Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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New Inside Catholic Article

You can now read my latest Inside Catholic article: Six Tips for a Healthy & Happy Marriage.

· February 13, 2009 · Tagged With: Columns · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Second to None

You can now read my latest Catholic Mom column: Second to None.

· February 12, 2009 · Tagged With: Columns, Motherhood · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Finding Quality in the Quantity

I’ve heard plenty of experts say that it’s the quality of time with our kids – not the quantity – that truly matters. Although I can see what they’re getting at – that it’s focused attention our kids really desire from us, not simply our distracted presence like when we’re checking email and saying, “Uh-huh”Read the whole post >>

· February 2, 2009 · Tagged With: Columns, Motherhood · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

New Column

You can read my latest parenting column today: Momraderie. (You might recognize a phrase or two from some of my most recent posts.)

· October 3, 2008 · Tagged With: Columns · Filed Under: Essays

New Column: Confessions of a Real-Life Desperate Housewife

I have a confession to make: I have become a desperate housewife. I always assumed a life domesticity would be easy for me. After all, I’m known for being organized bordering on anal and consider myself an amateur epicure who enjoys time spent in the kitchen. So when I became an at-home mom almost fourRead the whole post >>

· September 4, 2008 · Tagged With: Columns, Homemaking · Filed Under: Essays

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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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