Thank you for this update and congrats on the freedom you have from not owning a home! Not enough people talk about the responsibility that comes with owning a home! Also, I'll need to buy me some of your leave-in once I'm stateside
I’ve been watching you sense I was a teenager. I got off of RU-vid because I’m tired of seeing the same exact content posted by different people it’s honestly scary, everyone being the same and doing the same thing. And then this video came up and I’m like Alba! And I just want to say your honestly so authentic and so real for sticking to yourself, and knowing yourself even through the shift RU-vid has taken. I’m now reconnected with you and your channel again. You have something special and are something special we love you Alba! ❤
You are absolutely right, with what you're saying about Alba. She's one of a kind. Her Channel is very respectful. I'm happy that you did mention how you felt about Alba Channel. It's so easy to just click and like and maybe something make comments on her videos. But going deeper to let her know that she's appreciated says a lot. I too have have been following her for years. And honestly most of the time I watched her video's on TV. But coming back to my phone to watch her videos, I feel more connected because I can read the comments and make my comments.
I long for a fresh start. I’m a homeowner, been one since age 24. I desperately need a new start, but I don’t have the funds to move. Alba, keep doing what’s best for you and your family. I love that you all move. You get to see so many different places and exist in different environments. You get to learn so much and widen your knowledge of people and the world. I wish I could do that.
Thank you! That’s the part we’re grateful for also. Because by the time we do find a place that’s worthy of staying put in, it’ll be with the peace of mind and confidence that we’ve already lived and experienced so many other areas before deciding where to own.
Can you please please please do a video on homeschool, programs that you use, schedules etc I only ever dreamed of homeschooling but don’t know where to start
Thank you so much for your gift!!!!! I have never received anything from my viewers and never asked or required it, and it warms my heart to know you took it upon yourself to do so 🙏🏾 I’m so grateful for you.
One of the OGs thank you for continuing to be you. A breath of fresh air and seeing your journey with you/your husband/your son’s diagnosis and your vback we appreciate you and all that you do
My parents took a big leap almost 40 years ago and moved from PR to NYC. It was a very tough decision and caused some trauma for us. They sacrifice being away from their parents for us to have a better life. My parents moved a lot when they were growing up and my mom especially had a lot of trauma due to not really having any long lasting friendships. They did their best to keep us in same place in NYC until we graduated high school. We are grateful for the opportunity and sacrifices they made to make our lives better.
You’re such a free thinker with strong unwavering values and that’s what sets you apart from every other influencers. The desire to Own a home is programming for most people. We dont often stop to ask ourselves why we want it and if its the best for our lifestyles. I love that you did that. I too have decided its not for me because I’m nomadic in nature. And I’m happy I thought about it before going into debt for something I personally don’t value.
Thank you! We share a lot of the same values. I’m also a homeschooling mama! Born and raised in the Bronx- living in NJ! I’d love for you to share some of your homeschooling journey.
I completely agree with you! I moved to Texas and my job moved me to Florida and I love both Texas and Florida. My children are adults but now they homeschool their children and parental rights are so important. ❤
I love your unique self! It’s so refreshing and nice to catch up with you. I started my new curly journey with you. It’s been years and I love it! I see you like a friend because you are so transparent online with us (the viewers) and I value that so much! Thank you for sharing this video. May you Continue growing and being guided by God. Many blessings to you and your family! ❤
I needed to hear today your message of being stuck in a place because of the comfort of it. I’m a New Yorker and that feeling is such a strong but limiting one. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for changing things up a bit, I was expecting the same type of video, but I like when you come out of your shell and share more about you as a person.
I sooo agree with everything you said. Putting GOD 1st and following His lead in making the best decisions for your beautiful family. There are our plans and then there are GOD’s plans. Trust His plans. ❤
I’m glad you mention God for your decisions without Him we are nothing and I’m like you I’ve moved so many times and don’t feel stuck to one place which is why I will never have my own home
Love the ethics that guide your lives, the fact that you always ask God’s guidance before making major decisions and the fact that you put your children well-being first. May the Lord continue to bless your family and all your business decisions! 💕🙏🕊⚘
It’s so important to acknowledge God because many times we can get triggered to follow the worlds temptations vs doing what’s right by God’s leadership and understanding. It’s too easy to fall for social media and celebrity influence to lead the lives of others we assume are doing better but may not be under God’s law.
