Life as a Mom: An Open Letter
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2024
- An open letter to motherhood, my sons, and how it has all changed my life.
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So this was meant to go live on Mother's Day, but life got ahead of me. I debated whether I wanted to bring these open letter style vlogs back, and realized 80 year old me would say absolutely yes, please. Next up is a regular spring cleaning vlog ♥
p.s. Hi 80 year old me watching this one day
p.s.s. I just noticed this video timestamp is 06:09 on my RUclips studio (my 1st sons birthday), and when opening the video, it changes to 06:08 (my 2nd sons due date) ✨ how serendipitous!
💗💗🥹😭😭😭😭😭😭😭very emotional but I needed this I have a almost 2 year old and can relate so deeply
I cried for 6 minutes and 8 seconds straight. Kalyn, I’m so thankful you’re the mom that you are. You’re raising these babies with so much love. These babies are wanted and have changed you and enriched your life so much. I don’t want kids myself, but it’s always been healing to watch your videos over the years, but especially now. You’re so strong and smart and wise. Your voice sounds more sure and grounded, you carry yourself in a new way where you stand taller, you’re so incredibly resilient even when hard things have came up. You always find your footing because you know you’ve got this-whatever it is. I can tell you’ve been wanting this for a long time. You’re a cycle breaker. You have a light that you’re passing on to these little ones. They are going to make the world brighter and better as they grow up from the way you’ve loved them and lead by example of how to choose kindness and love and live intentionally. Thank you for being the mom that you are and showing us glimpses of what healthy secure attachment is like here on your socials. We as an audience are so lucky. You have gave us so many gifts over the years just by sharing your stories and parts of your life. We’ve watched along as you overcame so much and the perspectives and growth you got from it all. You’re a healer. I’m grateful for you. I’m happy for you and your family. I’m always wishing you the best, even if one day, you decide to escape social media and move your journey in a different direction. I’m so grateful. Thank you for sharing and for everything else you’ve done along the way.
Yes. 👆 I agree with all of that. Including the “I cried for 6 minutes and 8 seconds straight” part. 😭
This comment made me cry too, that was so beautiful 🥺
Beautiful words!!! And I 100% agree with you. I've been following Kalyn since 2020 and she has given me so much hope and inspiration to be a better person, to live more intentionally, she taught me self care, and to go after my dreams.
Was not ready for this cry fest on Tuesday morning. As a mom of two boys as well, this touched deep ❤ Happy Mothers Day Kalyn🌸
my apologies, I should have put an emotional wave warning hahaha. I also choked back many sobs while creating this
I am not a momma, but I hope to one day be & I am SOBBING! I am so happy seeing your joy. You are incredible Kalyn 💕 happy belated momma’s day!
Thank you 🥲
I love showing the positive side of motherhood I feel like it's very pushed that motherhood is awful but for most it is the greatest thing anyone can do.
Oh my goodness.. I'm listening this while my 9 month old son is asleep in my arms while we're waiting for daddy to come home and I'm in tears.. We get to live this beautiful life as mothers. How lucky and blessed are we! I thank God for these moments that I will cherish for all of my life.❤ Although it's late, happy mothersday from my soul to yours.
🥹 oh the joys of being nap trapped (sometimes on purpose). Soak it up!! Happy belated Mother's Day
This made me sob my eyes out. I became a mum at the end of last year and I'm still figuring so much out - this video made me feel more connected to my own journey as a mother and it filled me with even more gratitude for my little girl, so thank you ❤
THIS THIS THIS 1,000 times this. What a wonderful tribute to motherhood and the depths of love these beautiful babies bring us. Bless you and your family!!!
For someone watching this that is still trying to figure out if motherhood is something that I want, in a season of change in my life being truly loved by my partner for the first time, and feeling like maybe with this person, I can see a home with children, I’m glad I watched this video. It shows me what motherhood might just be and a glimpse in this current season of where I could be one day. For a long time, I didn’t want marriage or a family, but lately, I’ve realized there might be a certain beauty in wanting that and it’s okay to want that.
this was wholesome, seeing you in apartments, growing alone as an individual to see you grow to this was so so surreal, love you kayln, from the other side of the world, watching you since 2016 , since your early 20s and im so happy for you.
