @Garfieldisswag
      @Garfieldisswag 3 года назад +35

      Right and how often is she smacked off camera ? You can tell she has a bad temper

    • @petitehippie7064
      @petitehippie7064 3 года назад +15

      @@Garfieldisswag You're absolutely right. I completely agree with you.

    • @pdjtw
      @pdjtw 2 года назад +14

      First reaction shocked but I think there's a specific reason for it that we wouldn't know - something like she's trying to train her child to leave her hands down so that she (mom) can feel her hands to communicate with her like before each spoonful (a kind of behavioural training for special communication, a way to adapt to her disabilities so that she can properly communicate to her child). And if you think about it, smacking her hands is what sighted parents do to their kids at times too to get a message across.

  • @jessedavis8499
    @jessedavis8499 Год назад +7

    I knew she would just be an amazing mama! So proud of you Julia!

    • @tinktinkkks4209
      @tinktinkkks4209 Год назад +2

      All she did was leave the bby crying and was selfish of every person who came in her home to only try to help.

  • @Leahla333
    @Leahla333 3 года назад +27

    I was looking all
    Over RUclips and the web in hopes of finding this. I had heard mention from a viewer of the last documentary about Julia. So excited to watch!

    • @kristahathaway9308
      @kristahathaway9308 2 года назад +4

      So just to let you know I heard she got married to John she had this son that she's pregnant within this show and then one more kid

  • @patriciakelly69
    @patriciakelly69 3 года назад +7

    This was so sad. I read the comment down below. I’m so glad she found happiness. Can’t believe he walked out.

  • @SnugBee-Gum
    @SnugBee-Gum Год назад +6

    She’s so amazing! Her child is beautiful abs I’m so happy she has John now❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼

  • @shamasseylivingwithblindne6110
    @shamasseylivingwithblindne6110 Год назад +7

    I’ve been blind since birth, and this was very interesting for me to listen to.
    I do have a few deaf-blind friends.
    I can relate to her attitude with people trying to help me and my husband out so I try to let them know in a nicer way when I first meet them. 18:01 18:06 6 am. 18:58 19:37

  • @lisathompson6722
    @lisathompson6722 5 месяцев назад +1

    Julia has been an inspiration in my life,,
    I love her and her family...
    I wish she had more videos,,I would love to follow,,,thank u Julia ...

  • @brera2434
    @brera2434 3 года назад +17

    The main thing would be to find a solution so she can detect when the baby is crying when it is not next to her...nowadays it would probably be a vibrating babyphone (instead of one with a microphone or a light notification)

  • @Rosa-kf6yy
    @Rosa-kf6yy Год назад +108

    Julia needs to thank her lucky stars for social services. It's WHY she can live on her own. $$$ Ayla is doing great because Julia HAS had the help of social services, people to help her, make her dinners, clean her house, help hold, talk to , make visual contact and respond to Ayla. Show some gratitude.

    • @elizawybieraa7357
      @elizawybieraa7357 Год назад +14

      True that, I use to work in Uk with disable people and some of them were so entitled... not that I expected some gratitud but at least be nice to me. But some of them were lovely people that I still miss

    • @87clits
      @87clits Год назад +11

      That's exactly what social services is designed for. Think of all the incompetent ablebodied people out there who need help with their children. It takes a village. This is what that Village is there for.

    • @MsPiinkFllamingo
      @MsPiinkFllamingo Год назад +19

      Yeah well without her strong push for independence and proving everyone else wrong-she definitely wouldn’t have a right to her own child. She’s amazing and the one person I can think who is entitled to help as an amazing human being who holds her own to the very highest level she can given the cards she was dealt.

    • @MurderMysteryMeMe
      @MurderMysteryMeMe Год назад +6

      She didn’t ask for this and Isabel amazing woman. No one wants to live with strangers and she does awesomely

    • @brendahutcherson42
      @brendahutcherson42 Год назад +7

      How about giving Julia some credit! She wanted to keep her Baby ,being Blind,deaf. My Mom had 12 and kept 5! Julia’s a Great Mom!

  • @pamelastates5600
    @pamelastates5600 3 года назад +12

    Aww she is a smart little girl. Beautiful family. Wishing them all the best . God bless them. ❤️🙏🏽🇨🇦

  • @tammyjuice
    @tammyjuice 3 года назад +32

    Julia is rude and defensive but it can be understandable why. Happy she can defend herself instead of agreeing with what she’s not comfortable with

    • @emilytelfer7542
      @emilytelfer7542 3 года назад +17

      I think if she hadn't been so defensive and head strong they would have taken her baby at birth. She did what she had to.

