Kadine Christie - Happy Life Magazine

Transformation Through Experience

DevotionalsMar 0635Views 0Likes 0Comments

In life, we continuously face difficulties and hardships. Sometimes we feel defeated by them, or we might even see them as opportunities for growth and change. In my 40-something years on this earth, I have faced my share of difficulties, struggles, heartbreaks, and grief. I buried close friends and grandparents at a young age. I…

SNACK AND SAND HOURGLASS

Family, Food, InspirationSep 09128Views 0Likes 0Comments

There was a time, Markolee took a shower every afternoon at 4:41p.m. He is my time keeper. The child who is waiting at the door at 8:55 when I say I’m leaving the house at 9. He was seven years old when he scribbled the letters sand-hourglass on his wish list. He almost jumped out…

HASTA LUEGO…

Family, Relationships, TravelSep 09107Views 0Likes 0Comments

Zuri said and hung up the phone. Hubby and I looked at each other. “Did she really say that..?” On Sunday Morning, when the sun was on the other side of the world, we drove Zuri to the airport. We walked with her to check-in, cruised up the escalator, and stood in a long line.…

Things They Don’t Teach In School

Family, Inspiration, LifestyleAug 19121Views 0Likes 0Comments

I was strolling down the aisle of a store a few weeks back, when I spotted a little blue box with the above-mentioned title. The title, printed in large yellow letters, stopped me in my tracks! Maybe it was because I have been homeschooling my three children for the last ten years and I wanted…

Family Pizza Night

Food, TravelJul 22155Views 1Like 0Comments

The first time I tried ordering lunch in Italy last summer, my rudimentary Italian failed me. I had no clue what to say. I pointed to dishes of food behind the glass case and the woman serving me zoomed in on my finger and tried to match it to a dish. “Si?’ she asked, pointing…

Music Fuels Me

Family, RelationshipsJul 22115Views 1Like 0Comments

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…

Laughing and Crying With My 83 Year Old BFF Barbara

Inspiration, RelationshipsMar 0595Views 1Like 0Comments

I facetimed my 83-year-old BFF this week. It took her a couple of minutes to focus her camera, and while she was doing so, she said, “Don’t hang up, Kiddo — I’m going to figure this thing out.” I settled on my couch and waited for the shaking to stop and her face to pop…

Our Love Story Was Published in The New York Times!

Family, Inspiration, RelationshipsFeb 26355Views 1Like 0Comments

A few weeks ago when the New York Times Modern Love Editor reached out to me, via email, my kids had just gone to bed. I screamed with such excitement, they ran out of their rooms to see about me. We held hands, jumped, and screamed together. I Met My Husband on the Maternity…

I. AM. My. Own. Person.

InspirationNov 2066Views 0Likes 0Comments

Yesterday, after a long day, I sat on the couch with Markolee — my ten-year-old son. Usually, around this time I would have been cooking, trying to get dinner on the table by the time hubby came home from work, and before the kids would be leaving for youth night. Yesterday, however, I had enough…

Spread Your Roots, Shoot Out New Life, and BLOOM.

InspirationSep 0568Views 0Likes 0Comments

Wha nuh dead, duh dash ih way. ~Jamaican Proverb On a recent trip to Panama City Beach, a friend gave me three firespike plants fighting for their lives.The soil was dry, some of the leaves were burned to a crisp, and the few green leaves that remained were struggling between brown and green. “If anyone…