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

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Life, Marriage, MomentsFebruary 7, 2021172Views 0Likes 1Comment

On our tenth wedding anniversary, our six year old son officiated a private service in our backyard. We renewed our vows and danced barefoot for hours on the art and book room's mahogany floor. This morning as I scanned through my week it felt like the days rolled from one to another and I wasn't…

Move

Family, Life, Marriage, Marriage, Mindful Living,, Mindfulness, MomentsJanuary 24, 2021169Views 0Likes 0Comments

The usage of our bistro table in our backyard has evolved. In the spring we drank coffee and ate scones in the morning. During the summer, we sipped cocktails in the afternoons. Then, it got cold and the table and chairs stayed outside weathering the cold months without us. One day a question seemed to…

Find the Light

Life, Mindfulness, Moments, NatureJanuary 14, 2021155Views 0Likes 0Comments

I was so overwhelmingly sad and a little confused this week. At one point, my sense of direction seemed so off. I didn’t know where to focus my waning energy. Should I continue writing my new novel? Market my last one? Respond to a speaking engagement? Or, write the magazine article that's due soon? I…

Full of Life

ISLAND FOODS, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Nature, TravelDecember 18, 2020185Views 0Likes 0Comments

Last year, this time, I was in Jamaica for my grandfather’s funeral. A few days ago when I heard Auntie Madge died, it broke me. Tears burned my eyes. The night my hubby, sister, and I arrived at my grandfather’s house, there were over a thousand people lining the road. Hagglers, not mourners, were putting…

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…

Power

Children, Healing, Life, Marriage, Mindful Living,, Mindfulness, Moments, Motherhood, Sisterhood, Small wondersJuly 17, 2020219Views 0Likes 1Comment

I was sitting outside, editing, when Zuri opened the door with a petrified look on her face. “Mommy, Zahara burned herself.” I dropped my computer on the chair and ran behind my daughter into the kitchen. The stove was still on and a funky-looking funnel cake was burning in the pot. An orange…