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I get knocked down, but I get up again
I’ve written before about how seeing our bodies as instruments rather than objects goes a long way in boosting our body image. But what happens when despite our best efforts to take care of it, this...
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Free love*
*Alternately titled: Free Therapy for Kate Wicker The dreaded running injury I went on and and on about here has turned out to not be quite as devastating as I thought. I have a tendency to ruminate...
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Race Recap: Athens Half
Post-race bliss with two out of three of my loyal running buddies This isn’t going to be a lengthy recap or review of Sunday’s Half. It’s more of an ode to my body for taking me across that finish line...
View ArticleMy first-world problems and me
I had a conversation with a fellow mom not too long ago that began with us joking about how it never fails that our sweet children mutate into screaming, clingy, little beasties the moment we pick up...
View ArticleAnd the MRI says…
…stop running you fool. Here’s the good news. For those of you who could care one iota about running, I won’t be hitting the pavement for a long time, so I may not be blogging much about it either....
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Better late than never
I had every intention of being prompt and posting Halloween and All Saints’ Day photos at the start of the week. You’d think that now that I’ve been resigned to a mostly sedentary existence because of...
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Of all things visible and invisible
This morning my sweet 2-year-old boy delicately cupped my chin in his dimpled hands, widened his bright, brown eyes, and said to me, “Do laundry. Make dinner.” I have to admit I was expecting him to...
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On cloud 9
My big girl has been nine for awhile now. We’ve just been busy, partly with schlepping her around to soccer practice and games. It’s been a sacrifice for the family, but she loves it and has never once...
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Giving thanks and Advent links
We celebrated Thanksgiving at Nana and Pop’s this year and on the way, I set my phone’s timer for five minutes and asked the kids to blurt out anything and everything they were thankful for and I then...
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On loss, fear of gaining weight, & mindful eating
I’ve been running two very slow miles on an AlterG anti-gravity treadmill during my weekly physical therapy sessions, but the hamstring is still nagging me. The medical experts stress that I need to be...
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Selfies
This is what happens when your 4-year-old gets a hold of your camera. And my personal favorite:
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I had a rare opportunity to spend some time with my mom and dad sans kids, and it turned out to be an early Christmas gift for me. I opened up to them about some of my struggles lately: A parenting...
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O Come All Ye Faithful (and all ye faithless, too)
When the Nativity figures aren’t scattered throughout our house, I usually find that one of my children has set them up something like this. Now if it were up to (anal) me, the people and myriad...
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What will they remember?
Each Advent season we head out to a local Christmas tree farm in search of the perfect tree. I am honestly okay with a Charlie Brown tree, but my detail-oriented husband is a perfectionist about things...
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12 Days of Christmas in Pictures
{Hot Cocoa Cookies, the best cookies we made all season. HT: Hungry Runner Girl; recipe here.} {Someone has been working out…} {Pretend Mass with this beautiful Montessori Mass set} {Gaba and the...
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My New Year’s Resolutions for 2014
“Look up and not down; look forward and not back; look out and not in; and lend a hand.” ~Edward E. Hale as quoted in Daily Strengths For Daily Needs.
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And his kingdom shall have no end
In December of 2012 (yup, quite a long time ago) a good friend of mine whom I “met” online but also have had the great pleasure of spending time with in-person approached me about taking a line Nicene...
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When all else fails, laugh and be grateful
The battle lines are drawn. It’s the Wickers versus the insidious stomach bug and finally after much germ warfare, the Wickers are gaining ground and close to a win. For over a week, I haven been...
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Snowy day art (a guest post by Madeline Wicker)
Madeline (9) loves art and decided to teach her little 4-year-old sister how to do an art project inspired by Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. Thomas was taking his nap and Rachel was over at the...
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Notes from the trenches
After my puke post, a good friend of mine texted me some more hurling euphemisms: making street pizza, shouting groceries, and my personal favorite, Technicolor yawn. I actually received a number of...
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