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Elf On The Shelf: I Did Not See That Coming

Tricia Lott Williford December 7, 2023 No Comments

Do a quick Pinterest search for the Elf on the Shelf, and you’ll find headlines like these: 75 easy ideas…

The Golden Light of Endings

Tricia Lott Williford December 31, 2022 No Comments

In his book, I Wrote This For You, Iaian Thomas wrote a breathtaking poem that I can’t stop thinking about.…

A Thousand Small, Glittering Kindnesses

Tricia Lott Williford December 23, 2022 No Comments

Today, I’ve been thinking about the time when we were on a layover at the airport and a young man…

A Slice of Cake Never Made Anybody Fat

Tricia Lott Williford December 20, 2022 No Comments

I didn’t write this, but I wish I did. And I don’t know who needs to hear this, but I…

A Few Days Later, Mary Hurried.

Tricia Lott Williford December 16, 2022 No Comments

A Few Days Later, Mary Hurried. These words lit up on the page today. I love when I see something…

The Champions of December: A Love Note to the Teachers

Tricia Lott Williford December 13, 2022 No Comments

Let’s talk about who’s really killing it during the month of December: The Teachers. They’re planning units that are the…

She Knows What’s Beautiful

Tricia Lott Williford December 5, 2022 No Comments

My pastor told the story this weekend of a now-famous experiment conducted by Gene Weingarten from the Washington Post. Weingarten…

Waymaking at the Train Station

Tricia Lott Williford December 1, 2022 No Comments

I am sitting in Denver’s Union Station. I’m not taking a train anywhere, but the station is pure magic to…

Trees and Lights and Timing: Let It Be

Tricia Lott Williford November 16, 2022 No Comments

‘Tis the season for all the sparkly things. I live in a house divided, and the majority of us are…

Dynamic Duos and “The Guy with the Hoe”

Tricia Lott Williford October 31, 2022 3 Comments

Today makes seventeen halloweens. And I have very little to do with any of it. I’m now the comfy lady…

The Thing about a Parade

Tricia Lott Williford April 10, 2022 5 Comments

I’ve been in my share of parades. Probably more than my share, actually. Marching band parades, down the main street…

Confused and Full of Cheese

Tricia Lott Williford December 31, 2021 2 Comments

I wrote this week that we have now officially entered the week of the year when I have no idea…

“Favored.”

Tricia Lott Williford December 22, 2021 7 Comments

My first husband died eleven years ago, on the morning of December 23, 2010. In the days to follow, I…

Repeat the Sounding Joy

Tricia Lott Williford December 17, 2021 4 Comments

I have been thinking of the words, “Let every heart prepare him room.” As we prepare our homes, decorate our…

Halloweens Past: I’m the Cozy Sweatered Lady Now

Tricia Lott Williford October 31, 2021 1 Comment

I’m feeling the wonder of autumn tonight. (It’s probably because peeling apples makes me feel like a domestic goddess. I…

Forty-Two

Tricia Lott Williford July 25, 2021 4 Comments

I have turned forty-two. And so far, my senses are on hyperbolic overload with all that forty-two has already shown…

Thirteen Lessons I Learned from My Dad

Tricia Lott Williford June 19, 2021 4 Comments

Thirteen Things I Learned from my Dad: 1. If you’re going to get in trouble at school, let it be…

Easter Baskets. I Can Talk About It Now.

Tricia Lott Williford April 9, 2021 4 Comments

I made a fatal error this week. Its name is Easter Baskets. For a while I couldn’t talk about it,…

Thank you, Mary.

Tricia Lott Williford December 25, 2020 2 Comments

I remember when each of my boys was born, the sweet relief of holding them, meeting them, beginning this new…

That Time When I Lost a Manuscript

Tricia Lott Williford December 22, 2020 7 Comments

Tricia said: “Laptop, Open Manuscript.” And the Laptop said, “File Not Found.” Tricia said: “Look again, laptop. Find it, please.”…

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