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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
13 Comments
“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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“It gets better.”
Tricia Lott Williford
July 29, 2019
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“Mom, I wish you had some kind of record of the things I said when I was little.” The incredulous…
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That’s Some Serious Staying Power
Tricia Lott Williford
July 2, 2019
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When death comes at the end of a long life, we don’t wonder if it was time. We don’t wonder…
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Springtime Snow and Sad Days
Tricia Lott Williford
May 21, 2019
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Yep. It snowed. Quite a bit, actually. Summer break starts on Friday, the community pools open on Monday, and we…
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To Say Their Names
Tricia Lott Williford
May 10, 2019
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“Let me find a picture that shows her hair,” she said, scrolling through the pictures on her phone. We were…
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Sam the Friendship Dog
Tricia Lott Williford
May 9, 2019
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“Is he a police dog?” “No, he’s a friendship dog.” “Why is he here?” “We brought him to your school…
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So Big, So Small
Tricia Lott Williford
August 27, 2018
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It was a February day When your dad came by, before going away A U-Haul truck in the driveway The…
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My Love to You, Chicago.
Tricia Lott Williford
August 11, 2018
5 Comments
A few months ago, I was invited to speak at Willow Creek, a megachurch in Chicago. I’ve long admired and…
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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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Miracles and Hard Conversations
Tricia Lott Williford
June 6, 2017
3 Comments
I love family movie night. I love the coziness and the blankets and the together of it all. It’s one…
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Sacred Gratitude.
Tricia Lott Williford
January 26, 2017
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He’s Peter’s closest cousin. They are just a few years apart in a whole collection of people that span across…
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Trauma, Triggers, and Marriage: Hello, December.
Tricia Lott Williford
December 12, 2016
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I’m going along, minding my own business, creating this new and beautiful life just the way I want it to…
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On the Air: Focus on the Family
Tricia Lott Williford
December 1, 2016
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It was a Full Circle moment in my life, to be invited to join Jim Daly and John Fuller to…
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Boy Courage and a Green Bandana
Tricia Lott Williford
August 20, 2016
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I miss my son like crazy today. This does not usually happen. I am the biggest proponent for sending, launching,…
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When Fear Is All Around
Tricia Lott Williford
July 8, 2016
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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…
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