I love you so much. I feel the spirit of God in you and have for years. I started following you when I was 13, I’m now 22 and have two daughters. 1 and 1 months. Love you alba you inspire me to be an amazing wife, mother, and woman.
Wow, thank you 🙏🏾 I’m so happy to know I’ve inspired you in such a positive way. That’s all I want from having this platform. To allow others to see God without being preachy about it and see my attempts of valuing my family over anything else in life because that’s my true purpose on earth.
I love these videos. It always feels like I am talking with a very good friend, if that makes sense. I can relate on many topics that you speak of (homeschool, natural lifestyle, wife and mom life, faith, etc). I’m happy to hear things are going well and I totally get it. That’s why we left Long Island, too, and settled in NC since 2012. I love our freedom here and the homeschool laws are definitely so much better than NY. We did not want our children to have the upbringing my husband and I did in the area we grew up in. Oh, and I felt what you felt when you mentioned the movie. I’ve heard SOF is not as bad, but I still cannot watch it. That’s a topic that breaks my heart just thinking about it. Can’t wait for the next video! From one Alba to another Alba ❤️
Hi Alba. I love your content. You are so genuine. I can totally relate to moving to places that benefit your family and well-being. I moved from NJ in 2005 and I will never move back.
May God continue to bless you and your family. I also hope services for Little Manny are more extensive throughout the country. I work in the field with Autistic and Intellectually disabled individuals and they often leave NY because of the expense, but end up coming right back because of lack of services in other states.
This is why I love and continue to watch your content. I appreciate what you’ve shown through the years and how you prioritize your family/health and what matters to you. Your content continues to inspire me. I pray for your continued success! Blessings to you and your family❤
I am a long time subbie and it's always so refreshing to hear your input and perspective on life period. It's never just about the hair or makeup or superficial things. You always go deeper than that and I appreciate how you always keep it real!
Alba, you call us Sunshines, but you trully are one yourself 😊🤗✨✨✨❤️🌞🌞I love your content , the way you value your familly and stay true to yourself is priceless.
Awww that was the sweetest comment! Thank you for saying that. ✨ I hope anyone who watches gets inspired to be the light in this world even in dark times.
So glad you are staying in Florida! Make sure you go for daily morning walks near all the water. It is healing and all the happy people are out ❤. Living in Florida has been sooo good for my mental health! Land of the free! 😊 Also I have been subscribed to you for a long time and I only follow like 3 people as long as I have you and it is so beautiful to see how you have become such a God fearing and wise woman. It makes me sad when social media folks and celebrities just get darker and darker. Continue to shine sis. Our young women need you!
Yes Florida is truly special! It’s the closest thing to a Caribbean island in America! I agree, I get shocked (even though it happens commonly now) to see people I was acquainted with get so dark and take new age routes these days. Now I just began praying for them instantly when I see it pop up but before I would just ignore it and move on.
I admire you so much for putting your family first and your morals and values ❤ it is so refreshing to see people who have an online presence be so rooted in reality and what truly matters. Saludos y muchas bendiciones para ti y tu hermosa familia ❤
I hear you. My husband dreams of working with Disney. We went with a leap of faith. We didn't know anyone in central Florida. It worked fine until my husband had a heart attack at work in the kitchen. It was hard but I called his daughter which moved a year after we moved to central Florida. Then called his son then I was not alone. I thank God that he pulled through. Then we had to move back to Miami. Which we don't like Miami. We miss central Florida. The people are different in central Florida.