As someone who has been watching you since you got Bently and as someone who doesn't even know if I want to have children or whether that is a part of my journey, I've been crying for the whole video. Thank you for existing Kalyn! You expand our hearts and souls 💓
So so beautiful. I’m only a pup mom but even having my love for my pup is overwhelming. 😭 I am so very thankful for my mom as well. Thank you to all the mothers out there and the unconditional love you give us. Nothing will ever compare.
So, so much unconditional love from and for our pups too 🥲♥️
Love is love ❤️
I've been watching your videos since about 2019, watching your journey into motherhood has been so inspiring and heart-filling. You're an amazing mom, Kalyn 🥹🫶
I’m crying kalyn I love this so much! I have a little boy 5 months apart from Easton so I feel this in my heart so deeply! 🤍
I’m sobbing. Kayln… ugh wow. I’m so so full of happiness for you and your family ❤
Motherhood is such a gift. Truly unfathomable until you are in it.
I’m crying so hard watching this! Thank you for sharing. It’s the most beautiful open letter I’ve seen. I know my day will come and my days will no longer look overcast ❤
Thank you doesn’t even come close to how this changed me.
Sending you so much love and light on the path you’re on and the journey your walking towards 🫶🏼💕🤍
Tears. This is beautiful! My son is 16 and memories of him at every age are just like it happened yesterday. Thank you for sharing!
I cant stop crying. You have such a gift with words. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Oh boy I immediately got emotional, your words resonate so much, I wish I knew that I would be so filled up with love for my daughter and husband, what a rollercoaster it has been before meeting them and now I feel more than complete, I simply feel finally at home ❤ what a beautiful celebration of motherhood it’s the most precious thing I’ve ever felt ♥️ thank you for sharing Kalyn 💕
I’m in awe of this. Your words are straight from your heart to his and it’s so beautiful. This also reminded me of my past self and worrying about the future and if I will be loved. And now I’m oh so basking in the abundance of love. To anyone out there - hold on! Love will find you ❤
So sweet! What a treasure this will be to watch years down the road. Your son is so cute with the babbling and rain boots marching along. Happy Mother’s Day!
Had to add: not a mom, but a devoted Aunt and this made me so teary. Especially about the ties that lies beyond this life. ❤
Yes! Love this so much.
So beautiful ❤ I couldn’t have watched this at a better time, it helped me reflect on my last 25 years becoming a mother for the first time. My 2 sons and daughter are now living independently and I’m trying to make the transition to step back and let them grow and thrive. Thank you for having such an old soul I really connect with 🙏🏻🦋❤️
This is so unbelievably beautiful and I'll admit that it got me emotional - I may not be able to have a child of my own but I'm so blessed to have my niece and be able to have even a taste of the kind of love someone can have for their child. She may not be mine fully, but she's my world and I hope to be there for her and her parents for ages to come. That sweet girl is only barely two and a half and it feels like she's been in our lives for decades - and there's been no greater joy than watching her grow from a little dream to a precious tiny human with a talent for climbing and who calls everything "baby".
I've loved watching you and your family grow over these years and I'm so happy for you Kalyn, you've come so far
This was so beautiful! Thank you so much❤
You are the most beautiful soul! Pure light ✨! My heart is so full and happy for you. You are the best momma bear. Thank you for sharing your life with us. We are blessed to have you as a friend on the internet. Sending so much love to you and your family always 🫶❤️
wow... balled my eyes out watching. I have no idea what it feels like to be a mom and I don't know if I ever will but this reaaaaaally touched me. Thank you so much for sharing.
Your words were spoken so beautifully, thank you for making me want to hold onto my babies and love them even more than I do. ❤
I'm crying so much, you have such a way with words. Becomig a mum is so special, I'm sure 80 year old you will be super happy that this exist to look back at. This was so beautiful.
So incredibly beautiful Kayln. Thank you for sharing your life with us.
Currently 8 months pregnant with my first baby. This speaks to my soul
This was so incredibly heartwarming wow thank you for sharing, Kalyn. I'm approaching my 27th year of life, and the sparks of starting a family are flying just around the corner for my partner and I. Many of my friends have expressed they're not as interested in having children, at least not anytime soon and it often leaves me feeling alone with that hopeful dreamy feeling. And as someone with an emotionally distant mother myself, Mother's Day was really tough. This open letter was really the comfort I needed 💜
it's not usual for me to cry over RUclips videos, but omg Kalyn... you rocked this one. and I say it as someone who admires you for years now. thank you for opening up your beautiful heart!
