Handling the Heat
When I was two years old, our garage burned down. It was a detached garage, but only detached by about twenty feet. There were two cars...
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Emily Kubena
- May 15, 2023
- 8 min
The Coronation, Feminism, and Motherhood
I'll be honest here. I had zero intention of watching the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla. I'm not much into pop culture and...
Emily Kubena
- May 6, 2023
- 6 min
To The Heights
It's been rainy here on and off for a while. It's been hard to get in quality outside time. The kids have been attentive to when the sun...
Emily Kubena
- Apr 26, 2023
- 5 min
The Gift of Obligation
I've begun a beautiful whirlwind journey of unraveling and confronting all the demons and dark corners of my life before finding God....
Emily Kubena
- Apr 13, 2023
- 3 min
The Legions of Angels
Do you ever dismiss an entire reading at church because you "know it already?" During Holy Week, we read the entire account of the...
Emily Kubena
- Apr 10, 2023
- 3 min
The Crutch
When I was an atheist-leaning agnostic, I considered faith in God and even more so organized religion to be a crutch for people who...
Emily Kubena
- Aug 17, 2022
- 6 min
The Great Rock Tumbler
It's been a long time since I have written. Not for lack of material - my family life affords me incessant writing material. Rather I've...
Emily Kubena
- Sep 8, 2021
- 8 min
Fertility, Rainbows, and True Love (Pt 2)
After experiencing the loss of a miscarriage, one would probably assume I went leaping and jumping into trying again to conceive. And...
Emily Kubena
- Aug 23, 2021
- 4 min
Fertility, Rainbows, and True Love (Pt 1)
Towards the end of January, I suspected I might be pregnant. Our children are all almost perfectly two years apart, and by number three,...
Emily Kubena
- Jul 23, 2021
- 6 min
It's My Body
I think, just like every parent thinks, that my children are exceptional. I admire their quirks and their interests, even at such young...
Emily Kubena
- Jun 24, 2021
- 6 min
They Time, not Me Time
I've been making the effort lately to limit my socializing, limit my texting and phone use, and even limit my blogging (hence the gap) in...
Emily Kubena
- May 23, 2021
- 5 min
Wasting it all
In my days of secular atheism and workaholism, I worked at a job that required summer work days of 15-18 hours a day, 6 days a week. I...
Emily Kubena
- May 17, 2021
- 5 min
Did you get the vaccine?
The other morning, my son came downstairs to announce that my youngest daughter was in my oldest daughter's bedroom, even though she was...
Emily Kubena
- May 3, 2021
- 5 min
Perspective
We recently had the chance to attend a family celebration which included a fair number of children. The hosts were excellent, providing...
Emily Kubena
- Apr 29, 2021
- 6 min
Discipline Ain't Pretty
My youngest is very soon to turn two. She has always been precocious and filled with personality and opinion. She has been slow to speak...
Emily Kubena
- Apr 18, 2021
- 7 min
Kick the Pants
In my staunch, feminist, fight-the-patriarchy days, I had consciously made the decision to wear only pants. I found short skirts to be...
Emily Kubena
- Nov 28, 2020
- 4 min
You're Mean.
This is what I've been hearing a lot of lately, from my three and my five year old. "Mama you're mean.' "Stop being mean." "That's...
Emily Kubena
- Nov 5, 2020
- 4 min
You did it to yourself.
It's been a while since I've written. I apologize. I've been wrapped up in my own happenings, my own addictions to technology and current...
Emily Kubena
- Sep 19, 2020
- 6 min
Medicine of Mercy
Today, my son got stuck in the maple tree in the front of our house. I was preoccupied on the front porch, making sure our toddling...
Emily Kubena
- Sep 10, 2020
- 5 min
That's Not Yours
I remember three being a tough age for my son, but now that my middle daughter is three, I'm wondering if I am mis-remembering that...
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