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Snakes in Santa Fe

Tricia Lott Williford May 18, 2018 7 Comments

It turns out that Santa Fe doesn’t have nearly as many snakes as I thought. I thought the whole city [...]

When Mother’s Day Isn’t Happy

Tricia Lott Williford May 12, 2018 2 Comments

“Happy Mother’s Day. Happy, happy, happiest of days, happy Mother’s Day.” That’s what they’re all saying this weekend, the TV, [...]

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How To Help When You Don’t Know What To Do

Tricia Lott Williford July 19, 2017 10 Comments

A young girl in our community died this week in a tragic and horrifying boating accident. The Andersons are on a family vacation, [...]

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“Your book changed my life.”

Tricia Lott Williford May 16, 2017 3 Comments

When you write a book, you sign up to spend a lot of hours alone with the idea, never really knowing [...]

It Is Well.

Tricia Lott Williford March 10, 2017 11 Comments

When peace like a river attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll, Whatever my lot, Thou has taught [...]

Unresolutions, Words, and Commitment Issues

Tricia Lott Williford December 31, 2016 No Comments

“How long have you been choosing a word for the year?” my brother texted me. I had just published this [...]

Overcome by Healing

Tricia Lott Williford December 23, 2016 No Comments

There’s a story in the New Testament that has made me angry for a lot of years. It’s the story [...]

When Your Heart is on the Line

Tricia Lott Williford October 28, 2016 3 Comments

Sophie Hudson is my spirit animal. She writes the words in her books and her blog (BooMama), and I nod and [...]

An Open Letter to Jeremy Hubbard and Fox31 News: The Night You Put My Kid on the News

Tricia Lott Williford September 20, 2016 9 Comments

Dear Jeremy Hubbard, Last night you featured my nine-year-old son Tyler on your 9:00 news segment. And I have just [...]

Boy Courage and a Green Bandana

Tricia Lott Williford August 20, 2016 1 Comment

I miss my son like crazy today. This does not usually happen. I am the biggest proponent for sending, launching, [...]

When Fear Is All Around

Tricia Lott Williford July 8, 2016 No Comments

What a terrible week of the worst things. I keep writing and deleting. Drafting and scrapping. Typing and backspacing. I [...]

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Someone Else’s Wife

Tricia Lott Williford June 15, 2016 10 Comments

Hi, Robb, I’m a wife. Again. I’ve written to you lots over the last five-and-a-half years, over our two thousand [...]

The Vulnerability and Joy: “I’m Getting Married in Nine Days.”

Tricia Lott Williford May 19, 2016 5 Comments

I’m getting married in nine days. The thing about being engaged is that it puts you in a constant state [...]

Home Stretch: Bring Him Home. Now.

Tricia Lott Williford May 2, 2016 4 Comments

We are on Day 10 of 11 Days Apart. Home stretch, you guys. Home Stretch. He has finished serving the [...]

Worlds Apart and Honest Journaling

Tricia Lott Williford April 26, 2016 3 Comments

Peter is traveling across the word tonight. Quite literally across the world. Tonight, he is on a layover in Switzerland, [...]

Thank You, Little Black Dress.

Tricia Lott Williford April 8, 2016 12 Comments

I am reading The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. It’s a revolutionary approach to decluttering where instead of clearing [...]

He said, “Now Tear It Up.” But I Couldn’t.

Tricia Lott Williford March 17, 2016 4 Comments

“On the slips of paper in front of you, I’d like for you to write down your top five priorities. [...]

A Few Things I Know About Suffering

Tricia Lott Williford January 26, 2016 2 Comments

I hate it when people think they know everything. Or even when someone has an inflated sense of what they [...]

Christmas Eve: I Have A Song

Tricia Lott Williford December 24, 2015 7 Comments

Yesterday morning, I poured myself a cup of coffee, and I settled in with my journal, my Bible, my pens, [...]

Between Past Pain and Redeemed Love: December 22

Tricia Lott Williford December 22, 2015 4 Comments

Words are living things in my imagination. Some of them are bubble cartoon fonts or rigid block letters or splashy [...]

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