Kate Wicker

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All or Nothing

Preface: I’ll be getting off this technology kick soon (promise!), but I wanted to share just a few more thoughts on the topic before I get back to writing about more interesting stuff – you know, like my kids’ bowel movements. I bet you can’t wait. For nearly a year now, I’ve been asking theRead the whole post >>

· June 24, 2010 · Tagged With: Addiction, Eating Disorders, Writing · Filed Under: Kate's Blog, Virtues

Four Reasons It’s Tough for Moms to Find Balance When It Comes to Technology

After I fessed up about my tortured relationship with technology, several emails landed in my inbox from other moms out there who find it difficult, at times, to put email, Internet, texting, blogging, etc. in their proper place. Why, I began to wonder, do we struggle with temperance and prudence when applied to technology? I’veRead the whole post >>

· June 18, 2010 · Tagged With: Motherhood, Writing · Filed Under: Kate's Blog, Virtues

Taming a Material Girl

You can read my latest feature at Faith & Family LIVE! today: Taming a Material Girl: Teaching Children Contentment. Enjoy these last few days of Advent. Blessings!

· December 22, 2009 · Tagged With: Columns · Filed Under: Virtues

Hope

My husband called this evening when he was on his way to Grady Hospital to be on call. He was looking at a long night ahead of him, but there was no hint of self-pity or “man, this stinks working all day and then having to be up all night away from you guys.” Instead,Read the whole post >>

· October 18, 2008 · Tagged With: Tough Days · Filed Under: Politics, Virtues

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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