Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Scream Language

3:year-old: AHHHHHEEEEEEOOOOOAHHHHHHH. [Or something like that.] Mom: Rachel, you’re going to have to lower your voice and stop screaming if you want me to understand what you want. 6-year-old: Yeah. We don’t speak scream language. We speak English.

· February 25, 2011 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · Filed Under: Child 1

Tarzan Knows How to Treat His Woman

Does anyone else find this illustration and its caption (He took his woman in his arms.) as hilarious as my husband and I do? We were flipping through a collection of his old books from childhood and came across it in Tarzan of the Apes. Hope someone takes you in your arms today. Happy Valentine’sRead the whole post >>

· February 14, 2011 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · Filed Under: Fun Stuff

7 Quick Takes: The Hodge Podge Edition

It’s been a slow blogging month. It’s not that I’m in a writing rut. I’m replete with ideas, but I really just haven’t felt like diverting my limited energy stores to fleshing out meaningful posts. Every day I jot down thoughts here and there in journals, but nothing seems to go beyond the embryonic stage.Read the whole post >>

· February 4, 2011 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Encouragement for Moms, Homeschooling, Mom Humor · Filed Under: Child 1, Child 2, Kate's Blog, Seven Quick Takes

Quick Takes: I’m So Lazy I’m Just Going to Use Others’ Words Edition

I can’t even remember the last time I popped in to participate in Jen’s Quick Takes, but this seemed like a good way to kick off the first Friday of 2011. Since we are engaged in full Christmas detox and working to get our children back on track after several weeks of sweet binges, lateRead the whole post >>

· January 7, 2011 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Attachment Parenting, Books, Mom Humor, Spiritual Growth · Filed Under: Books, Child 1, Kate's Blog, Media Reviews, Seven Quick Takes

Looks Like Somebody Forgot to Read the Yellow Warning Label

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· December 30, 2010 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · Filed Under: Child 1

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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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