Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Hello, 2016. I’m really going to try to make more of an effort to write in this space again as life allows. There were many reasons I stopped blogging – some of which were completely out of my control – but a big reason had to do with me feeling unworthy to share anything ofRead the whole post >>

· January 4, 2016 · Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, Tough Days · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

12 Days of Christmas in Pictures

{Hot Cocoa Cookies, the best cookies we made all season. HT: Hungry Runner Girl; recipe here.} {Someone has been working out…} {Pretend Mass with this beautiful Montessori Mass set} {Gaba and the girls} {Playing with our food} {Action shot} {Thank goodness for indoor swimming at the Family Y!} {She wants to be a vet whenRead the whole post >>

· January 6, 2014 · Tagged With: Christmas, Glimpses Into Our Life · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

What will they remember?

Each Advent season we head out to a local Christmas tree farm in search of the perfect tree. I am honestly okay with a Charlie Brown tree, but my detail-oriented husband is a perfectionist about things of which I am not and always has a hard time selecting the tree. The kids show him theirRead the whole post >>

· January 3, 2014 · Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, Grace, Hope, Spiritual Growth, Tough Days · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from our home to yours! May the joy of Christmas fill your hearts and your homes now and always!

· December 25, 2012 · Tagged With: Christmas · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

The 12 Days of Christmas {in pictures}

Alternately Titled: A good excuse to post some gratuitous baby shots.

· January 6, 2012 · Tagged With: Christmas, Glimpses Into Our Life, Joy, Madeline, Mary Elizabeth, Rachel, Thomas · 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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