    • @mayhemmiracles700
      @mayhemmiracles700 3 года назад +6

      she should of been on birth control but workers and authorties cant enforce it.

    • @girlwithnoname77
      @girlwithnoname77 3 года назад +6

      @@mayhemmiracles700 what a horrible thing to say!

    • @kristahathaway9308
      @kristahathaway9308 2 года назад +3

      @@mayhemmiracles700 you're horrible person everybody deserves a chance telling somebody should have been on birth control that's f***** up she obviously has her s*** together and put it together and can take care of her child you should be ashamed of yourself open your heart a little bit more there are mothers that do not take care of their children what people do bad things to them and do bad things to them and this mother is a wonderful woman and mother wonderful mother and she's amazing shame on you

  • @LadydogC
    @LadydogC Год назад +3

    Julia, you are a better mom and person than I ever was. ❤

  • @Zu-Noma
    @Zu-Noma Год назад +2

    Oh my word this is one impressive woman. Wow! I'd not have imagined that someone who is both deaf and blind would cope with a child almost alone. Pretty headstrong too. That her child senses her mother's challenges is fascinating to me. Impressive!

  • @dorisf7368
    @dorisf7368 Год назад +25

    This lady is very complicated to get along with. Too stubborn. I admire all helpers and social workers for their enorm patience.

    • @andreabennington
      @andreabennington Год назад +5

      Me, too, LOL. She reminds me of some old people at the assisted living home where my Mother lives. Rude and argumentative and think they can get away with it because they are old.

  • @VividReality74
    @VividReality74 Год назад +22

    I felt the feeling of abandonment that Ayla seemed to feel. That light in her eyes were gone when John left. And she looked unkept. But as soon as he came back, those eyes lit back up with assurance. I’m happy John realized that he had to be there for Ayla. And Julia, has become more calmer with him.

    • @hellaSwankkyToo
      @hellaSwankkyToo Год назад +5

      seriously? 😂 please stop projecting onto a whole 8month old baby.
      wild! 😂🤦🏾‍♀️

    • @jenniferbaggett5775
      @jenniferbaggett5775 10 месяцев назад

      ​@hellaswankky510 not that it matters but she was well over a year old at the time of projecting 😅

  • @kristiwetsel5473
    @kristiwetsel5473 2 года назад +6

    I can't imagine the bond they feel without her hearing and seeing , the bond must be 100 times more, it makes me feel like I can be a 100 times better of a mother

  • @moniquevanleeuwen6514
    @moniquevanleeuwen6514 Год назад +3

    I’m so so happy to see she’s doing so good!! Live your best life Julia, you deserve it as much as anybody and more!! 💕🙏🏻💕

  • @barbarae-b507
    @barbarae-b507 Год назад +9

    How can you have someone move in with you and get pregnant again but never say you love him.

  • @antoniajane5442
    @antoniajane5442 3 года назад +80

    As of 2004 Julia is married and with 3 children. Maybe someone can find a more recent update.

    • @bettydamnboop3030
      @bettydamnboop3030 3 года назад +15

      Bless you Antonia I was praying that everything worked out for them. Such a beautiful journey that they are on🌹

    • @pacemarshall9358
      @pacemarshall9358 3 года назад +5

      Hi Antonia! Where did you learn this? I've been trying to find a follow up but can't.

    • @kyla6538
      @kyla6538 3 года назад +3

      Where can I find this update?

    • @antoniajane5442
      @antoniajane5442 3 года назад +6

      @@kyla6538 I just Googled her name.

    • @yikesokayy7606
      @yikesokayy7606 3 года назад

      @@antoniajane5442 what name did you look up

  • @lyneemathison2402
    @lyneemathison2402 Год назад +2

    Loved watching this! Julia has a strong personality but she is truly amazing and so is Ayla and John…3 amazing souls…wow! 🙏💪💖

  • @catherinethemba
    @catherinethemba Год назад +20

    She is only coping because of her husband. Watched a few documentaries about her, Ayla was left crying for hours waaaay too many times that's why she attached so easily to others when small.

  • @twingytwango6971
    @twingytwango6971 3 года назад +16

    My only concern is that she doesn’t hear the baby crying.

    • @tanyabrown9839
      @tanyabrown9839 Год назад +5

      I cant figure out why they couldn't have trained the dog or a dog to alert her when the baby (or later child) is crying.

