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Storyteller & Speaker

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7 Quick Takes: Prayer Requests, New iPhone Ad, a Wacky & Tacky Girl, & More!

~1~ I’ve recently added a few prayer requests over in The God Box (and I encourage you to share your own personal prayer requests or petitions on behalf of others as well), but here’s a summary of some people near and dear to me who could use a shout out to the Big Guy: MyRead the whole post >>

· June 10, 2011 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Child 1, Child 3, Gaba, Homemaking, Random, Saints, Traditions · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Randomness

I missed Jen’s Quick Takes yesterday, but I’m going to indulge in some tardy randomness. Madeline makes her big stage debut later today as Narrator 1 in a gripping performance of The Enormous Turnip. I tried to convince the grandparents that they really didn’t need to drive an hour to see her on the stageRead the whole post >>

· April 16, 2011 · Tagged With: Breastfeeding, Homeschooling, Lent, Little Joys, Random · Filed Under: Kate's Blog, Rambling, Seven Quick Takes

7 Quick Takes (Vol. 3)

#1 Meet Lint, my future son-in-law. Preschooler, as she’s stripping for bath time: First, I have to take my socks off. Then I have to pick my toe lint. I love my toe lint. I wish I could marry it. #2 Lest you think I’m a total junk food fascist with my kids based onRead the whole post >>

· January 23, 2009 · Tagged With: 7 Quick Takes, Random, Tales from the Trenches · Filed Under: Child 1, Kate's Blog, Miscellaneous Musings, Seven Quick Takes

Huh?

I was just perusing my Sitemeter statistics because the kids and Daddy are asleep already (Dad’s working nights and has to go into the hospital in a couple of hours) and saw an odd and wee bit disturbing referral for my blog. Please someone help explain to me why when a person Googles “lick myRead the whole post >>

· January 10, 2009 · Tagged With: Random · Filed Under: Kate's Blog, Miscellaneous Musings

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

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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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