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Out of the Mouth of My Babe

What I’ve extracted from the mouth of my very oral, very mobile, and very quick 10-month-old so far this week:

1. One piece of black sidewalk chalk
2. A small rock
3. An angel fish (of the small, plastic and Finding Nemo “tank gang” variety)
4. A scrap of paper
5. An unidentified, nearly fossilized, once edible piece of food

*I really am a relatively vigilant mom and I honestly vacuum every other day, but my child is extremely deft when it comes to trying to kill herself.

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· April 24, 2008 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

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  1. Stina says

    April 24, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    Maybe yours and mine are sharing secrets on how to get quicker!

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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