Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Baby Bliss

With great joy and thanksgiving, we welcomed Mary Elizabeth into the world… …on Sunday, April 5th3:16 PM5 pounds 14 ounces20 inches Our new family of five The Wicker girls (NOTE: Today is opening day for the Chicago Cubs, and my mom is a die-hard, lifelong Cubbies fan. This explains the Cubs gear. She believes inRead the whole post >>

· April 7, 2009 · Tagged With: Pregnancy · Filed Under: Child 3, Photos

Baby Wicker is Here!

After another beautiful birth experience, Mary Elizabeth Wicker arrived into the world at 3:16 p.m. today weighing 5 pounds 14 ounces and measuring in at 20 inches. Her big sisters are thrilled (Madeline helped pick out her name). I feel great and will be sure to post more details, including photos in the near future.Read the whole post >>

· April 5, 2009 · Tagged With: Pregnancy · Filed Under: Child 3

Update

I’ve been up since 2 amish with more contractions; these ones are more intense and coming closer together. I’ve started my good, old Bradley birthing relaxation techniques, imagining each contraction as something like an ocean wave that slowly rises, crashes, and then fizzes away, leaving my body limp, loose, and detached from the pain. SoundsRead the whole post >>

· April 5, 2009 · Tagged With: Natural Childbirth, Pregnancy · Filed Under: Child 3, Prayers

3 Things that Make You Say, "Hmmmmmm…"

1. Contractions coming every 15 minutes or so. 2. Those very contractions arriving on a day when you just learned that you won’t have to pay out of pocket for your hospital expenses because your midwife has worked her magic. 3. God, who in his mercy, doesn’t decide to whack you on the head withRead the whole post >>

· April 5, 2009 · Tagged With: Pregnancy, Spiritual Growth · Filed Under: Child 3

Pregnancy Update: Bedridden for At Least One More Week

I had a prenatal appointment this morning, and all the prayers are working. I have not progressed any further. That’s the good news and the only news that really matters. The bad news is my midwife wants me to stick to at least another week of bed rest. I’ll be considered full-term next week accordingRead the whole post >>

· March 17, 2009 · Tagged With: Bed Rest, Natural Childbirth, Pregnancy, Spiritual Growth · Filed Under: Child 3

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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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