  • @secretdoll92831
    @secretdoll92831 3 года назад +23

    Having social services breathing down your neck constantly/near constantly, it can cause major stress that can make a parent unable to properly parent, especially those with disabilities or mental conditions caused by extreme stress

    • @theunforgiven2885
      @theunforgiven2885 3 года назад +3

      I absolutely agree I'm so glad John maned up and came back because that was devastating things could have ended very differently for her ....

    • @secretdoll92831
      @secretdoll92831 3 года назад +2

      @@theunforgiven2885 I had social services breathing down my neck at my most vulnerable point, (I'm autistic and because I "mask" well) I wasn't considered "parent material" because I didn't do or feed exactly what cfs expected at "THEIR" time. Kids often eat dinner anywhere between 4-7 pm, depending on the household (playtime, study time, sleep time). My kids were fed, at minimum, 5 times a day (while breastfed) and after they were weaned, still insisted to be breastfed, despite my persuasion to move to cow's pasteurized milk
      CFS doesn't approve because that would mean mom and baby have a strong bond, and cfs wants to break that bond so that they control, everything you do, indirectly or even directly in some cases

    • @YagwitOG
      @YagwitOG 3 года назад +3

      School forgot to bus my child. SS came to my house for months. That was years ago. I still can’t allow myself to make a mistake. I bought all my kids phones so they can contact me if school forgets them. I clean from 8:30am-3:30am. I don’t allow them outside alone. My 17yr old was outside, coming home from a friends, and SS said I wasn’t responsible. I had to use the restroom so I wasn’t at the door to greet my daughter. I have MS. I look a fright. They were very unkind about how my appearance would emotionally damage my kids. Even when I have a stroke like episode, I hide it, because you can’t show weakness to these people. 9 more years, and I can go to sleep.

  • @terrinew9474
    @terrinew9474 3 года назад +18

    I hope they are still together. Ayla is beautiful!!

    • @kristahathaway9308
      @kristahathaway9308 2 года назад +1

      People in the comment section section say they are and they got married and now she has three children

  • @sonjam314
    @sonjam314 2 года назад +30

    It seems to me she wants John around because it makes her entire life easier. Even by the end she couldn’t just say I love him. It’s I need him. I hope over there tears she was able to truly love him not just as someone who helps take care of her and the children. I hope she shows and tells him how much she loves him and vise versa.

    • @mistiashmall6175
      @mistiashmall6175 Год назад +1

      She did say she loves him and that she and Ayla and the new baby need him.

    • @hellaSwankkyToo
      @hellaSwankkyToo Год назад +5

      she communicated to the audience that she loved him in other words. also, “i need” doesn’t just have to mean need physically. people say that all the time + mean they need their partner or loved one emotionally.
      to me it’s pretty clear she loved him (which doesn’t negate or diminish John’s very valid need to hear that more directly, especially if that’s more in line w| his love language). it’s also clear she hates being seen as vulnerable more than anything else. i mean, this entire documentary is about her resenting her own vulnerability!

  • @AzizanYunus
    @AzizanYunus Год назад +6

    Social services were worried for the baby and Julia failed to understand that. She doesn’t need to be rude to Sandra as she was leaving. She will understand later in life I hope. I wounded why her mom doesn’t want to help her. John walked on her and will leave her again. She makes it difficult for her self and other and mostly her baby. Pray for her🙏

    • @gingerleamcwow435
      @gingerleamcwow435 Год назад +1

      Guess you havent seen the updates, lol? She's been married to this man for over 20 years now and has 2 more children with him.

    • @jmj5388
      @jmj5388 18 дней назад

      ⁠@@gingerleamcwow435Hopefully, he is still with Julia because he loves her. But he couldn’t leave his children alone with her.

  • @kyliewaiomio6816
    @kyliewaiomio6816 3 года назад +8

    that kid is a special made to order for her mum bubba what a delightful child.. and much respect to her mum and her mums caseworker and her partner ...amazing guys applaud you xx

  • @messybunmurderconnoisseur8603
    @messybunmurderconnoisseur8603 3 года назад +10

    We need more ! Thanks for this update

  • @rlpittard
    @rlpittard Год назад +3

    What an amazing mother, her disabilities made her stronger and more determined to succeed!

  • @cylversprings
    @cylversprings 3 года назад +46

    I needed to see this. My heart broke for her when John left with her pregnant again.

    • @bettymikhail5101
      @bettymikhail5101 3 года назад

      Is that the last news?

    • @carrieanncancino5118
      @carrieanncancino5118 3 года назад +8

      She is married to John with 3 children now

    • @adraper46923
      @adraper46923 Год назад +1

      He was a married man. He had a different family with other kids. He cheated on his wife with her.

