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Barbara the Hamster
Tricia Lott Williford
June 8, 2024
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I opened my email this morning to see one from one of my students who just finished fourth grade. We…
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Bad Days and Good Stories
Tricia Lott Williford
May 24, 2024
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I have this weekly time with my students that we call Wisdom from Mrs. Heyer. I have told them, there…
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I Want To Show This To You.
Tricia Lott Williford
May 7, 2024
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There are things in my life that are too beautiful for words, so sacred, so layered that I can’t really…
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How to Help When You Don’t Know What To Do
Tricia Lott Williford
January 9, 2024
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How To Help When You Don’t Know What To Do There is a lot of sadness in my community. In…
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A Thousand Small, Glittering Kindnesses
Tricia Lott Williford
December 23, 2022
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Today, I’ve been thinking about the time when we were on a layover at the airport and a young man…
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How To Help When You Don’t Know What To Do
Tricia Lott Williford
December 9, 2022
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Some of you have written to me, asking me to write in response to the sadness that overwhelms, asking me…
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Trees and Lights and Timing: Let It Be
Tricia Lott Williford
November 16, 2022
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‘Tis the season for all the sparkly things. I live in a house divided, and the majority of us are…
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A Voice and A Choice
Tricia Lott Williford
November 2, 2022
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“Tricia, this weekend we will be spending time with a ten-year-old boy whose mom died recently. What cues do you…
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“Favored.”
Tricia Lott Williford
December 22, 2021
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My first husband died eleven years ago, on the morning of December 23, 2010. In the days to follow, I…
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Repeat the Sounding Joy
Tricia Lott Williford
December 17, 2021
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I have been thinking of the words, “Let every heart prepare him room.” As we prepare our homes, decorate our…
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Chocolate for a Cellist
Tricia Lott Williford
October 23, 2021
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Knock, Knock. Who’s there? Something that should matter to you. Something that should matter to you – who? Yes. And…
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Even When He Doesn’t: A Piece with Ann Voskamp
Tricia Lott Williford
June 21, 2021
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My husband (Peter) and I have two vastly different stories of faith miracles. He begged and pleaded with God from…
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A Riff on the Lord’s Prayer for a Morning Like This
Tricia Lott Williford
January 7, 2021
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Our Father, Father to all of us and each of us, Of those who violently stormed our nation’s capitol yesterday…
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That Time When I Lost a Manuscript
Tricia Lott Williford
December 22, 2020
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Tricia said: “Laptop, Open Manuscript.” And the Laptop said, “File Not Found.” Tricia said: “Look again, laptop. Find it, please.”…
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Raindrops, Bicycle Gears, and Morrie
Tricia Lott Williford
September 21, 2020
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Three things have happened, and they are sorting themselves into the same space of my mind, as if they belong…
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“… but I don’t know what to say.”
Tricia Lott Williford
June 5, 2020
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When my family goes away for a bit, things fall to pieces. When we got on the cruise ship in…
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The Sadness is Real: An Open Letter to the Teachers
Tricia Lott Williford
March 19, 2020
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“What’s keeping you awake at night?” A friend of mine asks this question when she wants to get the to…
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The Passport You Don’t Need Yet
Tricia Lott Williford
October 10, 2019
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“Tricia, how can I stop living in fear? I’m worried that something will happen to the person I love. How…
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Live It Well.
Tricia Lott Williford
September 17, 2019
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“I would do it all again. I wouldn’t have spared myself any of the pain that I have gone through…
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The Great Wrigley Test
Tricia Lott Williford
August 30, 2019
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“So, Tricia, do you love baseball?” People ask me this question often, and I have a standard true answer: “I…
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