I wish my Grandparents were still here with me, but now I’m the Grandma!

Do you have a backache? Or maybe a migraine? I feel for you, because I did too almost every day! Some days my back would just ache, other days I was unable to move without assistance. I’ve been avoiding back surgery for the last 25+ years. Life has been very rough at times. Excruciating pain, like a hot railroad spike being hammered into my lower spine, pain shooting down my leg like electrical current shockwaves. My bad back has now gifted me with 2 places on my body where I have lost the sensation of feeling/touch. My back problems also cause me to have disabling migraines frequently. 


I have taken ALL the painkillers, prescription and over the counter. I have done the exercises, physical therapy, massage, ice and heat therapy. I have had the injections for pain, into my spine. I even tried drinking the pain away~Note to self~That doesn’t work!! But that’s a whole other story~Stay tuned. Everything helps for awhile but it’s all temporary relief and it is expensive!! Especially when you are using multiple therapies several times a day. 


I found that many of the health issues I faced were being caused by toxic chemicals I had been unknowingly using daily. Side effects of my medications, using everyday household cleaners, my shampoo, conditioner and deodorant, even my makeup! That’s when I started my journey to get back to a more old fashioned way of living. Why? Because I had to know what I was putting in and on my body. I was shocked at all the toxic chemical laden products I had been using daily. 


I started making natural lotions and soaps with success. I began studying herbs, weeds, plants and trees for their health benefits. And proceeded to make salves, balms, syrups and tinctures that helped support my body and lessen my pain. I can now cleanse my body and clean my home without using toxic chemicals. I was blessed to have a great appreciation for the knowledge, recipes and skills our elders passed down. It is a part of our heritage, and a legacy we should pass down in our own family’s. Our ancestors knew how to use the plants that God has provided us to thrive, heal and survive. I truly wish I had paid more attention and asked more questions when I spent my summers in Oklahoma with my grandparents. 


When I found a recipe for Dandelion salve that worked for my arthritis, I was ecstatic! Soon after I learned about the healing properties of comfrey, elderberries, mullein, marshmallow root and so many more. Nowadays, I can do most anything I want (like gardening, canning and cooking all day) with little to no pain by using my homemade medicinals. I have actually even had days when I realized I didn’t have to take any painkillers all day!


Are you interested in learning more? I love sharing all I’ve learned in regards to how our grandparents made their own medicinals from herbs and weeds, canning and food preservation.  Contact me and I’ll add you to my education group. See you over there.


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My greatest desire is to help you become a Happy & Healthy Home-Maker!

 
Hey Y'all,
Welcome! I'm so glad you're here, I'm Deb, Debbie or Deborah Raylene (if I'm in trouble LOL). This is where I'll be sharing with you, all my doings here at
Deb's Sweet Country Home
No matter what the season is, there is always something going on here at home. I come from a ranching family and always loved the homesteading lifestyle. Maybe I'm just channeling my inner Grandma Walton or Ma Ingalls.

 "Use it up ~ Wear it out ~ Make it do ~ or Do Without" 

is one of my mantras. It's a lifestyle that I love. Now that I live in town, I'm still doing my best to live up to the principles of homemaking that the strong women of my family taught me. I feel it's important to share with you, how things were done in the old days, before there is no one left that remembers.

I'll be sharing about gardening, canning and food preservation. Stocking up the food pantry for winter or heaven forbid, in case of emergency whether it's a natural disaster or some man made one, like my hubby and I recently went through. Foraging (my hubby calls it pulling weeds LOL) for the plants to make all of my natural herbal body care products and medicinal remedies. And all the benefits of using them.

I'm afraid that we will soon lose the valuable knowledge our pioneer ancestors passed down to us in the form of folk remedy recipes. It is a important part of our heritage! Being a Home-Maker is something to be proud of, it's a whole skillset like no other. If you are looking for a place to learn how to be more self sufficient and self sustaining, you found it. I hope that I'm helpful to you, just like all my Grandmas, my Mom, Sisters & Aunts have been for me.

Make yourself at home and have a look around, but most of all, Thank You for stopping by and come back soon. 

Deb Raylene


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