Three Days of Dopamine Tricia Lott Williford December 24, 2025 No Comments Listen. We learn things when we learn them. This one, I learned this year. I have never in my life… Read more
If Christmas Makes You Sad: A Quick and Dirty List Tricia Lott Williford December 23, 2025 1 Comment Maybe it’s a sad Christmas for you. Maybe it’s a year of firsts. Maybe Christmas is always hard for you.… Read more
Why It Takes So Long Tricia Lott Williford December 23, 2025 2 Comments When death comes at the end of a long life, we don’t wonder if it was time. We don’t wonder… Read more
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… Read more
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.… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
“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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
