Black Mothers - Kadine Christie - Author, Writer, Speaker, Creator

She Belongs

Black Mothers, Children, Education, Family, Hair, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Motherhood, Simple Living, Small wondersFebruary 27, 2020186Views 0Likes 6Comments

Usually, I'm prompt to write in my children's journal based on something they've done or said, but this time, a photo of my baby girl was the source of inspiration. In the photograph, she is about three years old. Her hand is under her chin, she is staring directly into the camera and her hair is…

Wild-Big-Sexy

Black Mothers, Hair, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Nature, Simple Living, Small wondersFebruary 22, 2020134Views 0Likes 0Comments

I fell in love with my hair in the tenth grade. Juliette, a young single mother who rented a room in our basement, washed and set my hair with small rods. When she removed the rods, my hair stuck to my scalp like sixty-five tiny black caterpillars. I hated it. For days, I brushed and pulled my…

Music

Black Mothers, Children, Education, Family, Life, Marriage, Mindfulness, Moments, Nature, Simple Living, Small wonders, TravelFebruary 12, 2020167Views 0Likes 0Comments

Siri, Play Lauren Hill "Can't take my eyes off of you" The beat drops he bops his head and I watch him with adoration. Music has a way of loosening him and vicariously seducing me - We have a silent conversation with our glances and our children chuckle in the back seat Long drives- Winter sun - Our truck is a moving vacation and music is our soundtrack. Play On, Kadine…

Click. Click. Click

Alzheimers and Dementia, Black Mothers, Family, Homeschool, Life, Marriage, Mindful Living,, Mindfulness, Moments, Teen Drivers, TravelFebruary 7, 2020178Views 0Likes 0Comments

No one driving behind me I pushed down and the turn signal clicked louder than it ever had. A crescendo of clicks turned my neck towards my teen daughter sitting in the passenger seat. She has a learner’s permit now- but soon, she will be alone in a car driving to dance class, a friend's house, or Sunday school. A poem…