Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Pit Stop for Peace

I went to confession recently and my penance was to try to make an occasional stop by the adoration chapel. The priest kindly encouraged me to do little things to nurture my prayer life. “Just pay a quick visit, a few minutes or so, and bring the kids.” So last week we made a pitRead the whole post >>

· June 10, 2008 · Tagged With: Encouragement for Moms, Joy, Lessons Kids Teach Me, Spiritual Growth · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

One of Those Days

You know you’re having one of those days when: You wake up at 2 AMish to hear the sound of your husband dry heaving in the bathroom, sick with the virulent virus you thought had miraculously bypassed your house for the first time in three years. After putting a damp washcloth on your dearly pathetic…errr…Read the whole post >>

· June 8, 2008 · Tagged With: Faith Inspiration · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Worth Repeating

My dad was recently waiting for my mom to get her blood drawn when a woman sat down beside him and asked, “How long’s the wait?” “I’m not sure, but we’ve been here awhile,” he told her. “Well, I don’t think I’m going to wait. I just got some really bad news. I have pancreaticRead the whole post >>

· June 5, 2008 · Tagged With: Faith Inspiration · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

To the Newlyweds…

Congratulations, Rachel and Hendre! We wish we could have been in Greece to eat lots of feta and to celebrate with you. We hope you enjoy married life as much as we have. Now that you’ve tied the knot, Dave and I will be waiting for you to submit an application for “Old, Married FartRead the whole post >>

· June 4, 2008 · Tagged With: Marriage · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Ode to a Goldfish

Oh, Birdy, your life was but a brief breath in a tank.All too quickly you went belly up and sank.When I tried to get you out with a netYour lifeless body played hard to get. My Madeline, who named you well,(“My fish are Birdy and Golden,” she did tell.)Was so excited about the first petRead the whole post >>

· June 4, 2008 · Tagged With: Lessons Kids Teach Me, Mom Humor · Filed Under: Bad Poetry, Pets

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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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