Kate Wicker

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Beagle, Bagel

3-year-old: I haven’t tasted my Beagle yet. Me: You mean your bagel. 3-year-old: Yeah. My bagel. A Beagle is a dog. Can we have a Beagle puppy someday? Mommy? Me: I don’t know. 3-year-old: Will you cut my Beagle now?

· July 24, 2008 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · Filed Under: Child 1, Tales from the Trenches

What You DON’T Want to Find in the Trash

Snippets of honey-hued blond hair that belong to your preschooler. Me, showing her clumps of her hair: What’s this? Clearly, one of those rhetorical questions moms sometimes use during necessary interrogations. Girl with New Hairdo: Uh. I dunno. Me, examining her locks and noticing some new layers: Did you cut your hair? Girl: Maybe. IRead the whole post >>

· July 13, 2008 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · Filed Under: Child 1, Tales from the Trenches

Rx

Sick Child, who just finished throwing up: Mommy, I’m sick, so I’m gonna needs lots of liquids and lots of lovin’.

· July 10, 2008 · · Filed Under: Child 1, Tales from the Trenches

Tall Tale

Madeline: Is Daddy going to be verwry, verwry old? Like 70? (Our 3-year-old referring to Daddy’s looming 30th birthday.) Me: No, he’s only going to be 30. Madeline: Oh. Well, he’s going to be verwry, verwry tall when he’s 70. (Daddy’s already 6’3″ and I think he’s seen the last of his growth spurts.)

· July 10, 2008 · · Filed Under: Tales from the Trenches

Cinderella Stew

Some girls like to make their princesses beautiful. My 3-year-old prefers hers al dente. Is it just me or is my daughter perhaps repressing some negative feelings toward the whole princess craze?

· July 7, 2008 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · Filed Under: Sugar and Spice, Tales from the Trenches

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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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