For Everything, A Season

It’s time to pass the baton! For 13 years, we’ve enjoyed the adventure that creating and operating Nurtured Family has been. The high points for us were connecting with families in the Houston area and beyond who share the high calling of parenthood. What an honor to serve, support and also to receive from others walking the same path.
We couldn’t be more thrilled that Nurtured Family is going to be...

Remembering Charlsie

One year ago, on January 17, my friend Kristin and I drove to the hospital where our friend, Charlsie, was receiving care. Five weeks prior, Charlsie had passed out while giving birth to her baby girl due to amniotic fluid embolism, never to awaken again. Her baby, Lilly, was born by emergency C-section in the ER, and received care in the NICU, but passed on to be with the Lord. For five weeks, Charlsie battled great pain while hooked up to machines that kept her alive.

Baltic Amber Jewelry - A Tutorial

Baltic amber is not a stone, but a fossilized tree resin. Commonly known as "teething jewelry," Baltic amber has been a natural and traditional European remedy for teething discomfort for hundreds of years. Long ago it was considered one of the leading medicines of its time.