Tricia Lott Williford

Sacred Gratitude.

Tricia Lott Williford January 26, 2017 1 Comment

He’s Peter’s closest cousin. They are just a few years apart in a whole collection of people that span across…

Les Miserables and Beef Stroganoff

Tricia Lott Williford January 24, 2017 No Comments

“Mom, tell me about Les Mis. I just feel like I’d really love that musical.” First, I’ll delight in having a…

Tricia Lott Williford January 21, 2017 No Comments

When Tricia Lott Williford suddenly found herself to be a thirty-one-year-old widow with two preschoolers to raise on her own, the…

Why I’m Not Quitting Facebook

Tricia Lott Williford January 12, 2017 10 Comments

Word on the street is that a lot of people are “giving up Facebook” for their New Year’s Resolution. “Facebook…

The Art of Tricking Yourself

Tricia Lott Williford January 11, 2017 2 Comments

I taught a class of artists recently, and a poetry student asked me this question afterward. “And so what do…

The Butterfly Effect

Tricia Lott Williford January 9, 2017 No Comments

“An intriguing entomological experiment shows that a male butterfly will ignore a living female butterfly of his own species in…

How To Guarantee A Snow Day

Tricia Lott Williford January 5, 2017 No Comments

You may or may not know this, but there’s actually a proven way to score a snow day. It’s kind…

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The Name You Start (or Finish) With

Tricia Lott Williford January 4, 2017 No Comments

I am always fascinated by the defining moments in a woman’s life. In particular, I am fascinated by her re-defining,…

Unresolutions, Words, and Commitment Issues

Tricia Lott Williford December 31, 2016 No Comments

“How long have you been choosing a word for the year?” my brother texted me. I had just published this…

Overcome by Healing

Tricia Lott Williford December 23, 2016 No Comments

There’s a story in the New Testament that has made me angry for a lot of years. It’s the story…

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To Dance with Joy

Tricia Lott Williford December 20, 2016 No Comments

It was a blustery Ohio winter, and it was my first experience teaching kindergarten. There’s so much to love about…

Communion with Emmanuel

Tricia Lott Williford December 18, 2016 1 Comment

Sometimes I struggle to direct my thoughts during Communion. It’s such a profound, holy moment, kind of high pressure. Think…

A Gift for You: My Grandpa’s Fudge

Tricia Lott Williford December 17, 2016 No Comments

My grandparents made fudge so often that they became known for it. They brought it as housewarming gifts. They served…

Trauma, Triggers, and Marriage: Hello, December.

Tricia Lott Williford December 12, 2016 No Comments

I’m going along, minding my own business, creating this new and beautiful life just the way I want it to…

What Do You Carry?

Tricia Lott Williford December 9, 2016 2 Comments

“What do you carry?” I carry pens and pens and pens because if I want to write and I don’t…

Laptops and Airport Security: Me and My Many Names

Tricia Lott Williford December 6, 2016 No Comments

I’m a terribly inefficient traveler, but I contend that I make up for this with pure charm, age-appropriate cute, and…

Hand Written Notes and Carousel Ponies

Tricia Lott Williford December 3, 2016 No Comments

We are in that sweet spot between Thanksgiving and Christmas, where it seems that everything around us takes a soft…

On the Air: Focus on the Family

Tricia Lott Williford December 1, 2016 No Comments

It was a Full Circle moment in my life, to be invited to join Jim Daly and John Fuller to…

“Pivot” : A Story of Love, Emotional Attachment, and a Couch

Tricia Lott Williford November 29, 2016 No Comments

This is the story of how most of our family lost all perspective because we loved a couch too much.…

Helicopters, Cattle, and Neapolitan Ice Cream

Tricia Lott Williford November 25, 2016 No Comments

Snippets of dialogue at our Thanksgiving table. Characters: Me, Peter, Tucker, Tyler, my Mom, and my Dad. (But characters are…

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Sacred Gratitude.

Les Miserables and Beef Stroganoff