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Tips for Bigish Family Series Part 3: Lower your expectations

There’s still time to enter to win an Unplugged book. Leave a comment after this post! — In the last installment of my Bigish Family Series, I discussed how it helped me to feel less guilty when I had to say no to others needing my help or offering me new opportunities when I rememberedRead the whole post >>

· May 1, 2014 · Tagged With: Bigish Family Series, Perfectionism · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Tips for bigish families series part 2: Behind every no there is a yes

Read the rest of my Bigish Family Series here. — I am chronic people-pleaser. I prefer to say yes to people who ask me for favors, volunteering help, or jobs such as team mom. I also often enjoy taking charge, planning and organizing, and helping out. I love speaking at churches and events, and IRead the whole post >>

· April 23, 2014 · Tagged With: Bigish Family Series · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Tips for bigish families series part 1: Grooming is overrated and so are clothes

So here’s part one of my Tips for Bigish Families Series. Read the introduction here. Tip numbero uno: Grooming is overrated. I am always eager for spring and the gradual greening and warming that comes along with it. What I am usually not ready for is the greater need for daily baths. Winter means lessRead the whole post >>

· April 15, 2014 · Tagged With: Bigish Family Series, Lessons Kids Teach Me · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Tips for bigish families series – intro

With only four children, I am not completely comfortable identifying myself as having a big family, especially when I know plenty of families who have enough children to field an entire baseball team. However, my husband frequently reminds me that we have more than average, and we do get comments when we’re out in publicRead the whole post >>

· April 12, 2014 · Tagged With: Bigish Family Series, Lessons Kids Teach Me · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

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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