    • @justineharper3346
      @justineharper3346 Год назад +3

      @@adraper46923Ayla’s father was. Not John

  • @Doplev
    @Doplev 3 года назад +26

    How can she be sitting on the couch, petting her dog, while the baby is crying her eyes out? And claiming she dont need help?
    That's like, i dont hear het crying, i dont hear her crying, so she isnt crying?

    • @Foxys1974
      @Foxys1974 3 года назад +17

      Yes! She doesn’t have to see or hear any pain from the child so she’s not in tune to it at all… I think she’s very entitled and selfish. She smacked that poor child harshly for nothing.

    • @mayhemmiracles700
      @mayhemmiracles700 3 года назад +6

      exactly what I said...

    • @mayhemmiracles700
      @mayhemmiracles700 3 года назад +7

      Exactly,,poor baby.

  • @samanthajackson9236
    @samanthajackson9236 Год назад +1

    She's is wonderful, many hearing and sighted parents do not put in that much willpower and effort into their children. I would be proud if my mother had advocated for my rights the way Julia advocated for Baby Ayla.

  • @bettymikhail5101
    @bettymikhail5101 3 года назад +13

    Her situation is that she has to be an over achiever from the moment she wakes up THANKGOD FOR HER STUBBORNESS

  • @twingytwango6971
    @twingytwango6971 3 года назад +8

    Damn, I wasn’t deaf or blind and I had angst as to whether I could keep my children safe. These social workers are presumptuous.

  • @MsPiinkFllamingo
    @MsPiinkFllamingo Год назад +1

    What an amazing mother. Such an inspiration.

  • @yourpetyourway
    @yourpetyourway Год назад +2

    What an incredible and determined woman!

  • @pamelarogers8897
    @pamelarogers8897 Год назад +9

    She needs to be grateful that so much help and assistance is available to her, graciously accept it, and drop the attitude. It's good for her to have determination but common sense needs to prevail.

  • @AD-pt5iy
    @AD-pt5iy 7 месяцев назад

    As a mom that has had two C-sections, one that was not emergent after 20 hours of labor and my last being emergent when his placenta started detaching while I was in labor I absolutely cannot not fathom the trauma of going through what she did while being deaf and blind. Her friends crying because there just wasn’t anything they could do to help her in that moment and they probably felt so awful for her was so real.

  • @alisonalibongo3177
    @alisonalibongo3177 Год назад +2

    i work with severely disabled children. Bringing up a baby who is deaf & blind. wow Don’t know how to feel about this. She will always need help. But i have deep respect ❤ being blind & deaf what an courageous women. Not being able to hear or see your child….

  • @MsPiinkFllamingo
    @MsPiinkFllamingo Год назад +4

    This child is a brilliant communicator as a result. I bet she’s grown up to be an amazing girl.

  • @ddsmiles6382
    @ddsmiles6382 Год назад +2

    How traumatic! I admire that she has gone on to have a happy family a husband and more children. I doubt after that I would even think of it. She’s an incredibly strong mom and women and wife.

  • @beam3819
    @beam3819 Год назад

    I am so glad for the happy ending. Her friend, the social worker and husband seems to be sent from God to bless Julia. Beautiful family.

  • @AotearoaAnge
    @AotearoaAnge Год назад +7

    She's a very intelligent woman, of course she knew he would want her to say she loved him. She was throwing up brick walls to protect herself because of being burned by the married man, Ayla's birth father.

  • @suesally2103
    @suesally2103 3 года назад +6

    The baby so beautiful !

  • @angelaberni8873
    @angelaberni8873 Год назад +7

    How rude of her to speak in such a manner to the the social worker .

  • @raquelclass9647
    @raquelclass9647 Год назад

    I would like a follow up and see Julia and her Daughter today. This should have been followed and it would have been the MOST amazing documentary.

  • @kristiwetsel5473
    @kristiwetsel5473 2 года назад +2

    Amazing how the baby knows ..

  • @kristiwetsel5473
    @kristiwetsel5473 2 года назад +3

    She would be so proud to hear her ❤

  • @rebeccaxx
    @rebeccaxx Год назад

    wow the way she communicated with Lisa with the hand tapping was cool

  • @justsandra71
    @justsandra71 3 года назад +4

    Oww, it's 3am here. I have to wait til tomorrow. Julia is amazing.

  • @shonatyson5934
    @shonatyson5934 11 месяцев назад

    JULIA YOU ARE AMAZING DONT LET PEOPLE BULLY YOU

  • @gingerleamcwow435
    @gingerleamcwow435 Год назад +6

    I'm really surprised that no one seems to notice or take into consideration how child-like and immature this woman was on top of her disabilities. For me, that is more of a concern about her ability to parent more than any physical disability. Just my opinion. Dont come for me, lol.

