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Table for Two
Tricia Lott Williford
August 9, 2024
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My first real responsibility in our family was to learn to set the table. The table was the most important…
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The Summer I Fell In Love
Tricia Lott Williford
August 3, 2024
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Once upon a summertime, my youngest cousins and I were looking for something to do. It was on a long…
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Cokes and Pizza and Mascara and High-Fives
Tricia Lott Williford
July 20, 2024
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“Write about a time when you got exactly what you wanted.” Coke cans in the fridge and pizza boxes on…
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Jeremy Bear: Tips on Triplets
Tricia Lott Williford
June 10, 2024
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Jeremy Bear is a fixture of my childhood. Jeremy’s youngest sister was my best girl for so many years of…
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Barbara the Hamster
Tricia Lott Williford
June 8, 2024
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I opened my email this morning to see one from one of my students who just finished fourth grade. We…
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Winning and Losing and Driving Away
Tricia Lott Williford
May 29, 2024
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When you go enter a car dealership, you have to know you’re going to be on the losing end of…
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Bad Days and Good Stories
Tricia Lott Williford
May 24, 2024
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I have this weekly time with my students that we call Wisdom from Mrs. Heyer. I have told them, there…
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Grass Stains and Touchdowns
Tricia Lott Williford
May 18, 2024
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I love to watch kids playing football. Their varying degrees of grass stains, interest, and commitment. It looked like a…
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I Want To Show This To You.
Tricia Lott Williford
May 7, 2024
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There are things in my life that are too beautiful for words, so sacred, so layered that I can’t really…
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To Be Part of the Song
Tricia Lott Williford
April 21, 2024
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Today I read an essay about a monk in a monastery, who, when asked why he was a monk, said,…
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Thank You, Tina.
Tricia Lott Williford
April 20, 2024
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Dear Tina, I don’t know you, but your words saved my heart tonight. Tina writes: “Let me preface all of…
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Oh, Prom. You Mess With My Heart.
Tricia Lott Williford
April 20, 2024
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I found out on Tuesday that prom was happening. I mean, I knew prom was happening, the same way…
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April 9 Book Release : You Are Safe Now
Tricia Lott Williford
March 14, 2024
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Here’s what happened. More than a dozen years ago, my husband died unexpectedly, and the blog I had been writing…
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I Married an Alcoholic.
Tricia Lott Williford
January 19, 2024
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This holds some honest truths and rough language. Read with that awareness and without my apologies, because when you tell…
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How to Help When You Don’t Know What To Do
Tricia Lott Williford
January 9, 2024
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How To Help When You Don’t Know What To Do There is a lot of sadness in my community. In…
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Food Courts and School Buses: An Abstract Pondering
Tricia Lott Williford
January 6, 2024
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Seating is so limited at the mall today that people have resorted to sharing tables with strangers. How very…
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Elf On The Shelf: I Did Not See That Coming
Tricia Lott Williford
December 7, 2023
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Do a quick Pinterest search for the Elf on the Shelf, and you’ll find headlines like these: 75 easy ideas…
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There’s Always One
Tricia Lott Williford
August 5, 2023
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I have a collection of letters from recent fourth graders, full of advice and well wishes for a new school…
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You Are Safe Now
Tricia Lott Williford
July 6, 2023
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Okay, my friends. I have many things to tell you. Big Things. In the last more-than-a-decade that we’ve been sharing…
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A Patriot’s Promise
Tricia Lott Williford
July 4, 2023
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A Patriot’s Promise is released TODAY, on the Fourth of July. Already #1 in THREE categories on the Amazon market,…
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