Kadinechristie - Kadine Christie - Author, Writer, Speaker, Creator

Middle Ground

Chronic Pain, Endometriosis, Family, Featured, Garden, Life, Moments, Nature, StoriesMay 10, 201969Views 0Likes 0Comments

The first time I visited Eden Garden State ParkI didn't know it would become my middle ground.I didn’t know that after each blood work, medical scrutiny, and procedureI would be leaving my doctor’s appointment wearing a cloak of sorrow. I didn’t know I would be catapulted from one extreme to the next:from the softness of…

Beauty in the Grit

Featured, Garden, Life, Marriage, Mindful Living,, Moments, Nature, StoriesMay 6, 201991Views 0Likes 9Comments

My Easter Lilies are blooming— TWO weeks after Easter. They are “late” but “on time” Each one renouncing the calendar using their own internal time-recorder to open their white lips and slowly reveal its inside.Easter Lilies are beautiful, But they stink And here, as in life, lies the challenge: finding the balance— The beauty in grit .Their stench and their beauty won’t last. In a matter…

New Holes

Chronic Pain, Endometriosis, Family, Life, Moments, oophorectomy, StoriesApril 27, 2019134Views 0Likes 3Comments

There are three new holes in my belly.There are four others -One from a tubal ligation in 2009Two from a hysterectomy in 2014And another from an embolization in 2019.They have all healed and faded somewhatAnd serves as a reminder that Endometriosis is a battle-The inside…

Bella Grace Issue 19

PublicationsApril 27, 201977Views 0Likes 0Comments

Finding Wild

Marriage, Mindful Living,April 19, 201988Views 0Likes 3Comments

Yesterday, I sunbathed in my backyard.It was wild and unlike me. My body drank in the sun, and within minutes I was loose, my skin felt soft and free and so dam natural. “How is it, in my 38 years of living, hadn’t I done this before?” I thought.The answer was…

The Amazon-Garden

Children, Education, Family, Featured, Food, Garden, Life, Marriage, Moments, Nature, StoriesApril 10, 201968Views 0Likes 1Comment

When we moved into our beach townhouse two years ago, the backyard was a blank space and its offerings were simple. There was an outside shower, a small table, a few chairs, and a fence with glimmers of a pond in the background. It was an ideal place for vacationer's but those staying a while,…