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Underage Drinking

Preschooler to her grandma: Guess what? I’m old enough to drink now.

(We toasted to the New Year during dinner tonight using plastic flutes filled with sparkling grape juice. It did come in a fancy wine-like bottle. I have to admit that this is the first pregnancy where I’ve found myself missing an occasional glass of wine. Oh well. If my 4-year-old can pretend fizzy grape juice is the real thing, then so can I. Well, not really, but it was worth a try.)

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· January 2, 2009 · · Filed Under: Child 1

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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