Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Ode to a Goldfish

Oh, Birdy, your life was but a brief breath in a tank.All too quickly you went belly up and sank.When I tried to get you out with a netYour lifeless body played hard to get. My Madeline, who named you well,(“My fish are Birdy and Golden,” she did tell.)Was so excited about the first petRead the whole post >>

· June 4, 2008 · Tagged With: Lessons Kids Teach Me, Mom Humor · Filed Under: Bad Poetry, Pets

Up Next: Jeopardy!

During a recent round of animal trivia: Madeline: How do cats pee in a box? Mommy: They walk into the box and start to pee. Madeline: Yup! You’re right! You get a point.

· June 3, 2008 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · Filed Under: Tales from the Trenches

Do-It-Yourself Pedicure

Leave a 3-year-old girl alone with a pink highlighter and here’s what might happen:

· May 29, 2008 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · Filed Under: Sugar and Spice

Do Blondes Really Have More Fun?

Baby Rae isn’t so sure.

· May 28, 2008 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · Filed Under: Photos

Our Princess and the Pea

It’s only around 10 p.m. and we hear the all too familiar sound of little feet pittering and pattering out in the hall. Then a sleepy Madeline peeks into our doorway. Daddy: Honey, go back to bed. It’s too early to come in here. Madeline, sniffling: I can’t. Mommy: It’s Mommy and Daddy’s time now.Read the whole post >>

· May 23, 2008 · Tagged With: Mom Humor, Sleep (Or Lack Thereof) · Filed Under: Tales from the Trenches

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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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