Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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3 Going on 16

“Leave me alone,” my daughter whines, pushing me away. “Let me help you,” I say fiddling with the source of her angst, a stubborn clasp on a pair of scuffed Mary Janes.  But it’s no use: I’m talking to her hand, which is now sprawled across my face. Thankfully, my daughter’s sass doesn’t last long.Read the whole post >>

· February 9, 2011 · Tagged With: Motherhood · Filed Under: Essays

Outgrowing My Mother

Here’s a guest post written by my own mom in honor of the anniversary of my grandmother’s death on Thanksgiving Day 39 years ago. Mom, I’m so thankful to have you in my life and to hear stories of Grandma Dorothy. I may have never known her, but I love her all the same andRead the whole post >>

· November 25, 2008 · Tagged With: Family, Motherhood · Filed Under: Essays

New Article

I have a new article over at Inside Catholic: A Moral Case Against High Taxation.

· October 25, 2008 · · Filed Under: Essays, Politics

New Column

You can read my latest parenting column today: Momraderie. (You might recognize a phrase or two from some of my most recent posts.)

· October 3, 2008 · Tagged With: Columns · Filed Under: Essays

New Column: Confessions of a Real-Life Desperate Housewife

I have a confession to make: I have become a desperate housewife. I always assumed a life domesticity would be easy for me. After all, I’m known for being organized bordering on anal and consider myself an amateur epicure who enjoys time spent in the kitchen. So when I became an at-home mom almost fourRead the whole post >>

· September 4, 2008 · Tagged With: Columns, Homemaking · Filed Under: Essays

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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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