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Grass Stains and Touchdowns

Tricia Lott Williford May 18, 2024 1 Comment

I love to watch kids playing football. Their varying degrees of grass stains, interest, and commitment. It looked like a…

The Things We Might Say

Tricia Lott Williford September 14, 2021 4 Comments

If she tells you she wishes her car got better gas mileage, that doesn’t mean she wishes she’d never learned…

Locked in a Bedroom: A Good Friday Gone Wrong

Tricia Lott Williford April 8, 2020 2 Comments

It’s been more than a decade since this Good Friday situation, the day Baby Tyler locked Toddler Tucker and me…

Jesus Didn’t Parent Toddlers: A Love Letter to the Parents of Littles

Tricia Lott Williford April 2, 2020 1 Comment

Parents of Preschoolers and Toddlers, this season is the real deal, isn’t it? You are in the t-r-e-n-c-h-e-s. When my…

“It gets better.”

Tricia Lott Williford July 29, 2019 33 Comments

“Mom, I wish you had some kind of record of the things I said when I was little.” The incredulous…

Why I Won’t Get the Award for Mother of the Year

Tricia Lott Williford June 28, 2018 3 Comments

Throwing it back to a post from 2008,when my babies were two and almost-one, I was sleepless and underfed, Robb and…

She said, “Oh, honey, I’m not going to tell you.”

Tricia Lott Williford March 29, 2017 2 Comments

This conversation happened on a Sunday morning nearly a decade ago. This couple sat near us, and I met them…

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Remembering the First Ever Mother-Son Flashlight Party

Tricia Lott Williford September 23, 2015 No Comments

I found this little ditty hiding in the archives. Look at this very sweet story. * * * Robb was…

4 Things I Learned When My Toddler Locked Me In His Bedroom

Tricia Lott Williford June 30, 2015 5 Comments

It’s a blast from the past, you guys: one of the favorites from the archives of my life as a…

The Monster at the End Of This Book

Tricia Lott Williford May 14, 2015 3 Comments

A Throwback Thursday Dialogue with Tyler * * * “Mommy, how many humps do camels have?” He’s sitting in my lap…

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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…

Talking Cereal and Dancing Spoons

Tricia Lott Williford September 17, 2014 1 Comment

Sometimes, I am silly and spontaneous in the morning. (I get this from my dad, who occasionally woke his school-age…

The Firehouse: A Visit with Our Heroes

Tricia Lott Williford September 11, 2014 5 Comments

So, while this was happening, the paramedics said to Tuck, “Let’s see… how many stitches do you think you’ll need?”…

Solid Advice in the Grocery Aisle

Tricia Lott Williford April 8, 2014 1 Comment

Tonight, a woman at WalMart stopped me. Twice. The first time, she said, “I just wanted you to know that…

Prepare Him Room

Tricia Lott Williford December 16, 2013 4 Comments

From the archives: Teaching Tuck and Ty, December 2011 Joy to the world, the Lord has come. Let earth…

Small Blue Snow Boot

Tricia Lott Williford June 29, 2013 No Comments

From the Archives of Teaching Tuck and Ty * * * We decided to do a family trip to King…

The Art of Multi Tasking

Tricia Lott Williford June 8, 2013 1 Comment

* * * from the archives of Teaching Tuck and Ty * * * You know who excels in…

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