Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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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

About that cliff hanger

Okay. So I never should have pulled the old cliff hanger trick in my last post. Honestly, I meant to follow up on that post long before now, but two trips in less than three weeks as well as a broken bone have left me running around more than usual all while toting around anRead the whole post >>

· July 10, 2013 · Tagged With: Child 4, Homeschooling, Prayers, Spiritual Growth, Tough Days · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

A mother’s prayer

As you watch your oldest daughter walk ahead of you, you start to think about how the older she gets, the more you start seeing pieces of yourself in her. Some of the pieces are smooth and beautiful like the way she still brings you flowers just as you bring her meal after meal. ButRead the whole post >>

· March 27, 2013 · Tagged With: Encouragement for Moms, Prayers · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Thomas Update

Thanks (again!) to everyone for the support and prayers you showered me with after I shared with you that Thomas was having to go see a pediatric cardiologist. Please be sure to check out the comments after this post because some other families and their precious babies could use some extra prayers as well. Here’sRead the whole post >>

· September 10, 2011 · Tagged With: Friendship, Gratitude, Prayers, Thomas · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Don’t Leave Home Without This

As a busy and sometimes frazzled mom of littles, I may desire long blocks of time devoted to contemplative prayer, but life as it is right now is messy, noisy, and full of interruptions. Plus, I have the attention span of a housefly, which makes a contemplative prayer an even greater challenge, but I amRead the whole post >>

· August 11, 2011 · Tagged With: Books, Media Reviews, Prayers · 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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