Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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I don’t like the new “Follower” (AKA Google Friends Connect) graphic. It looks juvenile to me (Read like a teen’s My Space or Facebook page). Am I being overly critical?

· February 27, 2009 · · Filed Under: Miscellaneous Musings

7 Quick Takes (Vol. 3)

#1 Meet Lint, my future son-in-law. Preschooler, as she’s stripping for bath time: First, I have to take my socks off. Then I have to pick my toe lint. I love my toe lint. I wish I could marry it. #2 Lest you think I’m a total junk food fascist with my kids based onRead the whole post >>

· January 23, 2009 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Random, Tales from the Trenches · Filed Under: Child 1, Kate's Blog, Miscellaneous Musings, Seven Quick Takes

7 Quick Takes (Vol. 2)

I’m baaaaccckkk! I had so much fun participating in Jen’s 7 Quick Takes last week that I’ve decided to throw some more random thoughts out there. #1 I visit Testosterhome on a fairly regular basis even though we have far more X chromosomes floating around our household. In fact, on Christmas we discovered after openingRead the whole post >>

· January 16, 2009 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Estroden, Recipes, Sugar & Spice · Filed Under: Estroden, Kate's Blog, Miscellaneous Musings, Seven Quick Takes

Huh?

I was just perusing my Sitemeter statistics because the kids and Daddy are asleep already (Dad’s working nights and has to go into the hospital in a couple of hours) and saw an odd and wee bit disturbing referral for my blog. Please someone help explain to me why when a person Googles “lick myRead the whole post >>

· January 10, 2009 · Tagged With: Random · Filed Under: Kate's Blog, Miscellaneous Musings

Seven Quick Takes

I can’t resist. I’m jumping on Jen’s “7 Quick Takes” bandwagon at least for this Friday. I used to try to write at least one somewhat cerebral post a week, but it’s just not happening right now. (See take numero dos and you’ll see that two little ones are quite possible sucking the brain cellsRead the whole post >>

· January 9, 2009 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Books, Mom Humor, Pregnancy, Random, Writing · Filed Under: Kate's Blog, Miscellaneous Musings, Seven Quick Takes

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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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