Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Be the good person they think you are

I love my mom for many reasons. One reason is that we can be laughing one moment and then be delving into some serious stuff without even realizing we made the jump until we’re both thinking aloud about how yes, this is something that could help us lead a more holy life. Which is usuallyRead the whole post >>

· May 16, 2012 · Tagged With: Humility, Mary, Saints, Spiritual Growth · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

A Good Friday Reflection

This hasn’t been the greatest Lent. That’s an understatement, actually.  In all honesty, I feel like an epic failure. I set the bar low, and I still couldn’t meet any of my spiritual goals. Yet in spite of me and my failings, Easter will come. In the face of my sins and my foibles, thereRead the whole post >>

· April 6, 2012 · Tagged With: Hope, Lent, Mary, Suffering, Tough Days · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

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· March 26, 2012 · Tagged With: Mary, Rachel · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Grab Some Grace (And Read Some Dr. Seuss)

I’m over at Sarah Reinhard’s place today taking a closer look at the Hail Mary. How fitting that she invited me to write about GRACE. I’m a grace monger right about now as I’m making final preparations for my big trip and speaking gig at the Behold Conference. By tomorrow evening I won’t be virtuallyRead the whole post >>

· March 8, 2012 · Tagged With: Encouragement for Moms, Mary · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

A Bed Rest Survival Guide (Unabridged)

I’m becoming a bed rest pro. Three out of four of my pregnancies have now resulted in some form of mandated “taking it easy.” Now before I write anything further, I have to be clear that I’ve never had to endure the strictest form of bed rest when you end up in the supine positionRead the whole post >>

· June 28, 2011 · Tagged With: Bed Rest, Child 4, Encouragement for Moms, Mary, Pregnancy, Spiritual Growth · 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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