Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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This Week’s Small Successes

Because I’m completely brain dead, suffering from a bad case of writer’s block, and most of all, because I think it’s important for moms to celebrate their (and/or their kids’) small triumphs, I’m sharing some of my brighter mom moments this week. 1. I took a one-hour nap on Wednesday. A real nap where IRead the whole post >>

· January 22, 2009 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · Filed Under: Small Successes

Seven Quick Takes

I can’t resist. I’m jumping on Jen’s “7 Quick Takes” bandwagon at least for this Friday. I used to try to write at least one somewhat cerebral post a week, but it’s just not happening right now. (See take numero dos and you’ll see that two little ones are quite possible sucking the brain cellsRead the whole post >>

· January 9, 2009 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Books, Mom Humor, Pregnancy, Random, Writing · Filed Under: Kate's Blog, Miscellaneous Musings, Seven Quick Takes

My Stealth Sleep Strategies

Once upon a time there lived a woman who could care less about balls, evil stepmothers, three bears or seven dwarfs. All she really wanted was sleep. In fact, she didn’t think Sleeping Beauty had it so bad. If her own prince (AKA husband of six-and-a-half years) woke her up with a sweet kiss afterRead the whole post >>

· January 6, 2009 · Tagged With: Mom Humor, Sleep (Or Lack Thereof) · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Potty Talk

Preschooler: Mommy, you forgot to change Baby Rae’s stinky. Me: No, I changed it while you were drawing. Preschooler: How big was it this time? Me: I don’t know. Preschooler: Show me with your hands. Me, making an oval shape with my hands that scales about 3 inches in length: About this big, I guess.Read the whole post >>

· January 5, 2009 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · Filed Under: Child 1, Tales from the Trenches

You Know You’re an Old Married Fart with Little Kids and a Husband on Call When…

You read in bed alone until 11 PM and then decide ringing in the New Year really isn’t worth staying up another hour and you turn out the lights and fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow. (Yes, I’m back in Blogville after a lovely, little hiatus.)

· January 1, 2009 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · 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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