by Carrie Kuba | Feb 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
I have no idea when it started. Or how. Or why. I just know that somewhere along the way, Valentine’s Day became my nemesis. At some point and time, it became characteristic of a bully – relentlessly pursuing me with its cheesy hallmark cards, rows of...
by Carrie Kuba | Jan 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
What would it mean to be a companion to myself instead of an adversary? These were the words that came out of the speaker’s mouth at the Women’s Retreat I attended this weekend. To be honest, I chose to only go to one speaker session, spending the rest of...
by Carrie Kuba | Jan 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
The game is starting – the referee just blew the whistle. Where are they? I am embarrassed, sitting here on the bench behind the basketball team all by myself, wearing my green and white cheerleading uniform. I cannot even look at my mom, because if I look at...
by Carrie Kuba | Nov 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Winter has a song to sing. It’s timbre is melancholic. It is guttural. It is a song that needs to be sung. And when it is sung, for many ears to hear, it allows for teary eyes of weary souls to lock and say to one another, “you, too?” There is beauty...
by Carrie Kuba | Nov 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Masks. I own many of them. I have one that I wear called “The Performer”. This mask is a favorite. I wear it often because it gives me an identity. It is one that is safe, that is well-respected by those with whom I come into contact. It is one that I have...
