Parenting | Heart of the Matter

Wishing for Tomorrow

I admit it. I wish away certain moments and stages in my children’s lives. I guess I don’t know anyone who doesn’t occasionally do this, but I know many older women who tell me not to. From their perspective,...

Boys to Men

The ultrasound showed that number 3 was a boy! We were excited and honestly, I was a bit nervous. I’d never had any brothers and with 2 girls under my belt, I wasn’t sure “how” to do a boy. Hayden has...

Sad Days, Promise Days and Blessed Days

Sometimes I have a “sad day.” Those are days when I am faced with Romans 3:23: For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. It is on those days I recognize the small or large problems with my now-grown children. ...

Cutting Down on Frustrations

Do you ever wonder why you often get irritated when one of your children needs something? Or right at the wrong moment, the baby starts crying? Then your 6-year old needs a refill of milk, and suddenly your agenda is being messed...

Come What May

Commit your works to the LORD And your plans will be established. -Proverbs 16:3 NASB Being committed as a Christian parent is simply the steadfast determination to raise our children based on Biblical principles for them to...

Unqualified

In those exciting pre-Christmas shopping days, my family and I went to the mall. Mind you we were not shopping for others…oh no; we were quite happily, selfishly buying a new bedspread for the lovely bed my husband just...

Waste Not

The coming and going of the holiday season always brings the concept of gratitude back to my mind. The Christmas season is a time of intense spending, gratuitous gain, and over-the-top marketing. My views on material...

An Entrusted Treasure of Great Worth

As you approach this New Year with the last half of the homeschooling year in mind, I want you to consider this Scripture passage. Acts 17:26-28 states, “From one man God made every nation of men, that they should inhabit...

Winter Autism Woes

Okay, the DeRossett family needs to literally fly south for the winter. Stick a fork in me, I am done! Many of our friends and family will attest to the fact that we are not—at all—winter people. My husband and I were...

My Mamma Raised Me Right

Is it just me, or are thank you notes (the paper kind you hold in your hand) becoming obsolete? Are they following the dwindling number of friendly letters and Christmas letters and cards that used to stuff our mailboxes? Well,...