A Baseball Field of Nickels Tricia Lott Williford November 11, 2014 3 Comments Here’s a little experiment. Picture a baseball diamond. The whole field: three bases and home plate, infield and outfield, the… Read more
You Might Not Know You’re Sexy. Tricia Lott Williford November 10, 2014 1 Comment “You are an unbelievably sexy woman.” “No, no, I’m not.” “You are.” “I’m not.” “Why are you arguing?” “Because I… Read more
Happenings over Teriyaki and White Rice Tricia Lott Williford November 6, 2014 8 Comments “Do you have a punch card with us?” “I should get one, shouldn’t I?” “You definitely should.” And the next… Read more
A Delicious Paragraph about My Kissable Life Tricia Lott Williford November 4, 2014 2 Comments I am putting the final loving touches on the next book, Let’s Pretend We’re Normal. (If perhaps you are thinking,… Read more
Lone Aspen Tree Tricia Lott Williford November 4, 2014 No Comments Lone Aspen Tree. She probably thinks she’s the odd one, all alone out there in a sea of sameness. Little… Read more
Omnipotent: My Aha! Moment Tricia Lott Williford November 3, 2014 No Comments I opened my journal this morning to find that I haven’t written down my thoughts with pen and paper in… Read more
Halloween Does Not Happen On Its Own Tricia Lott Williford November 1, 2014 2 Comments When you are a mother, some things happen on their own. Kids grow taller, even if you don’t feed them… Read more
Let Me Tell You Something About Sara Groves Tricia Lott Williford October 30, 2014 No Comments She stood so close to me with her hand on my arm. Her voice is so gentle and her words… Read more
Ask Yourself: What’s the Best Thing? Tricia Lott Williford October 29, 2014 No Comments “If you ask yourself ‘What’s the best thing that happened today?’ it actually forces a certain kind of cheerful retrospection… Read more
Fattest and Worstest Pumpkin Tricia Lott Williford October 28, 2014 2 Comments My son chose a pumpkin design of Level Three-Pumpkin difficulty, then he lost interest and asked me to finish it.… Read more
Just Three Things. That’s All I Ask. Tricia Lott Williford October 27, 2014 1 Comment “I hate you!” I hear one brother mutter to another in the backseat. I gasp dramatically and pull the car… Read more
Is it Christmas Yet? Tricia Lott Williford October 23, 2014 3 Comments Is it Christmas Yet? No, it isn’t. That’s probably what you’re thinking, if you’re even reading this at all after… Read more
The Same Eight Bars, On Repeat Tricia Lott Williford October 22, 2014 2 Comments Tyler is wandering around the house, playing and imagining and building in his mind and with his hands. As children… Read more
Scratch ‘n Sniff for Grownups Tricia Lott Williford October 22, 2014 No Comments I think I was eight years old. Maybe nine. I was at a friend’s house, we were sprawled out with… Read more
Jesus Is Not My Boyfriend Tricia Lott Williford October 21, 2014 5 Comments I talked recently about a sense of belonging, about the loss of identity that comes with losing one you love… Read more
Too Much For One Tricia Lott Williford October 17, 2014 1 Comment Robb and I were flying somewhere on our own, long before the days of traveling with strollers and carseats and… Read more
Better Than A Team Tricia Lott Williford October 15, 2014 No Comments I feel like one of the ways we could help the laundry situation at our house is by getting Tucker… Read more
Confessions of an External Processor Tricia Lott Williford October 14, 2014 2 Comments I am an external processor. I think out loud. If there’s something I’m thinking through, I can see through the… Read more
My Love for Crosby Tricia Lott Williford October 11, 2014 2 Comments “I just want one good date with Crosby Braverman.” “Trish, I don’t want you to date Crosby Braverman.” “I didn’t… Read more
Swirling My Spoon in the Carrots and Peas Tricia Lott Williford October 9, 2014 No Comments They say a book is never finished, only abandoned. True story. I don’t think there is ever a point where… Read more
