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 in ways beyond what I can measure. I hope to instill, in my children, a love of God in all things, and I pray that comes across authentically in writing.
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.
It also wasn’t a one-and-done. I still am learning to let go of mental and physical things and trust my every day to God’s hands.
From my overflowing front closet to what I put into my body and how it affects me. I’m learning and growing in every season.
I’m not perfect, an expert, or some sort of champion of any area of my life.
I’m just me.
And that is enough.
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.