OMG I've been sobbing the entire time 😭💌this was so deep and profound!
Remembered all your vlogs from Toronto and the thoughts you always shared with us. Now seeing you so happy is so beautiful!
Wow, an amazing video. I’m so excited to have children and I can’t wait to feel this way someday. I’m glad you found so much meaning in motherhood.
Crying on a Wednesday morning for 6 minutes straight! To have been following your life on RUclips for the past 8 years and now seeing this video is truly such a wholesome feeling. It’s like watching one of my best friends become a mom 💖
This is so beautiful!
This is so poetic and wholesome ❤ as iam a mother to be in my 29 weeks waiting impatiently to meet my baby i can't wait to feel that deep connection with my son ❤
Soo beautifully said Kalyn ❤️❤️ been watching since 2015 and am now a mom too. Motherhood is the greatest adventure 🤗
I’m crying watching this 😭 this is absolutely precious ❤️
thank you x10 for sharing!! your vlogs exist as proof to my 21 year old self that life does work out and the future i’m dying for is on its way. happy (belated) mothers day
that was the most beautiful video ever!!!!!!! god bless your family!!!!
I’m sobbing this is such a beautiful video
I loved this so much, so beautifully written and so beautifully shot
I am sobbing!! Such a beautiful words for your sons to look back upon 🫶 motherhood has certainly changed me for the better as well! Happy belated Mother’s Day! 💕
Thank you so much!! 🩷 happy belated Mother's Day to you too
This is so beautiful ❤
Man, this made me 😭 I’m so happy you have your family. You were always meant for this life. It seemed like it a long time ago. I have one son, and I know exactly what you meant in every word you said.
Wow. Tears and tears and more tears. I could have written this myself, such a beautiful job ❤
This is beautiful beyond words. I am speechless 😭❤
Ive been watching your videos since you filmed in your bedroom with your black furniture, I’ve got tears streaming down my cheeks after watching this video and to know you are truly happy and where you belong ❤
I am not a mom and most likely will never be. But, I cried all through this video. I’m so happy for the life you have now Kalyn. You deserve all the love this world has to offer. I hope you had a wonderful mother’s day (:
Oh Kalyn you make me cry. 😢 this is beautiful
Just bawled my eyes out during this whole video. Not only because it’s my son’s 3rd day at daycare so it’s been a very emotional week already but also couldn’t agree more to every single thing you said. Thank you for sharing this beautiful message 🤍
Oh man, the first few days are so emotional! Even still, there are days where I throw work to the wind and keep him home ❤️ Sending love!!
This is absolutely beautiful. I felt every word you spoke so deeply. I feel the same way with my little boy! Oh how Motherhood is an amazing journey.
So true! ❤️ and thank you!
That is so beautiful and I am so happy for you 🩷 you deserve all that blessings and happiness 🥹
Crying at the gym. Happy Mother’s Day♥️this was so beautiful.
The way this made me SOB!! Momma of soon to be two boys here aswell, this was absolutely beautiful to watch 😭💚 I have nooo idea how you managed to get through this reading 😩
Love it so much
The tears I have cried😢😢😢😢, you are an incredible mum Kalyn and the boys are so lucky to experience you❤
Was not planning to cry while watching youtube today… this was beautiful ❤
I am literally sobbing watching this. This is so beautiful and your two boys are so incredibly lucky to have someone as amazing as you to call their mom. Watching you flourish into who you are today, and seeing just how much purpose you have in your life because of your family makes my heart feel so full FOR you. As a long-time fan of your content, I am just over the moon for you and your direction in life. You deserve all the good things, K. Sending you all of the light and love that this Universe has to offer.
