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

Finding JOY in Funky Town

Children, Chronic Pain, Education, Endometriosis, Family, Food, Garden, Homeschool, Life, Marriage, Moments, Nature, oophorectomy, StoriesJune 4, 2019321Views 0Likes 2Comments

I'm in funky town. The root of my funk is unclear, but I know there are a few contributing factors: It could be that I'm completely frustrated, exhausted and annoyed with living in chronic pain. It could be the new hormones I’m trying to slow the growth of endometriosis. It could quite…

Middle Ground

Chronic Pain, Endometriosis, Family, Featured, Garden, Life, Moments, Nature, StoriesMay 10, 2019233Views 0Likes 0Comments

The first time I visited Eden Garden State Park I didn't know it would become my middle ground. I didn’t know that after each blood work, medical scrutiny, and procedure I 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, 2019307Views 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, 2019476Views 0Likes 3Comments

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

Bella Grace Issue 19

PublicationsApril 27, 2019206Views 0Likes 0Comments

Finding Wild

Marriage, Mindful Living,April 19, 2019249Views 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…