Also have been watching you since a teen. It's so refreshing to see you grow and not be someone trying to be like everyone else. Love you content, love to see another woman put parenting and your marriage first. It's a journey. Also love your product for myself and my girls. Congrats on your move, and your success! I told my nearby Ulta to give you an endcap feature because we couldn't find your product easily!😆😆 😂😂
You're such a great inspiration Alba! Been following you since 2014 and you're still one of my favorite channels out of the almost 200 I follow 😅 always giving me real advices and motivations through your videos thank you so much ❤ hugs to you and your beautiful family!
I’ve been watching you since before you were married! I checkin every so often. I’m not a consistent you tube watcher, but I’ve always enjoyed you and admired you! Thanks for always being so genuine and humble.
You have always to me have had a healthy perspective and balance of being a content creator. I agree with the perspective you have stated and I wish the best for you and your family. ♥️
@@damnpam4680I lived in Florida for years in Miami. My family settled there after coming from Cuba. Don't quickly believe in media discourse. Never had a problem anywhere in Florida.
@@el-Cu9432agreed 100%. I have family all through out Florida; and you can tell we’re latinos, some even Afro Latino. I’ve lived in Orlando for the past 20 years, we have family in Plant City, in Gainesville, Ocala, Saint Augustine, sooo many in Tampa and soooo many in Jacksonville. We good here! ❤
Thanks for sharing your journey, experiences and reason for uprooting and relocating, as well as moving around. I can relate in away too sometimes you have to leave NYC if there's going to be a better opportunity=life elswhere. I get it Alba as a fellow New Yorker myself. It's not easy for many of us New Yorkers to live in other parts of the U.S., Right, everything has changed since 2020, and you have two young children too. Yes, God does guide us and at times it can be those sudden changes. You are looking beautiful and your hair is lovely, I like it darker again.
I'm late to this, but I completely understand how you feel Alba. I live in Maryland. My fiance (28) and I (27) are are getting married here next year, then we're moving a month later to Texas. It's a preemptive move as we're starting this new chapter of our lives. We wanted to be in a place that would be best for our children and ourselves as future parents. We may not be having kids as soon as we get married, but we want to be in a ideal environment when we do. Also, I've been subscribed to your channel since my high school days. I haven't been an avid viewer like I used to, but I'm always happy to see a new video of yours when I have the time. Congrats on your new haircare line as well! You deserve it!
Literally thought of your channel today when I received a Tata Harper email... and lo and behold your video pops up! So nice to see this update from you.
AMEN!!! I was born and raised in CA and have now lived in NC for the past 8 years, and I love it! I could not IMAGINE raising my kids in CA at this time. Btw, I hate L.A. too. Been a sub for years, love ur family’s values and ur commitment to each other and the Lord. May God continue with u all! 🩵🙏🏽
Great Q&A video. But Alba you look so very different . . . Different in your eyes - internally different. Are you ok ? I have followed you for years on RU-vid and your spirit is very different. Just wanted to ask if you are okay?
I’ve been watching since before you transitioned to the natural lifestyle. I’ve always wondered what kept you motived and inspired to continue to create content. A lot of the OG’s talk about how things have changed and how it affected their love to create content. I kind of miss the way RU-vid used to be.
I miss old RU-vid too! Even as a RU-vid user (not just content creator) it’s different! Now when we log into RU-vid we are taken to the “for you page” as our entry instead of your subscription page which is what it was many years back. The for you page categorizes what they think you want to see based on things you’ve watched recently and rarely anyone clicks on their subscriptions page to see only what the people they are subscribed to have posted recently which basically hides our videos and only shows a selected amount. I sometimes come close to not posting on RU-vid at all because of this.
@@Mrs.AlbaRamos Omg! You’re so right! It’s hard to find other creators because of it. I don’t like that everything is based on an algorithm now. I hope you don’t stop posting here! You’d be missed! 😢
Alba it has been a long journey. I am older than you but would watch you on YT when you were in NYC and had a backdrop in what looked like a basement. I am not a makeup girlie but would love to watch your videos for your make up and hair transformation. Wishing you continous blessings on your new home and your endeavors.
