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7 Quick Takes (Vol. 7): The 7 Ways to "Live" Lent Edition

In honor of this recent post, I’ve decided to include seven ideas for living Lent as my quick takes for this week. Stop by Jen’s Conversion Diary for more nuggets of fun, wit, and/or wisdom. Also, keep Jen in your prayers as baby number 4 will be in her arms by Monday! ~1~ Pray forRead the whole post >>

· February 27, 2009 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Lent · Filed Under: Kate's Blog, Lent, Seven Quick Takes

Small Successes 6

1. My toddler has only nursed once in two weeks. This is a bittersweet success. Although I was prepared to tandem nurse (I’m in my eighth month of pregnancy with baby number three), I did stop offering a few weeks ago and she stopped asking. The last time she nursed she climbed on to myRead the whole post >>

· February 26, 2009 · Tagged With: Breastfeeding, Celebrating the Liturgical Year, Crafts · Filed Under: Lent, Small Successes

Living Lent

Today is Ash Wednesday, so once again we’re entering into a beautiful liturgical time in our Church year – the Lenten season. In order to prepare us for Easter and the joy of the resurrection, the Catholic Church as well as many other Christian faiths give us 40 days to practice penance, prayer, and almsgiving.Read the whole post >>

· February 25, 2009 · Tagged With: Lent, Spiritual Growth · Filed Under: Lent

Fat Tuesday

The feast before the fast… Okay, so we went a little overboard, but boy were those big, old sundaes delicious!

· February 25, 2009 · · Filed Under: Lent, Photos

Take Delight in the Lord, Not Undependable Technology

From today’s readings: “Take delight in the LORD, and he will grant you your heart’s request.” Psalm 37:4 Don’t obsess if all the blogs you follow suddenly disappear or if vice versa, you lose a bunch of followers. I personally first discovered the glitch at Aussie Coffee Shop. Then I read this thread. Last nightRead the whole post >>

· February 24, 2009 · Tagged With: Lent · Filed Under: Kate's Blog, Lent

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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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