Kate Wicker

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All Saints’ Day

In honor of All Saints’ Day, I’ll share one of my favorite prayers from one of my favorite saints: PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.Where there is hatred, let me sow love;where there is injury, pardon;where there is doubt, faith;where there is despair, hope;where there is darkness,Read the whole post >>

· November 1, 2008 · Tagged With: Saints · Filed Under: Feast Days, Prayers

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Dear Mary, Today Catholics celebrate your birth, but more importantly we celebrate you as a model of steadfast faith. Lately, I’ve been in a spiritual slump. God seems distant, aloof. Yet, I’m having trouble doing anything to bridge this gap between Him and me. So on your birthday, I give you the gift of myRead the whole post >>

· September 8, 2008 · Tagged With: Mary · Filed Under: Feast Days, Prayers

December Feast Days

Not only do we celebrate the Light of World coming into our lives in December, this month includes several other important feast days that are rich in meaning and tradition. A fellow homeschooling friend and mom passed along several websites to help make these days come alive for the kids. Now I share them withRead the whole post >>

· December 5, 2007 · · Filed Under: Feast Days

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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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