Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

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A valediction forbidding mourning

I fell in love with John Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” when I was 15. Obviously, I was a super cool teenager. I’d read the poem over and over and at first, the melancholy would wash over me as I imagined myself parting from the imaginary lover I didn’t have (I didn’t have a promRead the whole post >>

· August 9, 2013 · Tagged With: Homeschooling, Motherhood, Spiritual Growth, Tough Days, Trust · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

This is a test. This is only a test.

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

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

Love v. Fear

Murphy’s law of parenting: Tell someone your 3-year-old is a pretty easy 3-year-old and rarely has tantrums and that easy child will unleash her inner, barbaric beast. Said 3-year-old threw a tantrum of epic proportions during a recent Target trip. About a week later she was screaming her little head off and writhing like aRead the whole post >>

· February 6, 2013 · Tagged With: Encouragement for Moms, Tough Days · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

The Suffering Mother {Rooted in Love Blog Tour & Giveaway}

Not too long ago I had one of those days Alexander has – a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I can’t really say what happened to make my day turn out so lousy. Nothing devastating happened to me personally, although loved ones I knew were suffering from some crushing news. I don’t rememberRead the whole post >>

· December 6, 2012 · Tagged With: Books, Encouragement for Moms, Tough Days · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

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Hi, I’m Kate

 

I'm the author of two nonfiction books Getting Past Perfect and Weightless, a storyteller*, overthinker, eating disorder survivor, mom of five, book junkie, socially awkward nerd as well as a speaker (so basically a walking and talking contradiction), and a perfectionist in recovery.

I am currently working towards my MFA in Fiction at Warren Wilson. Thank you to everyone who has read my drafts, offered feedback, and cheered me on. The writing life is often solitary, but I wouldn’t be here without a community of support.

 

*Imperfect motherhood story for Rabbit Box (no children will harmed in the telling of the story and Mom had permission to share this video)

*Some BODY to Love story for Rabbit Box

 

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