    • @jmj5388
      @jmj5388 18 дней назад

      It is quite possible that Julia grew up spoiled. To get pregnant by a married man, when you are single, blind and deaf, is not a mature action; neither is getting pregnant again, by a different man who has made no commitment to you, and who left without notice…possibly because he did a lot of underappreciated heavy lifting in the relationship. Then, to openly resent the social workers who were forced to get involved in your life because of the decisions you made, reflects a childish sense of entitlement and a lack of consideration of her children’s best interests. The outcome could have been disastrous, but fortunately all turned out well.

  • @Desaree1
    @Desaree1 Год назад +6

    Her husband John and their 3 children must just be an amazing family.

  • @maryreynolds5310
    @maryreynolds5310 Год назад +2

    Well I eat my words...good for Julia! I could go back and delete my comment on part one video, but nope...I deserve to be ashamed of myself. I'm proud of you Julia, you made it!

  • @Skarfp
    @Skarfp 3 года назад +7

    Julia is an amazing woman, very inspirational.

  • @MissAnonymous21x
    @MissAnonymous21x 3 года назад +7

    If you just watched the first episode of this story skip to minute 29 if you don't want to re-watch half the story.

  • @lindasanderlin4444
    @lindasanderlin4444 3 года назад +7

    Oh my goodness!! I wrote that comment only to see he left her. That’s terrible. Shame on him. If he needed her to say I love you, then he should have asked for what he needed. What an immature man! Shame on him for up and leaving her Aylah and his baby. I’m so disappointed in him. Grow up, you made the choice to create a baby so work it out.

  • @AzizanYunus
    @AzizanYunus Год назад

    Lisa you are such a good friend to Julia and not to mention how good you are with The baby ❤

  • @JanzZone
    @JanzZone Год назад

    What a traumatic birth. Her friend is amazing. Overwhelmed by the emotions.

  • @lauraantic1384
    @lauraantic1384 3 года назад +9

    This baby is real beauty🥰

  • @sarahmcleod777
    @sarahmcleod777 2 года назад +2

    I absolutely love you beautiful young mother, you are extraordinary and amazing 😍

  • @cristalm3862
    @cristalm3862 3 года назад +23

    i’m glad john came back

    • @QueerCripple
      @QueerCripple 3 года назад +11

      I'm glad I looked through the comments before watching because I would have been bawling my eyes out when he left, but this comment let me know I don't have to let myself be an emotional wreck lol

  • @buggiebuild1
    @buggiebuild1 Год назад

    Bless them forever & a million days,🙏🏻💕, not only a beautiful ending, a truly inspiring one as well, I’m so glad she did this doc👍🏻👍🏻😇 and thank you so much for the upload✌🏻💕 we can learn a thing or 10 from this beautiful couple🥰

  • @jenniferberry120785
    @jenniferberry120785 3 года назад +10

    You have to be the way Julia is to get anywhere in life with disabilities.

  • @lynnleigha580
    @lynnleigha580 Год назад

    Awe, he's absolutely smitten with her

  • @hollyperkins959
    @hollyperkins959 2 года назад +7

    very obviously a different time period... I was shocked when she smacked Ala's hands and yelled at her during meal time... WTF??? A child doesn't learn that way. I really was rooting for Julia, but now I feel a tinge of concern

  • @sophiaoscar2281
    @sophiaoscar2281 3 года назад +5

    so incredible this woman I hope Ayla and the new baby are all of them ok :)

    • @shirleyhayes9901
      @shirleyhayes9901 3 года назад

      She is an amazing woman , just need that special trust from her caretaker! 🙏🏾❤️🌹😊🌈

  • @maureengordon309
    @maureengordon309 Год назад +1

    I've watched this entire series and I really do hope that the father has been made to pay child support for this child.

  • @TreasureHuntingNana
    @TreasureHuntingNana 3 года назад +27

    Julia is remarkable... but it shocked me when she smack Alya on the hand :/ I have got to say... Alya is absolutely gorgeous. Why would you even think about giving up the one you already have???? This story just get worse.... it's heart breaking

    • @johnaesessoms2178
      @johnaesessoms2178 2 года назад +5

      Same thing I said I was all emotional then she smacked her hand

    • @brittanycoggins7367
      @brittanycoggins7367 2 года назад +3

      That made sad too. Baby is so young but I guess she has to train her a certain way for them to communicate together. 🥺