Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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{this moment} Beach Bum

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, visit Soulemama to leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all toRead the whole post >>

· May 27, 2011 · Tagged With: Glimpses Into Our Life, Gratitude, Little Joys, Travel · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Still Crazy After All These Years

…but not in Paul Simon’s wistful, lovesick kind of way. I’m still crazy about you after all these years as I was when we were dating and staying up way, way, way past my bedtime talking on the phone for hours and hours. (What did we talk about?) Love is the law of your life. ThisRead the whole post >>

· May 25, 2011 · Tagged With: Letters, Marriage · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Living a Reasonable Life (The Conclusion of My Hottie v. Healthy Series)

This is my final installment in my Hottie V. Healthy series: Making hotness rather than health the goal sets many women up for failure or leads them to poor health. Part I can be found here, and Part II (the subjectivity of beauty) is here. Thanks for reading! — Since hotness and beauty as IRead the whole post >>

· May 23, 2011 · Tagged With: Beauty, Body Image, Eating Disorders · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

7ish Quick Takes: Mortifying Mom Moments & So Much More!

~1~ Maybe it’s just fretful me, but sometimes, as a rookie homeschooling mom, I feel a lot of pressure to look like I always have it together and that my children don’t just know their ABCs but are reading living books (by themselves) and are always well-mannered. Part of the pressure I occasionally pile onRead the whole post >>

· May 20, 2011 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Homemaking, Homeschooling, Mom Humor, Saints · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

The Subjectivity of Beauty

Welcome to Part II of my Hottie v. Healthy series: Beauty and sexiness are very subjective. (Part I can be found here.) Just to review, I agree a lot of women, for myriad reasons, may not openly admit that the desire to look good is what fuels their efforts to lose weight, exercise, and/or eat right. Moreover, there’sRead the whole post >>

· May 17, 2011 · Tagged With: Beauty, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Health · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

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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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