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Snow Day

Tricia Lott Williford November 7, 2024 1 Comment

Snow day, slow day. Don’t-get-up-and-go day. Snow day, slow day. Leave-me-happily-alone-day. Snow day, slow day. Just-give-me-my-books day. Snow day, slow…

Beautiful To Me

Tricia Lott Williford November 3, 2024 4 Comments

Well, the mall nearest to my home now has coffee shop seating in the food court, so that is where…

Table for Two

Tricia Lott Williford August 9, 2024 2 Comments

My first real responsibility in our family was to learn to set the table. The table was the most important…

The Summer I Fell In Love

Tricia Lott Williford August 3, 2024 No Comments

Once upon a summertime, my youngest cousins and I were looking for something to do. It was on a long…

Cokes and Pizza and Mascara and High-Fives

Tricia Lott Williford July 20, 2024 No Comments

“Write about a time when you got exactly what you wanted.” Coke cans in the fridge and pizza boxes on…

Jeremy Bear: Tips on Triplets

Tricia Lott Williford June 10, 2024 3 Comments

Jeremy Bear is a fixture of my childhood. Jeremy’s youngest sister was my best girl for so many years of…

Barbara the Hamster

Tricia Lott Williford June 8, 2024 No Comments

I opened my email this morning to see one from one of my students who just finished fourth grade. We…

Winning and Losing and Driving Away

Tricia Lott Williford May 29, 2024 3 Comments

When you go enter a car dealership, you have to know you’re going to be on the losing end of…

Bad Days and Good Stories

Tricia Lott Williford May 24, 2024 2 Comments

I have this weekly time with my students that we call Wisdom from Mrs. Heyer. I have told them, there…

Grass Stains and Touchdowns

Tricia Lott Williford May 18, 2024 1 Comment

I love to watch kids playing football. Their varying degrees of grass stains, interest, and commitment. It looked like a…

I Want To Show This To You.

Tricia Lott Williford May 7, 2024 1 Comment

There are things in my life that are too beautiful for words, so sacred, so layered that I can’t really…

To Be Part of the Song

Tricia Lott Williford April 21, 2024 4 Comments

Today I read an essay about a monk in a monastery, who, when asked why he was a monk, said,…

Thank You, Tina.

Tricia Lott Williford April 20, 2024 No Comments

Dear Tina, I don’t know you, but your words saved my heart tonight. Tina writes: “Let me preface all of…

Oh, Prom. You Mess With My Heart.

Tricia Lott Williford April 20, 2024 No Comments

I found out on Tuesday that prom was happening. I mean, I knew prom was happening, the same way…

April 9 Book Release : You Are Safe Now

Tricia Lott Williford March 14, 2024 No Comments

Here’s what happened. More than a dozen years ago, my husband died unexpectedly, and the blog I had been writing…

I Married an Alcoholic.

Tricia Lott Williford January 19, 2024 9 Comments

This holds some honest truths and rough language. Read with that awareness and without my apologies, because when you tell…

How to Help When You Don’t Know What To Do

Tricia Lott Williford January 9, 2024 1 Comment

How To Help When You Don’t Know What To Do There is a lot of sadness in my community. In…

Food Courts and School Buses: An Abstract Pondering

Tricia Lott Williford January 6, 2024 No Comments

Seating is so limited at the mall today that people have resorted to sharing tables with strangers. How very…

Elf On The Shelf: I Did Not See That Coming

Tricia Lott Williford December 7, 2023 No Comments

Do a quick Pinterest search for the Elf on the Shelf, and you’ll find headlines like these: 75 easy ideas…

There’s Always One

Tricia Lott Williford August 5, 2023 2 Comments

I have a collection of letters from recent fourth graders, full of advice and well wishes for a new school…

Recent Blog Posts

Snow Day

Beautiful To Me

Table for Two

The Summer I Fell In Love

Cokes and Pizza and Mascara and High-Fives

Jeremy Bear: Tips on Triplets

Barbara the Hamster

Winning and Losing and Driving Away

Bad Days and Good Stories

Grass Stains and Touchdowns

I Want To Show This To You.

To Be Part of the Song

Thank You, Tina.

Oh, Prom. You Mess With My Heart.

April 9 Book Release : You Are Safe Now

I Married an Alcoholic.

How to Help When You Don’t Know What To Do

Food Courts and School Buses: An Abstract Pondering

Elf On The Shelf: I Did Not See That Coming

There’s Always One

You Are Safe Now

This Book Is for You

Just. You. Wait.

You Can Do This

Let's Pretend We're Normal

And Life Comes Back