Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

And sometimes, perhaps, a thousand insults. Several people have emailed me about the photo that accompanied my recent article at InsideCatholic that discusses how I prayerfully came to the decision that I should not feel ashamed of nursing discreetly at Mass. While I don’t personally see it as obscene, I can see why the photographRead the whole post >>

· July 9, 2008 · Tagged With: Breastfeeding · Filed Under: Photos

Lessons Learned

The hate mail continues (and to be fair, so do the letters of support). While I know I’m most likely preaching to the choir and that a lot of you are probably sick and tired about hearing about this, I’ve got to get a few things off my chest. Uh-oh. I’ve just slapped lesson numberRead the whole post >>

· July 7, 2008 · Tagged With: Breastfeeding, Tough Days · Filed Under: Theology of the Body

Fireworks

I’ve had my share of fireworks this past week. Oh, I’m not talking about the WHAM-BAM, sparkly kind. We actually didn’t get to see any real fireworks this year because the sky opened up just as the sunlight slipped away. No, I’m actually referring to the figurative variety. I never really thought of myself asRead the whole post >>

· July 6, 2008 · Tagged With: Breastfeeding, Lessons Kids Teach Me · Filed Under: Eucharist

InsideCatholic Article

Read my InsideCatholic article on why I nurse at the mall and at Mass here. Speaking of nursing, for those of you who have been following the little nursling who wasn’t, it seems she was simply on strike. For the past few days, she’s been back at it.

· July 5, 2008 · Tagged With: Breastfeeding, Columns · Filed Under: InsideCatholic

The Mother of All Nursing Moms

Vatican pushes for more breastfeeding images of the Virgin Mary

· July 2, 2008 · Tagged With: Breastfeeding, Mary · Filed Under: News

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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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