Waymaking at the Train Station Tricia Lott Williford December 1, 2022 No Comments I am sitting in Denver’s Union Station. I’m not taking a train anywhere, but the station is pure magic to… Read more
Baby Ben, a Digital Robot, & My First Go at Grandparenting Tricia Lott Williford November 18, 2022 No Comments My memory-keeper apps brought up this story from a year ago, when we got to know Baby Ben the digital… Read more
Trees and Lights and Timing: Let It Be Tricia Lott Williford November 16, 2022 No Comments ‘Tis the season for all the sparkly things. I live in a house divided, and the majority of us are… Read more
Too Soon for Neuter Jokes, Mom. Tricia Lott Williford November 9, 2022 1 Comment The puppies were spayed and neutered yesterday. Molly’s was laparoscopic, two small incisions, so she seems to be doing well.… Read more
Listen, I Know It Wasn’t Safe. Tricia Lott Williford November 4, 2022 5 Comments I was driving home on a cold November evening, when I pulled up to a stoplight at a busy intersection.… Read more
On Thankfulness and Not Eloping Tricia Lott Williford November 3, 2022 2 Comments I have a (deeply empathic) friend who feels sorry for Thanksgiving every year. She says it gets swallowed up in… Read more
A Voice and A Choice Tricia Lott Williford November 2, 2022 3 Comments “Tricia, this weekend we will be spending time with a ten-year-old boy whose mom died recently. What cues do you… Read more
If Ever You Need to Feel Brave Tricia Lott Williford November 1, 2022 2 Comments “I was brave?” the four-year-old asked. “You were — you are brave,” Eddie told her. “What does brave mean?” Ruth… Read more
Dynamic Duos and “The Guy with the Hoe” Tricia Lott Williford October 31, 2022 3 Comments Today makes seventeen halloweens. And I have very little to do with any of it. I’m now the comfy lady… Read more
The Miracle of a Little Boy’s Lunch Tricia Lott Williford October 30, 2022 3 Comments Maybe it’s because I am forever a hostess at heart, and wherever there is a party there is also food… Read more
Just Create: A Myth About Christian Art Tricia Lott Williford October 29, 2022 1 Comment What’s the deal with Christian art? Why is some of it – most of it – so boring, so two-dimensional?… Read more
Thanks a lot, Eve. Tricia Lott Williford October 28, 2022 6 Comments I know Eve’s story. So do you. She’s the reason we have mosquito bites and skin cancer and miscarriages and… Read more
Juggling the Glass and the Plastic Tricia Lott Williford October 21, 2022 3 Comments I read recently about an interview with author Nora Roberts, where someone asked her how to balance writing and kids.… Read more
A New Book, a New Home, and a Real Hero Tricia Lott Williford October 20, 2022 1 Comment This is my friend, Israel “DT” Del Toro Jr. DT is a real American hero, retired as Senior Master Sergeant… Read more
Widows and Chick-fil-A Sauce Tricia Lott Williford August 15, 2022 2 Comments There’s a widow in our community whom I have long known from afar. I wrote an open letter to her… Read more
Freedom, Tight Shoes, and Green Beans from the Freezer Tricia Lott Williford August 12, 2022 6 Comments On my birthday, I exhaled into a new word: Freedom. For nearly three weeks of my new age of 43,… Read more
I’m Terrible about the Eye Doctor Tricia Lott Williford June 14, 2022 No Comments I hate going to the eye doctor. I hate it, and so I don’t go. I should go, especially because… Read more
Too Many Times. Tricia Lott Williford May 24, 2022 No Comments We are reeling once more. I can’t process it this time. I can’t seem to go near it. Lunchboxes and… Read more
Two Hundred Tuesdays Tricia Lott Williford May 11, 2022 2 Comments I often wonder how friendships are born. I think about this a lot, actually. Are they part of a greater… Read more
Thoughts on Prom Night Tricia Lott Williford April 24, 2022 7 Comments I was standing on the sidelines, technically behind the sidelines, tucked into a grove of pine trees. Anywhere else I… Read more
