Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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To my “Rae” of sunshine…

Dear Rachel, My sweet, 6-year-old girl, happy, happy birthday! Last week you were blessed to spend a week in heaven – otherwise known as horse camp. When I picked you up one of the days, your instructor remarked, nodding in your direction, “This girl cracks me up. She’s always wanting to make sure she’s doingRead the whole post >>

· June 18, 2013 · Tagged With: Child 2, Letters · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

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Dear Mary Elizabeth, My sweet, sweet girl, happy (belated) fourth birthday. I’m not as quick at getting these birthday letters out any longer, but that’s just because we’re so busy enjoying life (and spending time out on the soccer fields watching your big sisters play)! You’re also very busy accessorizing. My goodness, you are quiteRead the whole post >>

· April 19, 2013 · Tagged With: Child 1, Letters · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

8 is great!

(So I can’t even seem to keep up with my kids’ annual birthday letters anymore. I started the draft of this letter over a week ago, but life kept happening {interrupting}. Better late than never, right? ) Dear Madeline, Last night we headed to the fabric store to pick out some fat quarters to supplyRead the whole post >>

· November 19, 2012 · Tagged With: Child 1, Letters · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

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My baby boy’s first birthday letter – better late than never… Dear Thomas, It’s early morning on your first birthday. You’re still snoozing. Outside the library window I see the inky shadows of the trees against a deep cobalt sky. I love this time of day, but I don’t always will myself out of bedRead the whole post >>

· September 5, 2012 · Tagged With: Letters, Thomas · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

High Five

  Dear Rachel, I’m not sure when it happened, but no one – not even Madeline – calls you Baby Rae any longer. I remember your birthday last year and how we still referred to you as this, and I wondered when you’d lose the “Baby.” Although you were losing some of the physical signsRead the whole post >>

· June 6, 2012 · Tagged With: Letters, Rachel · 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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