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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  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 the author of two nonfiction books Getting Past Perfect and Weightless, a storyteller*, overthinker, eating disorder survivor, mom of five, book junkie, socially awkward nerd as well as a speaker (so basically a walking and talking contradiction), and a perfectionist in recovery.

I am currently working towards my MFA in Fiction at Warren Wilson. Thank you to everyone who has read my drafts, offered feedback, and cheered me on. The writing life is often solitary, but I wouldn’t be here without a community of support.

 

*Imperfect motherhood story for Rabbit Box (no children will harmed in the telling of the story and Mom had permission to share this video)

*Some BODY to Love story for Rabbit Box

 

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