Trying to preserve or teach birth language is one way to help adopted children connect with their heritage. Although we struggled just with English for quite a long time with Sunshine, we are now trying to teach all the kids as much Chinese Mandarin as we can, with the hope that maybe one day they’ll...
Nicole Chryst
Wellness Educator
Chasing truth, beauty, goodness, and all things naturally wholistic.
Faith over fear.
Ephesians 2:8-10
I’ve been married to my high school sweetheart since 2003. Together, we have four amazing children, by birth and adoption. When I am not homeschooling my favorite students, I spend my days on our 7-acre property where I try my best to love my family well and experiment with hobby homesteading. My favorite things to do are cultivate my ever-expanding gardens, wrangle chickens, ferment all the things, sourdough bake with einkorn flour, and figure out new ways to use herbal remedies and essential oils. I believe God has tasked us to be good stewards of our spaces in the world, and I guide my children to do the same.
I am a board member of The Sparrow Fund and an Empowered to Connect Facilitator. I love to dig in the dirt, cook nourishing food, capture beauty through my camera lens, watch the sunrise on the beach, and spend time with good literature on my porch while sipping on a hot cup of coffee.
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With Chinese New Year/Spring Festival coming up soon, this is the first of several posts celebrating Sunshine’s Chinese heritage. I am trying to expand my knowledge of making traditional Chinese food. Yesterday, I attempted Wonton Soup. Although all of our wontons eventually fell apart and the fillings came out, the soup itself was quite tasty....
According to TravelChinaGuide.com, “Falling on the 15th day of the 8th month according to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the second grandest festival after the Spring Festival in China. It takes its name from the fact that it is always celebrated in the middle of the autumn season. The day is also...
Updated July 2019. This reading list coordinates with the Classical Conversations Cycle 2 History memory work. We no longer use CC exclusively for memory work, but this is a solid book list for the covered time periods. These titles are geared more toward elementary students with pictures books, as well as chapter books. The focus...
Homeschool planning season seems like a good time to share this fun review game! I first heard about CC Sequence months back on Half a Hundred Acre Woods. But the sweet homeschool mama who was selling them wasn’t taking anymore orders at the time, so I couldn’t get my hands on one of the games....
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Street, Maryland
443.690.2385
nicole@naturallywholistic.com