Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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The Queen of Maternal Empathy

Whatever sorrows life brings, there is someone who can empathize with you. Through her Seven Sorrows (Catholics celebrate this feast today), Our Blessed Mother reveals herself as a model of faith whom you can always confide in, the one who can stand with you at the foot of whatever cross you’re bearing and say, “I’veRead the whole post >>

· September 15, 2009 · Tagged With: Columns, Mary, Tough Days · Filed Under: Feast Days

New Column: Beautiful Girls

You can read my new column at Inside Catholic: Beautiful Girls. And won’t you please help deflect some of the negative energy this one has spawned? I just can’t win (perhaps I should stop trying). In response to my article, Desiderius (surely a pseudonym) made some good points all the while seeming to miss theRead the whole post >>

· July 25, 2009 · Tagged With: Body Image, Eating Disorders, Mary · Filed Under: Body Image

Mary Moments Carnival

Okay, so I’m breaking my blogging fast to post this, but Mary’s worth it.

· May 25, 2009 · Tagged With: Mary · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Dear Mary

*This post was originally published in March 2008. Dear Mary, How did you do it? How did you stand at the foot of the cross and watch your son suffer? I wince when my children receive shots at the doctor’s office. I remember watching Madeline stand outside a circle of children playing and look atRead the whole post >>

· May 23, 2009 · Tagged With: Mary · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Mary Moments Needs You

From the blogging superstar Sarah: “My gift to Mary is this month’s Mary Moments, which will be hosted right here on Monday, May 25 (Memorial Day). We’ll be doing this Mary Moments a little differently, with a Mr. Linky so you can share your blog posts. You’ll also be welcome to share in the commentsRead the whole post >>

· May 21, 2009 · Tagged With: Mary · Filed Under: Carnivals

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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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