Kate Wicker

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Insomnia

Burning questions that render me sleepless:

1. Why do kids eat their buggars? (This is purely rhetorical; I’m sure your refined children wouldn’t think of snacking on their snot anymore that my children would.)

2. Did I remember to defrost the pork for dinner tonight? (No.)

3. Will Dave do a fellowship?

5. Do other moms sleep more than I do?

6. Did I just skip the number 4? (Yes.)

7. Why am I hungry at 4 a.m.?

8. Do we have any chocolate stashed somewhere?

9. Is that how you spell buggar?

10. Where is Madeline? Is she actually still sleeping in her bed? (Feels kind of lonely in this vast king-sized bed without her…)

And perhaps the greatest question of all…

11. Why in God’s name am I not sleeping when the baby is?

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· May 8, 2008 · · Filed Under: Tales from the Trenches

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  1. Cathy Adamkiewicz says

    May 9, 2008 at 4:26 pm

    I’m with ya, girlfriend. I linked you to my post today, since I ‘m too tired to come up with anything of my own. :)

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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