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A Mommy By Any Other Name is Still a Mommy

Hairdresser: What’s your mommy’s name?

The hairdresser scans the salon/kids’ shop for me because she has finished cutting my daughter’s hair. I’m standing behind a crowded clothes rack, so she can’t see me.

Madeline: Mommy.

Hairdresser: No, her real name.

Madeline: Her name’s Katie, but her real name is Mommy.

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· June 28, 2008 · · Filed Under: Tales from the Trenches

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  1. Dan and Janet Brungardt says

    June 28, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    Ha, that made me laugh. I have the kids say their first, middle, and last names sometimes for practice and then I ask, what is my name? The answer?
    Mommy Mommy Mommy

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.

 

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―Flannery O'Connor

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