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

For a Friend

He Leadeth Me by Walter Ciszek, which I read last year per Jen’s recommendation, was one of those books I marked all over with a pencil and highlighter because so much of it spoke to me. Last night I was perusing old quotes filed away in a “faith/religious” notebook in search of words that mightRead the whole post >>

· November 8, 2010 · Tagged With: Faith Inspiration, Tough Days, Word to the Wise · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

Is Motherhood Worth It?

This photo was taken in healthier days. Has motherhood ever been featured on Dirty Jobs? If not, my 5-year-old would argue that it should be. Not that she’s ever seen the show, but she has had an up close and personal look at her mom’s dirty work. We all recently succumbed to a stomach bug,Read the whole post >>

· October 28, 2010 · Tagged With: Encouragement for Moms, Tough Days · Filed Under: Child 1

The Art of Losing

What I like about those digital pregnancy tests for dummies is that the result takes out any chance of guesswork or misinterpretation. Instead of squinting at the stick you just peed on and wondering if a second faint blue line is really going to appear or if that single line is going to turn intoRead the whole post >>

· October 1, 2010 · Tagged With: Miscarriage, Suffering, Tough Days, Trust · 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

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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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