Kate Wicker

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Is Your Yard More than Half Covered in Snow?

Mine is, at least in the optimistic and hopeful eyes of Madeline. We woke up this morning and threw the curtains aside to check the weather after experiencing a rare Georgia snowfall yesterday.

I peered out at the patchy grass that looked more like a swamp where a few ice cubes were melting away than a winter wonderland. “Oh, the snow is all melting,” I sighed. After watching Madeline gleefully play in the flurries last evening and neglecting to capture the moment on film, I’d hoped we’d still have some white stuff to enjoy today. “Oh well,” I added.

Madeline ran up behind me. “Oh my gosh,” she exclaimed. “Look at all ‘dat’ snow!”

She’s definitely “the glass is half full, our yard is more than half covered in snow” kind of person.

I could learn a lot from her.

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· January 17, 2008 · Tagged With: Lessons Kids Teach Me · Filed Under: Tales from the Trenches

Hi, I’m Kate

I’m a wife, mom of five kids, writer, speaker, storyteller, bibliophile, runner, eating disorder survivor, and perfectionist in recovery. I'm the author of Getting Past Perfect: Finding Joy & Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood  and Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body.

I’ve tried a lot of things in my life – anorexia, bulimia, law school, teaching aerobics, extended breastfeeding, vegetarianism, trying to be perfect and failing miserably at it – and through it all I’ve been writing. And learning to embrace the messiness of life instead of covering it up, making excuses for it, or being ashamed of my brokenness or my home’s sticky counters.

Nowadays I’m striving every single, imperfect day to strike a balance between keeping it real and keeping it joyful.

 

“She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.”

―Flannery O'Connor

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