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    Getting Past Perfect: How to Find Joy and Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood
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    Getting Past Perfect: How to Find Joy and Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood

    By Kate Wicker, Rachel Balducci and Lisa M. Hendey

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    Winner of a 2018 Catholic Press Association Award: Family Life. (Second Place).


    Do you ever feel like a raging tsumani, running through the house like a whirlwind and yelling at the top of your voice while the kids drag their feet and fight with one another as you desperately try to find lost shoes and get out the door on time? Overwhelmed, over-extended, and guilt-plagued?

    With honesty, humor, and practical wisdom, Getting Past Perfect helps moms overcome Pinterest-inspired perfectionism by replacing your deepest fears and anxieties with a steady trust in God and the freedom to love authentically.

    If you have ever felt that you were not “enough” as a wife or mom, or if you're someone who struggles to do it all, Getting Past Perfect offers a realistic and reassuring portrait of Catholic womanhood, placing motherhood in the context of every woman's primary role as a child of God.

    Kate Wicker—journalist, popular speaker, and author of the highly-acclaimed Weightless—shares how she shook off doubt and negative self-perception, finding self-acceptance as a mom and the desire to stop controlling everyone around her. Getting Past Perfect invites you to make this same journey as you learn to embrace the primacy of your role as a daughter of God, even amidst the daily chaos of raising children. Each chapter is designed to debunk the lies and expectations that moms often face, replacing negative self-perceptions with the truths of a woman's true calling.

    Wicker, a recovering perfectionist, helps you realize:
    • It is perfectly normal to feel like you're in over your head sometimes.
    • You can stop obsessing about what other people think and start focusing on loving yourself and your kids just as you are.
    • Your primary jobs are to let God love you and to love him back. Nurture your prayer life and make time to remember that you are first a daughter of God.
    • It’s important to practice self-care no matter your stage in life.
    Wicker openly shares how she unwittingly transferred her preoccupation with having the perfect body to being the perfect parent. By honestly sharing her mistakes and triumphs in the trenches of motherhood, Wicker reveals several common falsehoods mothers tell themselves in different seasons of their lives and how speaking the truth can liberate women to become better parents and the truest versions of themselves. Whether you're dealing with endless "why?" questions, unexpected potty emergencies, or even the unanticipated change of a new pregnancy, Getting Past Perfect will help you learn how to lean into God's abiding grace. By closing each chapter with a simple reflection question and prayer, this book provides the tools you need to embrace the messy realities of family life and to emerge from feeling overwhelmed to knowing that you are first and foremost a daughter of God.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAve Maria Press
    Release dateMar 3, 2017
    ISBN9781594717178
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    Getting Past Perfect: How to Find Joy and Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood
    Author

    Kate Wicker

    Kate Wicker is an author, speaker, health columnist for Catholic Digest, and regular contributor to Relevant Radio’s Morning Air program. Her work also has appeared in Woman’s Day, Pregnancy, Family Fun, WhatToExpect.com, Atlanta Parent, Faith & Family LIVE!, Crisis, FathersforGood.com, Catholic News Agency, Catholic Exchange, and CatholicMom.com. Wicker earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia (summa cum laude) in 2000. She is the author of Weightless: Making Peace with Your Body and contributed to The Handbook for Catholic Moms and Word by Word. Wicker also was featured on the Momnipotent DVD. She and her husband, Dave, have five children. They live in Athens, Georgia.

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