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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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The Power of “This.”
Tricia Lott Williford
May 26, 2023
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Significance is a desire within us, a birthright. We each long to matter, to be extraordinary, to be outstanding, to [...]
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We Call Her Big Mama
Tricia Lott Williford
May 20, 2023
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We call her Big Mama, and sometimes Mama Cass. She is the giant red umbrella that shades our patio during [...]
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The Worst Dog I Ever Had
Tricia Lott Williford
May 17, 2023
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“We rescued him from the mall.” That’s what I always say to describe how he came to be ours. In [...]
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This Mom, Other Moms, Shining Stars and State Testing
Tricia Lott Williford
March 26, 2023
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“Mom, can you opt us out of the state testing?” “Why?” “Because some other moms are doing that.” “Maybe they [...]
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That’s Not Everything About Her
Tricia Lott Williford
February 14, 2023
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We had just introduced ourselves, this group of people who would share the day together. They’re somewhere in between learning [...]
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Names I Can’t Say Yet
Tricia Lott Williford
February 10, 2023
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I have students whose names I cannot pronounce yet. I’ve never learned how to read these collections of letters. When [...]
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The Big Magic of Living, Breathing Ideas
Tricia Lott Williford
February 7, 2023
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“Tell me about a book you’ve read more than once.” This is how you can find some of the best [...]
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Once A Teacher, Always a Teacher.
Tricia Lott Williford
February 5, 2023
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It’s been seventeen years since I was in the classroom. A few things have changed. The shoes I’m willing to [...]
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Turn Off The Noise: A New Book
Tricia Lott Williford
February 1, 2023
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Once upon a time, two years ago, Sean Castle came to me with an idea. “Tricia, I’d like for you [...]
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A New Book: A Patriot’s Promise
Tricia Lott Williford
January 27, 2023
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This is my friend, Israel “DT” Del Toro Jr. DT is a real American hero, retired as Senior Master Sergeant [...]
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Too Beautiful
Tricia Lott Williford
January 26, 2023
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At the middle table at Starbucks, a mom and her daughter are playing a game and drinking hot chocolate. Mom [...]
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The Golden Light of Endings
Tricia Lott Williford
December 31, 2022
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In his book, I Wrote This For You, Iaian Thomas wrote a breathtaking poem that I can’t stop thinking about. [...]
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