Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Why I might have chosen the child-free life

During a recent radio interview with EWTN’s Sonrise Morning Show, we discussed how body image plays a role in keeping women from embracing pregnancy and becoming mothers. Our culture definitely perpetuates the whole I-don’t-want-to-do-that-to-my-body – “that” being pregnancy, otherwise known as granting your stomach and bum their very own zip codes and saying sayonara toRead the whole post >>

· September 27, 2013 · Tagged With: Hope, Lessons Kids Teach Me, Motherhood, Pro-Life · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

We survived!

I’ve started and stopped writing this post multiple times. There’s just not much time around here for blogging these days. I still want to give a summer recap. Wait until you hear about what I used some of my Tupperware for several weeks ago. You couldn’t eat its contents. That’s the only hint I’ll giveRead the whole post >>

· August 20, 2013 · Tagged With: Glimpses Into Our Life, Lessons Kids Teach Me · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Keep It Simple and Sweet

Two springs ago one of my daughters took a creative movement class. Her teacher had a gift for working with children and was really good with the tiny dancers. My little girl looked forward to her class all week and would sometimes tell me that when she grew up, she was going to be aRead the whole post >>

· October 5, 2012 · Tagged With: Lessons Kids Teach Me, Little Joys, Motherhood · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Let wilted dandelions keep me from a wilted heart

During a recent late-night nursing session, I was reading a spiritual book when my mind started to drift. I began to reflect upon my day when, what at first appeared to be a random moment, began to stand out in my mental file cabinet of moments lived. The memory went something like this: I wasRead the whole post >>

· May 29, 2012 · Tagged With: Forgiveness, Lessons Kids Teach Me, Mindful Moments · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

To Whom Should We Be Apologizing?

Back when I actually had time to regularly read blogs, I’d frequently see bloggers apologizing for the lack of substance in recent posts or even for an extended silence. I often, especially lately, feel like I should be apologizing, too, for having nothing pithy to say or for just posting only the most flattering photosRead the whole post >>

· January 9, 2012 · Tagged With: Kate's Blog, Lessons Kids Teach Me, Writing · 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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