Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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The Black Hole of Cyberspace

I’m thinking really deep thoughts today. For instance, where do all the lost emails go? Are they hanging out with all my baby’s missing socks? Is there a cyber purgatory where herds of emails are cleansed of any potential SPAM-ish language before ending up in my inbox (probably not, considering how full my SPAM folderRead the whole post >>

· January 24, 2010 · · Filed Under: Kate's Blog, Rant

Turtles v. Babies

Like most five-year-olds, my oldest daughter never stops asking questions. She’s very interested in the ocean, and her old obsession with barracudas was recently replaced with a curiosity about sea turtle babies. “Tell me more about sea turtles,” she asks. So I turned to Google, and this is what I learned with just a fewRead the whole post >>

· January 22, 2010 · Tagged With: Pro-Life · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Good Eats

We have a food snob on our hands. Nine-month-old Mary Elizabeth turns her nose up at anything pureed. Mashed bananas do nothing for her. Forget the plain avocados. This girl wants the good stuff. She loved my guacamole, which is a bit on the spicy side, and she had no problem feasting on my lasagna.Read the whole post >>

· January 18, 2010 · · Filed Under: Babies, Child 3, Child Care, Photos, Resources

Empty Yourself

*I wrote this post a few days ago, but I’m just getting around to posting it. I know you understand. :) “Excuse me, ma’am?” a teenager invades my deep thoughts as I stand stewing over what brand of canned black beans will provide the best nutritional bang for the buck. Organic or not? I glanceRead the whole post >>

· January 14, 2010 · Tagged With: Spiritual Growth, Tough Days · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Let Sleeping Moms Lie

The Christmas season has been great but busy. I’m craving order and a restored rhthym to our days. And more hours spent in REM would be nice, too, because I’m feeling a lot like this right about now (not like the blurry-in-motion toddler but like the passed out babe):   I had to chuckle whenRead the whole post >>

· January 4, 2010 · Tagged With: Sleep (Or Lack Thereof) · Filed Under: Goals, 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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