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...
by Carrie Kuba | Oct 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
When our daughter Bella was born with Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome (Finnish Strain), I wholeheartedly believed that not only does God give us more than we can handle, but that her disease and subsequent issues surrounding that disease, would be our one and only...
by Carrie Kuba | Sep 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
I am a recovering snarkaholic. It started in college. To a certain degree, it was a defense mechanism, but it also was quite fun as I was really good at it and I found a great Snark Posse to which I belonged. My snarkaholism has ebbed and flowed over the years. There...
by Carrie Kuba | Sep 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Let me introduce you to the dolphin glass. This glass is the most coveted item in our kitchen. It is the source of insurmountable elation and contention in my household. You see – one of my children decided this was her favorite glass, and in giving it such high...
