...reality changers

I am not kind of a person with easy to fall feelings. Yes,I am appreciative of everything around me, from natural to weird things. I like a lot of things but I do keep a few that I love. 

Here are few things about the Narvaez family,great for start up.

Alexa Narvaez

Jorge-26 a father  of two who worked his way through college making him the first in the family to earn a diploma(imagine him studying, doing homework and changing diapers at night)He is a founding member of Reality Changers, a tutoring program for scholars. 

Alexa-8  so into art and minerals

Eliana-4 chunky monkey who loves candy and blueberries

They were younger in their videos.

It all started with a video of father and sleepy Alexa singing a cover of the song Home by Edward Sharp and the magnetic zeroes uploaded December 31,2010 (few days after,the video went viral)

Nancy with Eli

Mom and Dad are separated and so half of the week the kids stay with Jorge(dad) and the rest with Nancy(mom). They had Alexa when they’re still in high school when Jorge’s still 18.

Despite being separated, Jorge and Nancy remain to be good friends.Nancy has a boyfriend and Jorge now have Gisela (Girlfriend). They co-parent 50/50 literally

Alexa and Eli are normal kids…they have tantrums and even accidents.

I admire how these kids were raised with patience and discipline even if they knew that there are lots of fans around the world that will definitely spoil them.

No cable channels at home,they use Netflix (that way Jorge can monitor what shows were being watched)…up to now,there is still no cure for the Bieber fever and Jorge do have to brace himself.

The kids are exposed to art exhibits and music fairs. They frequently visit parks and beaches.

Candies aren’t freely given and the kids clean their own room .

Eliana (Eli) Narvaez

No coffee.no soda. (how was that?)…one sure sign Jorge’s on the right track is that the kids demand to be given a salad for dinner.

This is not a perfect family, and that’s what makes it perfect.Life is an everyday affair and it goes on and on.  

All in, conversation within the family is a rope that keeps it together.

Know them more by visiting their Youtube channel Realitychangers. Be gentle on the replay button though. ;)

P.S. Reality Sunday means the video footage is one take and uploaded uploaded as is ; Check out too how he plays and handle the guitar.

 

...reality with Reality Changers

Negative emotions are like cancer. They eat you up.

I’ve been feeling so down since January of this year and I am so aware of it. In my search for an effective pick-me-upper I found none. But my newsfeed in Facebook is flooding with picture quotes from the pages I liked. And believe me, it might sound weird but they all seemed to match the situation and feelings I’m in.I’ve read books and watched movies. The messages were comforting and I was consoled but never uplifted until I’ve stumbled upon this video in facebook . A father with his daughters singing Christina Perri’s A thousand Years surely did brought a genuine smile on my face. It’s an ultimate bonding moment and I wanted to see more but there’s no link and so in my stalker mode I searched them in Youtube. After being so patient in typing possible keywords, opening every search hit and following links, I arrived at the channel realitychangers. Watching few of their vlogs (video blogs), I knew then that this family will be on my ‘love at fist sense” list.

I was looking for happiness through people with the same situation as mine ,through songs that evoke the emotions that I have, through the usual  things and It’s not effective for me in the long run. When people are so into Pink’s song “just give me a reason”, I was singing her song “Blow Me”at the top of my voice (in my head). The script’s six degrees of separation and breakeven were also on repeat on my playlist together with Taylor Swift’s The story of us along with other similar songs. Then, what now? What’s next? I see myself stuck in the bitter and reverse bittering stage. I can’t remain there forever and so I end up wiping all the songs in my phone and downloaded Realitychangers’ video to the full capacity of my memory card. I viewed the videos once online and I am watching them again and again in my phone.

 

Never did I thought that something I cannot relate to can bring such joy in me. That video showing up in newsfeed was meant to be. I didn’t know much about their story and I have many questions popping in my head like “Where’s the mother?” “What?25 years old? Same age as me?”,the answers to these questions were not readily available until I watched all their videos. I considered it a month of therapy. Now, I am always looking forward to the next video upload. 

This family inspires me in so many ways. It is right then that life doesn’t have the same answer to same situations (no formula), instead there could be a same answer to different situations (different test, different difficulty but same answers). A single person and a family on different situations have found the same answers to whatever situation they are into.

People may say what’s so new about video blogging, it’s just daily life recorded n video. Everyone else is struggling and everybody is striving like them. That’s it! Sharing your story to the world is a healthy thing for them and us. By knowing you are not alone is the ultimate relief you can ever have. But it is in sharing how you overcame the negative things that you bring a whole new light to some gloomy parts in the world. This is how we should inspire, not just by telling but by showing. The words are there and our life is a proof that those words do work.

I want to share this family to you.

Alexa,Jorge and Eliana Narvaez

I am still drafting my blog about introducing Narvaez Family to people that are new to their vlog. I hope ‘twill be helpful. Just a few details to lead you on.Hope it will be on my next blog.