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.
Mary Ostyn published Forever Mom in October 2014, and I recently found it while researching adoption parenting books. After another pre-adoptive mama said she really enjoyed the book, I thought I’d give it a shot too. And I’m super glad I did! It was a pretty quick read chock full of great information. Mary Ostyn...
It’s funny, for the first part of this winter, we didn’t get any snow. After awhile, I actually thought we weren’t going to get any (silly me), which I knew would be sad for the kids. But fortunately for them, we have received several good snows now, definitely enough for sledding. They’ve been very happy!...
It doesn’t get dusted off much these days, but I’m trying to remember to pull it out now and then. I caught this glimpse of glorious normal last week. I always get the truest, most natural smiles from Angel when she’s with him. She just adores him and has been a tremendous help to me....
On February 6, 2014, I saw this precious boy’s face for the first time. I knew immediately that he was my son. As I literally trembled while reading about him, I simply knew. A few short weeks later, I flew to China to work with orphans in a different province, but knowing that my son...
I’ve been so busy trying to survive and figure out our new normal over the past two months that I haven’t had time to just be. But today was one of the most normal days we’ve experienced, and it felt nice. We had the most productive day of school since coming home from China, and...
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