Deborah Ann Davis

Biography

Do you find motherhood overwhelming? Have you been doing it for a few years and are still waiting for it to get easier? I know exactly how that feels. When I found out I was going to be a mom, I was completely unprepared.

Once that urine-soaked stick changed, the only thing my 30 years of experience provided was complete and utter panic. I was a teacher, for goodness sakes. I nurtured and cared for other people's children. I wasn't ready to take on my own child. Besides, I did teenagers, and it would be years before my baby would even be a tween. What was I going to do until then?

On our daughter's birth day, after 5 days of labor, they handed her to me. As they laid that squalling, writhing, quivering mess on my chest, she stopped mid-yell to look at me. Through the trepidation and exhaustion, we connected. I was a mom. That's when I apologized for all the mistakes I was going to make.

I spent the next decade or so worrying about messing up her life. I used all the skills I had developed as a teacher, and channeled them into parenting. I made mistakes (like forgetting the occasional birthday cake), but she seemed to recover nicely.

It wasn't until I reversed engineered my college-age daughter that I recognized what a fabulous job I had done. I hadn't ruined her life. She is an impressive, energetic, intelligent, young woman (objectively speaking). Somehow, despite my abundant fears, I turned out to be an Awesome Mom.

I sure wish I had known that while I was in the middle of it all. But motherhood can be pretty isolating at times. Without someone to hear your thoughts, self-perceptions never get challenged.

I'm sure many of you reading this consider yourselves as merely adequate moms, which is a shame, because, in fact, you are Awesome Moms.

-Awesome Moms create opportunities for their families.
-Awesome Moms seek knowledge, which is power.
-Awesome Moms build daughters into women, and sons into men.
-Awesome Moms change the world one child at a time.
-Awesome Moms make mistakes, and then correct (most of) them.
-Awesome Moms try and try and try. Then they go to sleep, and in the morning they try again.

That's what makes you awesome.

As a Parenting Skills Coach, my job is to help you recognize that. Join my Facebook group, The Mom Meet-Up: Raising Confident Girls, and let's connect.

I'd love to hear from you! Email me at Info@DeborahAnnDavis.com
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/DeborahAnnDavis
Twitter: @AwesomeMomTribe and @DeborahAnnDavis.

Update: Keep a lookout for my upcoming book, "How To Keep Your Daughter From Slamming the Door," and its counterpart, "How To Rule the Teenage Years: The Awesome Girls Guide," both coming soon.

Smashwords Interview

What's the story behind your latest book?
Fairly Certain is the product of my first jaunt to a Renaissance Faire in Connecticut. It wasn't the bawdy barmaids, nor the noble knights who turned my head. I was inspired by the craftsmen who lived and breathed history. The sword-makers. The yarn spinners. The boot makers. The blacksmith. The potter. All were masters of their crafts, and I fell in love with them. They were perfect fodder for my quirky sense of humor.
When did you first start writing?
I was knocked over by Lyme Disease several years ago and turned to writing out of sheer boredom. As I got better, my writing got better. Two years ago I quit my day job to write full time, and I'm healthy as a horse.
Read more of this interview.

Books

How to Keep Your Daughter From Slamming the Door: An Awesome Mom Handbook
Price: $14.95 USD. Words: 141,120. Language: English. Published: July 6, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Parenting » Teens, Nonfiction » Relationships & Family » Motherhood
Your relationship with your tween/teen girl is the most important female bond in her life. If you want to keep your daughter from slamming the door, learn how to cultivate and maintain the relationship you always wanted. Educator and coach Deborah Davis has drilled down three decades of accumulated experience with teenagers into specific strategies you can start using today.
How To Get Your Happy On: An Awesome Mom Handbook
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 9,790. Language: English. Published: September 30, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Parenting » Teens
What if you could harness your happiness and use it to positively affect your family and friends? Award-winning author, educator and coach Deborah Ann Davis has gathered everything you need to enhance your happiness, and condensed it into this powerful little book. Excited? You should be. You’re about to rev up your life!
Fairly Safe
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 84,560. Language: English. Published: September 14, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Romance » Clean & wholesome
Mistaken Identity clashes with Secret Identity The insulated business world of former foster kid Jacob collides with the domain of witness protection when he inadvertently helps to hide Casey’s family. Despite their 24/7 vigilance, she may have to disappear. Again. But, this time she will be stealing away with Jacob’s heart, and his hopes of finally having a family of his own.
Fairly Certain
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 52,850. Language: American English. Published: December 19, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Adventure, Fiction » Romance » General
A Computer Geek challenging a Medieval Outlaw? Petir take a rough tumble in the CT woods, but awakens in the middle of old England. His instinct to freak out is tempered by the arrival of a fair maiden wearing a bow…and arrow. He has nothing to lose by pursuing Maid Rianne, but when she is captured by the enemy, a geek with no ability to defend himself must find a way to rescue the fair maiden.