Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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My Meyers-Briggs Prayer

ENFJ: God, help me to do only what I can and trust you for the rest. Do you mind putting that in writing? My husband’s, who’s an INTJ: Lord, keep me open to other’s ideas, *wrong* though they may be. via Happy Catholic. What’s yours?

· June 24, 2008 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · Filed Under: Prayers

Prayer for Our Military

O Prince of peace, we humbly askYour protection for all our men and women in military service.Give them unflinching courage to defend with honor, dignity and devotion the rights of all who are imperiled by injustice and evil.Guard our churches, our homes, our schools, our hospitals, our factories, our buildings, and all those within fromRead the whole post >>

· May 26, 2008 · · Filed Under: Prayers

Give It a Rest

Despite its name, Working Wednesday is not working. Not at this point in my life anyway. I have enough deadlines, commitments, and must-dos looming over me to create a self-imposed one that isn’t something I have to do. There’s that whole cliche of striving to be a human being instead of a human doing. Well,Read the whole post >>

· May 22, 2008 · Tagged With: Motherhood · Filed Under: Prayers, Working Wednesday

The Loveliness of the Rosary

Praying to Mary always seemed natural to me. Maybe it’s because I grew up in a Catholic home where we regularly recited Hail Marys. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I share in her femininity and now in the gift of motherhood. Whatever the case, I never really questioned my devotionRead the whole post >>

· May 17, 2008 · Tagged With: Mary · Filed Under: Prayers

The Power of a Mom

“The first joy of a child is the knowledge that it is loved.” ~Don Bosco A dear friend of mine – we’ll call her Rose – is a true humanitarian. Whether she’s serving her patients as a pediatric resident or volunteering with the Missionaries of Charity in India, Rose is someone who constantly looks outsideRead the whole post >>

· May 7, 2008 · Tagged With: Mary · Filed Under: Adoption, Prayers, Putting Our Faith Into Action, Working Wednesday

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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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