Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Birthday Pictorial

I’m still working out several kinks in the new website and learning my way around Word Press (please be patient with me; I know my feed has been a bit whacky, sending out old posts, only snippets rather than the full content), so I thought rather than attempting to piece together pretty prose describing MaryRead the whole post >>

· April 14, 2011 · Tagged With: Entertaining, Recipes, Traditions · Filed Under: Child 4, Photos, Traditions

Meet Happiness Herself

Dear Mary Elizabeth, Happy birthday! Two years old – wow! Two years old and your constant curiosity has not resulted in too many casualties besides a busted lip, a bruise here and there, and a broken leg – wow-wow-wow! Here’s a much-deserved hat tip to your very busy guardian angel. My adventurous, sweet Mary Elizabeth,Read the whole post >>

· April 7, 2011 · Tagged With: Letters · Filed Under: Child 3, Photos, Traditions

Bits & Pieces

I didn’t really intend for my recent blogging fast to last as long as it did, but life just sort of swallowed me up and there was little free time to do much of anything, including blog. The break was good for me, but I’m not sure I reaped much spiritually, which was the point.Read the whole post >>

· March 22, 2011 · Tagged With: Lent, Pregnancy, Recipes · Filed Under: Kate's Blog, Lent, Photos, Prayers

{this moment}

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, visit Soulemama to leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find andRead the whole post >>

· March 18, 2011 · · Filed Under: Child 3, Photos

Tea Time

On Friday, the older girls and I took Gaba to the Baron York Tea Room. It was an enchanting and delicious afternoon. Our only regret is that the lovely and quaint tea room will be closing its doors after February 15th. We were hoping to make a formal tea an annual tradition. The good newsRead the whole post >>

· February 7, 2011 · · Filed Under: Child 1, Child 2, Photos, Tea Time, Traditions

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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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