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

I Wish I was Making This Up

Anxiety, Authors, Black Authors, Black Mothers, Black Struggles, Chronic Pain, DIFFICULT POSSIBILITIES, Diversity, Education, Endometriosis, Family, Featured, Healing, Hysterectomy, Life, Marriage, Mindful Living,, Motherhood, Nature, oophorectomy, Overcoming fearsAugust 26, 20200Views 0Likes 0Comments

Several weeks ago, when I explained the symptoms I was having to my neurologist, he nonchalantly recommended an MRI to rule out two disturbing possibilities: MS and brain tumor.I managed to put one foot before the other, and maintained a false-calm demeanor while I waited. When the neurologist called with the results, Hubby and…

Perfect Places

Education, Family, Garden, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Nature, Places, Simple Living, Small wonders, Stories, TravelMarch 6, 202066Views 0Likes 0Comments

There is no such thing as perfection, they say, but I wholly disagree - the places I've lived told me otherwise.On the island of my birth and where I spent my early years, I ate Jackfruit, June plums, and bananas ripened by the sun.In Newark, New Jersey, the birds told me it was spring, twenty-five cent…

She Belongs

Black Mothers, Children, Education, Family, Hair, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Motherhood, Simple Living, Small wondersFebruary 27, 202056Views 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…

Music

Black Mothers, Children, Education, Family, Life, Marriage, Mindfulness, Moments, Nature, Simple Living, Small wonders, TravelFebruary 12, 202052Views 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…

Our Table

Children, Education, Family, Featured, Food, friendship, Homeschool, Marriage, Marriage, Mindful Living,, Mindfulness, Moments, Motherhood, Nature, Race, Simple Living, Small wonders, StoriesNovember 26, 201952Views 0Likes 0Comments

There is a space in our home where we all gather, and in our home, we gather at our table.We gather at our table to drink Coffee to sip tea to debate and create and channel Dear Abby. We gather at our table to quench our thirst.We gather at our table to spotlight our highs and lows and to share our joys and…

Mini-Adventures

Education, Family, Food, friendship, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Simple Living, Small wonders, Stories, TravelNovember 5, 201944Views 0Likes 0Comments

My 82-year-old BFF Barbara eats a cookie every afternoon at 4 pm and she also indulges in a spoon of ice cream before bed. Because she is the happiest, most grateful person I know, her ritual of sweets has inspired me to create mini-adventures in my days.While it is lovely to travel, an adventure doesn't…