Kate’s Blog – Page 140

This Week’s Catholic Carnival…

…is live at Just Another Day of Catholic Pondering and like always it’s worth more than a few clicks.

Perspective

Hers: This fish sure has lived a long time.Mine: Uh. Yeah, it’s been like 16 hours since we welcomed it into our family.Hers (showing me a wilted weed): Look at this flower. Isn’t it beautiful? Mine: Well, it’s not a rose, but… Hers (as she throws open the curtains in our dining area): See! Oh,Read the whole post >>

The Par-tee!

We celebrated Baby Rae’s first birthday on Saturday with the grandparents. It was the perfect shindig. The only bummer is the birthday girl came down with a stomach bug that night and Mommy got to see all that cake and corn in a much less appetizing form in the wee hours of the morning. LuckyRead the whole post >>

And They Lived Happily Ever After: A Tale of a Mixed Marriage

Preface: I don’t tell many people that my husband isn’t Catholic and a lot of people just assume he is because we go to Mass together, practice NFP, belong to a Catholic homeschool co-op, etc. In other words, we seem really “Catholic.” However, I recently mentioned the fact that Dave doesn’t share my faith inRead the whole post >>

Whole Wheat Banana Pancake Dinner

What we eat for dinner when Daddy’s on call.

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.