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Perforated Edges

Tricia Lott Williford July 11, 2012 5 Comments

If your child falls off a swing, Lands hard on his tailbone And jars his entire torso, If he complains…

Elegant Denial

Tricia Lott Williford July 10, 2012 3 Comments

I tossed out a bottle of his vitamins today. I puzzle myself with the things I have kept all this…

Kitchen Experiments

Tricia Lott Williford July 10, 2012 5 Comments

“Boys, what is the only rule when you do your kitchen experiments?” “Don’t make anything explode,” Tyler offers. Experiments are…

Turning Points

Tricia Lott Williford July 9, 2012 13 Comments

“Boys, I have a phone call with a publisher. Do you remember what publishers do?” “Yes, they make books.” “Right. …

The Train

Tricia Lott Williford July 8, 2012 4 Comments

I found Robb’s Train. It’s old and beautiful, and he cared for it with deep intensity. That mostly means that…

Young is a Feeling

Tricia Lott Williford July 7, 2012 2 Comments

“Tricia, I’m only two years from 40, but in my mind I feel like I’m still in my early twenties. …

Smoothies, to be or not to be.

Tricia Lott Williford July 6, 2012 8 Comments

“Tell me something you think about, Tyler,” my mom asks him. “I think about Wow Wow Wubzy.” This is the…

Modern-Day Hippie

Tricia Lott Williford July 5, 2012 7 Comments

Jeremy is my cousin. Second-cousin, if you need to know family tree specifics. But my cousins and I long ago…

Fireworks In The Script

Tricia Lott Williford July 4, 2012 2 Comments

The local weatherman was the emcee for our community parade this morning. He announced there would be fireworks tonight at…

Bookends

Tricia Lott Williford July 4, 2012 3 Comments

These photos span a decade. His eyes are lit up in the first picture; they were brighter then. Everything was…

Word Pictures

Tricia Lott Williford July 3, 2012 3 Comments

Carmen and Jodie were our very first neighbors. Our Fred and Ethel. We were the fabulous four, living the carefree…

BBQ ribs and Poetry

Tricia Lott Williford July 3, 2012 2 Comments

Robb used to say he couldn’t enjoy barbecued ribs because they were “too much work for not enough meat.” I…

“Low Sperm Count.”

Tricia Lott Williford July 2, 2012 5 Comments

“Mrs. Williford, could you pray that my parents can have another baby?” One of my kindergarten students asked me this…

From the Ashes

Tricia Lott Williford June 30, 2012 3 Comments

EpiPen Not Included

Tricia Lott Williford June 29, 2012 9 Comments

This week at Vacation Bible School, there was a small degree of panic and pandemonium when a little boy announced…

The Lovely Miss Ephron

Tricia Lott Williford June 28, 2012 3 Comments

Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me…

Fuel Light

Tricia Lott Williford June 28, 2012 5 Comments

I feel like I’ve told you this story already. It’s hard to know, really. We’ve become the kind of friends…

Visit the Archives

Tricia Lott Williford June 27, 2012 No Comments

Just in case you’re a new reader in this invisible community sewn together by coffee and stories and writing and…

“We have one.”

Tricia Lott Williford June 27, 2012 No Comments

“We have one. I am teaching myself to say this. Not, ‘We just have one child,’ but ‘We have one…

The One Who Makes Decisions

Tricia Lott Williford June 26, 2012 3 Comments

“Are you the one who will be making the decisions?” he asks, before he tells me the plan to replace…

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Perforated Edges

Elegant Denial

Kitchen Experiments

Turning Points

The Train

Young is a Feeling

Smoothies, to be or not to be.

Modern-Day Hippie

Fireworks In The Script

Bookends

Word Pictures

BBQ ribs and Poetry

“Low Sperm Count.”

From the Ashes

EpiPen Not Included

The Lovely Miss Ephron

Fuel Light

Visit the Archives

“We have one.”

The One Who Makes Decisions

You Are Safe Now

This Book Is for You

Just. You. Wait.

You Can Do This

Let's Pretend We're Normal

And Life Comes Back