This is so beautiful
I sobbed so hard watching this😭 one of the greatest gifts in this life
I am sobbing ❤
This is the most wholesome video ever ! So filled with LOVE ❤️ those boys sure are extremely lucky to have a loving amazing mother like you Kalyn 🥰❤️
Thank you for saying that ❤️
This was beautiful ❤
I cried (and laughed; the fingerprints on the windows, toys and crumbs everywhere are surely a thing here as well). I want to make a video like this for my 2 year old son too. This is so precious ❤
this got me into tears 😭 ❤
Wow I wasn't expecting to cry watching this as someone who doesn't have children yet. So very touching. Loved this style!
Everything about this ❤❤❤😭 Everyday I am grateful to be my little boys mum
That is such a beautiful video, sending you all big hugs and best wishes from London
That's so beautiful ❤❤❤
Lovely! ❤
Emotional damage😭❤️
I was not prepared for this heartfelt video❤😭❤️
This is the most beautiful and truest thing I’ve ever seen on the internet ❤
This is beautiful dude
Wow thank you so much for this, have a 3 year old boy and another boy on the way too. ❤️
So... I'm sobbing in front of the screen... How deep and genuinely beautiful that letter was ❤🩹💌 your kids are SO LUCKY to have you as their mom!!! Happy Mother's Day Kalyn 💐
PS: keep doing these kind of open letters-videos!! So touching 🥰
Thank you so much!! I’m thinking Bentley deserves a little open letter loving next ♥️
@@KalynNicholson yesss absolutely 💕
I should not have watched this at work. I’m balling 😭
😢 oh how beautiful 💐
As a mom of a 4 year old son I am sobbing 🥹 your words are incredible
I have been dying to make a similar video journal for my son and ohhhhh how inspiring this was. I am crying. Motherhood really is just such a beautiful and magical thing.💖
Yes, I keep a hard drive full of clips/pictures of my son and put the uncensored version of this video on there to one day give him. It’s like the modern day version of making them a photo album 😆
Wow, and I feel the same way about being childfree. People are so different. best to you !
I’m almost 12 weeks pp with my first. I’m a few weeks older than you. This is a very sweet post, I hope he will watch this one day ❤
Holding my one year old daughter while she naps and I'm in tearsssss trying not to get it on her lol this is beautiful ❤️
I’m not crying, you are 🥲🥹
From the ages of 17 to 25 I was adamant that I didn't want children. And then on October 2023, I turned 26 and this unexplainable feeling of wanting a family took over. This is my personal experience and I by no means am saying that every person identifying as a woman will feel that. But this video made me tear up, and hope that this will one day be me as well. I'm so happy for your new life, Kalyn. Thank you for sharing it with us.❤
Beautiful, Kalyn 🥰
Thank you 🩷
My god I cried, I remember watching your valentines day makeup tutorial from who knows when, well over 10 years ago feels like more like 15 i'm not even sure. To see you now, with the life and love and self awareness you have. It gives me so much joy, pride and optimism. Thank you Kalyn, you are a beautiful person, you always have been, and it is a privilege to watch you be a beautiful mother as well.
Crying ♥
this was so beautiful 💕💕💕
Thank you 🩷
@Ka333lynNicholson
Such a beautiful letter and video ❤
Thank you so much 🩷
this is SO beautiful *-* T_T nothing else needs to be said. ❤
Happy Mother’s Day ❤
I’m sobbing 😭😭😭
He's getting so big ❤my son is 2 1/2. I left his father about 6 months ago because all he wanted to do was drink all night with his buddies and stumble into the house early in the morning. Just me and my son Ezra. My perfect angel. Single mom going to do everything in my power to make sure he's safe, happy, and thriving. ❤ This video definitely made me cry Kayln. Maybe one day we will get our family as well 😊
You go girl❤
Happy Mother’s Day to you all 🫶🏼💕🥰
Oh lord, i don’t even have kids yet but wow this made me cry crazy tears and dream for the future🥹🤍
I feel like this a love letter to your past self she was lost and unbalanced and waiting to find the roots that you’ve needed and how far you have come since your first videos is unbelievable just know that this 32 year old has travelled with you through every moment and I have watched you and your content when I’ve been happy and sad you have made me feel safe and needed when no one if made me feel this way. I stand here newly engaged and happy and knowing that you have rooted and are happy finally makes me happy sending love from the moon and back Lu 🧡
Thank you so much -- I recognize your profile picture and username 🥲 You really have been here through it all and I appreciate that so much