Nice to meet you, I’m Deborah!
I am wife to Jeff, and Mom to our three kids.
I homeschool our kids in beautiful western Montana.
I love being a mom. It is the hardest job I’ve ever had, but also the most rewarding.
I do believe that parenting is as much about the Mom’s and Dad’s growing as it is about the children being raised.
I have never experienced anything more humbling, amazing, challenging, or life changing as much as I have in becoming and being a mom.
Parenthood has taught me about myself and my own faith to at least the same degree that I have instilled in my children, if not more-so.
I had post-partum depression with my two girls. That showed up as anxiety, rage, and mom-guilt. I hardly recognized who I was and knew I had to make drastic changes and attempt to find myself under everything I was trying, and failing, to carry.
In Spring 2021, I started to do a lot of focused self-work with a naturopath, a talk-therapist, and with my Savior and Friend, Jesus Christ.
Throughout the rest of that year, I was able to loose the chains of anxiety, worry, and people-pleasing.
I stopped worrying about how I am performing as a mom, and instead learned to lean into the imperfection of raising kids.
I worked hard and found my way into a life where I am confident, comfortable, and far more recognizable in the mirror as the person I want to be.
I decluttered my house, radically changed how and what I ate, and dug my anxiety out by the deep, deep roots.
It wasn’t easy, fun, or particularly enjoyable, but I learned so much through the process and wouldn’t change how I did it for anything.
I hope you’ll join me on my journey of growing in faith, uncomplicating raising my kids – and myself, and striving to keep home simple for the sanity and health of me and my family.