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Today, I Said Thank You.

Tricia Lott Williford September 19, 2020 19 Comments

Today, I said thank you to the Starbucks barista who made my Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew, even though she is [...]

We Are Trying to Be Civilized.

Tricia Lott Williford June 24, 2020 5 Comments

Maybe you’ve seen this story that’s circulating on social media: “Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student [...]

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Tackle Football: A Whole New Frontier

Tricia Lott Williford August 3, 2016 4 Comments

Football is in his blood, and I held him off as long as I could. It was only a matter [...]

Bracelets and Merry-Go-Rounds: This Girl Takes Back Control

Tricia Lott Williford October 20, 2015 15 Comments

Has it ever happened to you that you’ve realized you’ve been doing all the wrong things? Maybe not all the [...]

150 Pounds in The World’s Unwieldiest Stroller

Tricia Lott Williford October 1, 2015 4 Comments

Well, just in case I didn’t love grocery shopping with every ounce of my heart, I’m now back to pushing [...]

Tucker Learns To Walk Again

Tricia Lott Williford September 3, 2015 5 Comments

1 Fall from a Swingset 4 Breaks 8 Hospital Visits 1 Surgery 5 Pins 1 Screw 16 stitches 3 Days [...]

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A Love Note To Single Moms

Tricia Lott Williford August 28, 2015 No Comments

I never intended to be a single mom, but then I guess not many of us in this tribe aimed [...]

Scooter, Shmooter.

Tricia Lott Williford August 24, 2015 No Comments

We broke the scooter. And I use that pronoun very, very loosely. If you’ve seen Tucker scooting around town, school, [...]

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Hopalong Cassidy and Sir Embarrassed

Tricia Lott Williford August 19, 2015 No Comments

Let me tell you one thing I know for sure, a nugget of foundational truth that will never change: Nothing [...]

Grace Notes for the First Day Of School

Tricia Lott Williford August 10, 2015 3 Comments

Today marked a great big finish line for us: The First Day of School. #BrokenFootSummer is “over,” and we have [...]

That Thing Called Brave

Tricia Lott Williford August 6, 2015 6 Comments

And so, the pins are out of Tucker’s foot. We can officially say he is tougher than nails. Because, oh [...]

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Hands and Knees

Tricia Lott Williford July 27, 2015 6 Comments

I don’t remember why I was kneeling and crying. Last week was kind of a doozy for such things. I [...]

If Real Life Had Thought Bubbles

Tricia Lott Williford July 20, 2015 2 Comments

Here’s a little exercise to bring you right into the action with me on this one. Reach down to the [...]

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Raise Your Hand if You Lost a Wheelchair Today

Tricia Lott Williford July 13, 2015 No Comments

I can really only think of one way in which it would be feasible to lose a wheelchair. Perhaps if [...]

Fresh Bouquets of Kindness, Dried Leaves of the Opposite

Tricia Lott Williford July 6, 2015 4 Comments

I have seen an unusual potency of kindness and unkindness in the last couple of weeks. I suppose they are [...]

They Took off the Bandages, and I Was Not Prepared

Tricia Lott Williford July 2, 2015 1 Comment

Two weeks post surgery, we went back to Children’s Hospital for our follow-up appointment. They cut through all the layers [...]

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This One Important Thing

Tricia Lott Williford July 1, 2015 2 Comments

To read this article in its entirety with PJ Parenting, click here. I was drinking iced coffees at Starbucks with [...]

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Some Things Do Not Stop Being

Tricia Lott Williford June 24, 2015 9 Comments

The subject of this blog post asked that I take it down based on the personal backlash he has received. [...]

99 Silver Linings

Tricia Lott Williford June 18, 2015 No Comments

Children’s Hospital is like EPCOT. Our male nurse named Coop who whispered when Tuck was sleeping, listened to his pain, [...]

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