Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Selfies

This is what happens when your 4-year-old gets a hold of your camera.   And my personal favorite:

· December 10, 2013 · Tagged With: Child 3 · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Obedience school

· August 23, 2013 · Tagged With: Child 3, Glimpses Into Our Life, Little Joys, Pets · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Boundaries…

…or lack thereof 3-year-old, after barging into the bathroom: Mommy, are you pooping? Me: No. 3-year-old: Just peeing? Me: Yes. 3-year-old: Okay. No privacy. Me: No privacy? 3-year-old: No privacy then. Sorry.

· January 8, 2013 · Tagged With: Child 3, Mom Humor · 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

{this moment}

{this moment} – A Friday [or Thursday if you’re so mixed up you schedule a post for a day that you think is Friday in your grey sludge of a brain] ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want toRead the whole post >>

· May 12, 2011 · Tagged With: Child 3, Little Joys, Pets · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

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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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