Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Let’s talk about anxiety and depression

Do I have your attention now? I frequently find random videos and images created by some quirky kid on my camera roll. This one cracked me up because there’s still a limit on how much TP we can pick up at our local grocery store, and what’s crazy to me is some single college kidRead the whole post >>

· September 25, 2020 · Tagged With: Anxiety, Attachment Parenting, Depression, Encouragement for Moms, Faith Inspiration, Getting Past Perfect, Motherhood, Tough Days · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Global Prayer Challenge for Moms, July 18-24

Recently, Delphine Ang, a passionate Catholic mother in the Philippines, reached out to me about joining a global prayer challenge for moms. We had the opportunity to Zoom and chat about our own mothering journeys as well as our prayer lives.  Here we were – two different moms oceans apart with unique mothering challenges; yet, we discoveredRead the whole post >>

· July 12, 2020 · Tagged With: Getting Past Perfect, Motherhood, Prayers, Speaking · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

In defense of “just” being a mom

{For those of you who follow me on Facebook and/or Instagram, you may have already read a version of this post, but I thought it was worth posting over here for my faithful blog remnant.} A few weeks ago, I shared some thoughts about motherhood over on Instagram in response to an influx of  Read the whole post >>

· February 7, 2020 · Tagged With: Encouragement for Moms, Motherhood · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Fertility, femininity, motherhood, wisdom, and #postcardsforMacron

Mom of *only* 5, so I guess my cerebral capacity won’t be called in to question…yet. So just in case, here are my stats: graduated in 3 years summa cum laude from @universityofga Honors Program. Booya. #postcardsforMacron A few days ago on Twitter (that’s my tweet up above), I jumped on the very important #postcardsforMacronRead the whole post >>

· October 20, 2018 · Tagged With: Feminism, Motherhood, Women's Issues · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Kate update

I apologize for the radio silence around here. Actually, I don’t. Or I shouldn’t. I’m working on not feel guilty about things that really have nothing to do with my morality or my value as a human being, and frequent blogging (or blogging at all) just doesn’t fall into either of those categories. That said,Read the whole post >>

· November 16, 2017 · Tagged With: Advent, Getting Past Perfect, Motherhood, Natural Childbirth, Tough Days · 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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