Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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7 Quick Takes: Dad-Fueled Sugar Binges, Summer Reading, Baby Gender Predictions, & More!

~1~ You know Daddy’s been doing the grocery shopping around here when this finds its way into your kitchen: That was not on my list. My kids may be starting to think this bed rest thing for mama isn’t so bad after all. ~2~ Well, from the guesses after this post, it looks like weRead the whole post >>

· July 8, 2011 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Bed Rest, Books, Gratitude, Pregnancy, Suffering · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

7 Quick Takes: Prayer Requests, New iPhone Ad, a Wacky & Tacky Girl, & More!

~1~ I’ve recently added a few prayer requests over in The God Box (and I encourage you to share your own personal prayer requests or petitions on behalf of others as well), but here’s a summary of some people near and dear to me who could use a shout out to the Big Guy: MyRead the whole post >>

· June 10, 2011 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Child 1, Child 3, Gaba, Homemaking, Random, Saints, Traditions · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

7ish Quick Takes: Mortifying Mom Moments & So Much More!

~1~ Maybe it’s just fretful me, but sometimes, as a rookie homeschooling mom, I feel a lot of pressure to look like I always have it together and that my children don’t just know their ABCs but are reading living books (by themselves) and are always well-mannered. Part of the pressure I occasionally pile onRead the whole post >>

· May 20, 2011 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Homemaking, Homeschooling, Mom Humor, Saints · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

7 Quick Takes: The Natural Disaster, Broken Ankle, Swollen Eye, Among Other Things Edition

~1~ My husband returned from work around 1 a.m. on Thursday, and I was awake (I’ve been struggling with insomnia this week). We tuned into our weather radio, knowing that severe storms would soon be marching through our area. A few minutes into listening, we heard the eerie cry of a tornado siren. We piledRead the whole post >>

· April 29, 2011 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Books, Nature Study, Podcasts, Spiritual Growth, Sugar & Spice · Filed Under: Child 1, Child 2, Kate's Blog, Podcasts, Spiritual Growth

7 Quick Takes: The Hodge Podge Edition

It’s been a slow blogging month. It’s not that I’m in a writing rut. I’m replete with ideas, but I really just haven’t felt like diverting my limited energy stores to fleshing out meaningful posts. Every day I jot down thoughts here and there in journals, but nothing seems to go beyond the embryonic stage.Read the whole post >>

· February 4, 2011 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Encouragement for Moms, Homeschooling, Mom Humor · Filed Under: Child 1, Child 2, Kate's Blog, 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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