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

Perfect Places

Education, Family, Garden, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Nature, Places, Simple Living, Small wonders, Stories, TravelMarch 6, 2020298Views 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…

I want poetry

Mindfulness, Moments, Nature, Simple Living, Small wonders, StoriesMarch 5, 2020194Views 0Likes 0Comments

What I want is poetry - to live out moments that can be woven into words. I want to watch tulips open their lips to the breeze and behold sunsets that spread like fire across the sky. I want to be mesmerized by spring's new green and taste the sweet nectar of summer's fruit. I want to walk barefoot by ocean's…

Miniature Marvels

Family, friendship, Homeschool, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Nature, Simple Living, Small wonders, StoriesMarch 4, 2020243Views 0Likes 0Comments

Sometimes all we have to do is be intentional about finding miniature marvels in our days. Last week, I decided to pay attention to the events and people in my life, and I was amazed to find there was someone or something to celebrate each day. 2.23.2020 A friend was having surgery and I made her chicken…

Wild-Big-Sexy

Black Mothers, Hair, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Nature, Simple Living, Small wondersFebruary 22, 2020210Views 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, 2020234Views 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, 2019251Views 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…