Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Seeing with God Eyes

My Lent this year was disappointing, mainly because of my extreme suckiness I didn’t completely live up to any of my resolutions and felt that I didn’t grow closer to Christ or cultivate any great virtue. My Holy Week and even my Easter didn’t meet my expectations either. Idealist that I am, life rarely does.Read the whole post >>

· April 28, 2011 · Tagged With: Easter, Hope, Lent, Spiritual Growth, Tough Days · Filed Under: Holy Week, Hope, Kate's Blog, Lent, Perspective, Spiritual Growth, Tough Days

Triduum Daybook

Outside my window… Sunshine! Forecast calls for a high of 75. Nirvana. I’m listening to… Baby babbles. I’m pondering.. How do I find the balance between technology controlling me and it helping to make my life easier and more enriched? This Lent, I’ve discovered this is a difficult question to answer.  (More on this topic oneRead the whole post >>

· March 31, 2010 · Tagged With: Recipes · Filed Under: Daybook, Holy Week

Feeling Sleepier Than Thou During Holy Week

It’s Holy Week and I can think of plenty of adjectives that aptly describe how I’m feeling and not one of them comes anywhere close to holy. Actually, the first word that comes to mind is exhausted. Aside from being a third trimester preggo and waking up at least two times each night to payRead the whole post >>

· April 3, 2007 · Tagged With: Holy Week, Lent, Sleep (Or Lack Thereof) · Filed Under: Holy Week, Kate's Blog, Lent, Tales from the Trenches

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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