Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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A place to sit and rest and remember

My husband was finally able to get in contact with the appropriate people, and we got permission to take one of our neighbor’s old chairs. Not long after, the girls got crazy (and messy) with some paint and turned a plastic chair into a piece of legacy art. Since our neighbor never married and diedRead the whole post >>

· May 23, 2012 · Tagged With: Kids' Artwork, Love · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Through a (New) 7-Year-Old’s Eyes

Madeline received a camera for her birthday. She’s been clicking away ever since. We recently downloaded her first batch of photos. I loved what I saw. I love what she sees: Herself, up close and personal Baby brother’s smiles

· November 16, 2011 · Tagged With: Glimpses Into Our Life, Kids' Artwork, Madeline · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Family Draw Time Art Show

  Welcome to the August Carnival of Natural Parenting: Creating With Kids This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have shared how they make messes and masterpieces with children. Please read to the end to find aRead the whole post >>

· August 9, 2011 · Tagged With: Crafts, Creativity, Kids' Artwork, Lessons Kids Teach Me, Natural Parenting · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

7 Quick Takes: The Still Gestating, Crazy Preggo Lady’s Navel-Gazing Edition

~1~ I had a voicemail message from a friend recently where she said something like, “I’m Facebook stalking you and haven’t seen any blog updates or anything, and I’m a crazy, paranoid friend worrying that you had the baby.” For any other paranoid, FB, Twitter, and/or Google+ (I actually haven’t posted any updates over thereRead the whole post >>

· July 29, 2011 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Kids' Artwork, Pregnancy, Random, Weightless · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

7 Quick takes (Vol. 6)

~1~ In a recent tweet (I still can’t believe I’m Twittering. I’m the lady who frequently forgets to carry her cell phone with her and has never sent a text message in my life), I shared that we were having Blob Day. This is a tradition I’m passing along to my kids from my ownRead the whole post >>

· February 20, 2009 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Kids' Artwork, Madeline, Rae, Tales from the Trenches · Filed Under: Child 1, Child 2, Kate's Blog, Madeline's Art, Seven Quick Takes, Tales from the Trenches

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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