Good for you guys for not letting comfort stop you from progressing, and what is the best for your family, as well as following God’s lead. It takes a lot of courage and faith to do that. That is amazing that you guys found an amazing apartment in Miami closer to your husband’s job. I’m sure it will only further allow for more family time, because the commute is almost non-existent. 🎉
can you please share homeschooling details my son is 10 years old diagnosed with autism at age 3 as well i would love to know more of your home schooling journey ,books things that worked help etc
Same. I have a 3 year old turning 4 (diagnosed with Austism), and She is supposed to be starting school, and I really don't want it. I homeschool my other children and would like to her too. Could you show some of your curriculum and what you do?
🌴🌺 my hair loves your Curl cream. I did add oil to my ends and diffused leaving me with a great curl. Thank you for your transparency. I live in Florida and originally from Cali. I’m here to stay. 22 years!!! Time flies!!! I hope you can enjoy Miami in all its beauty❤
Aww thank you for making this video ❤❤ We do get around to watching ☺️✨ It helps clarify. • The balance of social media in example as its portion, I so agree and needed to come across these talks of you Alba ❤️🙏🏼 etc important topics !
Can you talk about why Texas/Florida politics appealed to you and how that influenced your decision to want to stay ? Hopefully without making the topic too controversial 😊
As someone from Cali and always on the far left politically, but also from a religion that does not vax, it became a bit tougher in 2016. When 2020 happened it became a very aggressive and stressful place to live. It was especially hard to navigate with kids in school… So I would assume a combination between cost of living combined with freedom of choice to vax/mask.
If you watched the whole video she talked about the value of having rights as a parent and being able to homeschool her kids. This is a part of why living in Texas/Florida is appealing.
@@hazel901009 i watched the entire video. If you know her through her channel over the years… you know she truly meant vaccines. She just won’t say it because she’ll get shit about it.
Moving is like finding the “perfect “ job or idea job, which it does not exist. No matter where you move to it will be some pros and cons. It’s not where you live, it’s how we live and whom we live with . Some people live in the “hood” or “Ghetto “ and most of them are one of the look out for each other area you will ever lived. Some move to “high /middle class area” and people barely talk or know each other. It’s the people, not the area that make a community.
Hi Alba! I am glad to hear everything is going well with you and your family. I love you mentally. I have a question and perhaps you can answer it on the next video. I do understand your decline in social media, aside from prioritizing your family, a lot of changes were made to these platforms. My question is about work and income. You are already a business woman! But, if you decide not to make videos anymore or have less presences on the media. What it’s something that you would like to do to provide for your family? Would you pursue a professional career? God bless!
Hi 👋🏾 here’s my honest answer to your question. If I decide to stop being on social media and let go of this business (which is a possibility TBH) I would only focus on being a homemaker and be there for my kids and occupy myself with the activities they need to do. No other business no other income, I will not be supporting my family with income anymore and only let my husband handle that part. Which would change a lot of things but we also know God provides for us through our faith and he ALWAYS has.
I’ve seen Sound of Freedom and it was ROUGH… my fiancé got upset a few times. We were so uncomfortable but I think it’s a movie that needed to be made, unfortunately.
I was born in Paterson lol in jersey and raised in Miami/ Fort Lauderdale area. It was a amazing place for me to grow up honestly . I had a great childhood . U can always visit New York but Florida is overall a better place for ur kids. I live in New York now because my boyfriend has a great job here but I also don’t have kids so don’t plan on going back to Florida until I do become a mom
Yesss us too because those 2 hour drives daily easily gets expensive with gas prices as well as less sleep time for him because on days he gets out of work late he won’t be able to get home quickly when he’s so tired and gets less sleep since he always has to wake up much early to prepare for the long drive again the next day 🤦🏽♀️
Heyyy 👋🏾 we has the Sunlighten 2-seater sauna for over 6 years - only recently sold it when we moved from a Texas (only because we downsized to a 1,300sq ft apt and didn’t have room for it anymore)
