Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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Believing Through the Hardest Times

This is an old column from Faith & Family LIVE, but it just feels so appropriate right now, and I’m still not finding adequate time to write new stuff. I just read a magazine article about how the people of Haiti are still struggling to rebuild their lives. We were shocked and devastated when theRead the whole post >>

· November 11, 2010 · Tagged With: Faith Inspiration, Spiritual Dryness, Spiritual Growth, Tough Days · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

A Therapeutic Rant

I’m still working on organizing my photos and thoughts from my trip last week. Stay tuned…  I’m also still trying to catch up on laundry. One week of it piling up has left me buried beneath an overwhelming mound. (The kids love it – what fun to hide in all the dirty socks and underwear!)Read the whole post >>

· September 3, 2010 · Tagged With: Homeschooling, Spiritual Dryness, Tough Days · Filed Under: Child 1, Child 2, Child 3, Photos, Rambling

Paradise Found

I have a confession to make. I started Lent not in a wild wilderness wrought with twisted roots and temptations lurking in every shadow, but in paradise. Thanks to the generosity of Gaba and Papa, I spent four days at the beach with my husband, my children, my parents, and my brothers. Each day IRead the whole post >>

· March 1, 2010 · Tagged With: Depression, Spiritual Dryness, Spiritual Growth, Tough Days · Filed Under: Photos, Travel

Blessed

I’m realizing that having blessings doesn’t always mean you’re living a blessed life or vice versa. Allow me to explain. Frequently, we see blessings as gifts, good fortune, or perhaps the fruit of hard work. By this definition, I am richly blessed. However, God’s definition of blessed is a little different, I think. A blessedRead the whole post >>

· February 6, 2010 · Tagged With: Sacraments, Spiritual Dryness, Tough Days · Filed Under: Prayer Requests

A Choice Worth Making

Today I’m over at Faith & Family LIVE! explaining why my belief in God remains in me even during the most difficult times. Please read A Choice Worth Making. Comments are open over there, and I’d love to hear what helps keep you faithful in the wake of disaster, suffering, or heartache as well asRead the whole post >>

· February 1, 2010 · Tagged With: Atheism, Columns, Spiritual Dryness, Spiritual Growth · 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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