Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Yesterday I attempted to update some plugins for my blog. If you don’t know what plugins are, what it means for a feed to be invalid, or what htaccess is, you’re lucky. Well, it seems a bad plugin messed with my site, making it impossible for me to log in to my blog dashboard andRead the whole post >>

· July 24, 2013 · Tagged With: Mom Humor, Tough Days · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Evidence that Mom might not be getting enough sleep

· March 19, 2013 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

I hope your day started out less messy than mine did

If you leave a toddler with a spinach-very-berry smoothie for 2.2 seconds, it not only poses a potential choking hazard (never leave a child unattended while eating or slurping). But it just may also leave you at risk of having a mom meltdown when you discover your kitchen looks like a scene from a veryRead the whole post >>

· February 5, 2013 · Tagged With: Child 4, Mom Humor · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Boundaries…

…or lack thereof 3-year-old, after barging into the bathroom: Mommy, are you pooping? Me: No. 3-year-old: Just peeing? Me: Yes. 3-year-old: Okay. No privacy. Me: No privacy? 3-year-old: No privacy then. Sorry.

· January 8, 2013 · Tagged With: Child 3, Mom Humor · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Compassionate Mom of the Year

I posted the old Santa photos below several years ago; however, every time I stumble across them again I get the giggles. I hope it might make some of you chuckle, too. And the good news is a more recent photo proves my oldest girl’s first encouter with Jolly, Old Saint Nick did not traumatizeRead the whole post >>

· December 22, 2012 · 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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