I was driving home on a cold November evening, when I pulled up to a stoplight at a busy intersection. I saw a familiar face: a homeless man whom I've claimed as a friend of mine. His name is David. He lives outside in our city, making the rounds in a 4-mile radius. He shows […]
A Christmas Special: Give my book for Christmas! For $20, I'll send to you a *personalized, signed copy* of the book of your choice, including gift wrap and shipping. Straight to your door, complete with my love and doodles. Available Books: ~ Just You Wait ~ You Can Do This Available […]
Parents of Preschoolers and Toddlers, this season is the real deal, isn't it? You are in the t-r-e-n-c-h-e-s. When my guys were preschoolers, I had to have them out the door by 9:00am, or the house would surely crumble around us. I was sure of it, and my theory was fairly proven. And now, this […]
Looking through some old journals tonight, I found this dialogue from four-year-old Tucker: "Mommy, let's make a train. Tyler will be the engine and I'll be the caboose. You be the track." I wrote: That feels like the very definition of motherhood. All my love to of you "train tracks" out there. I raise […]
"Mom, I have nothing to read." "Sure you do. There's a whole bookshelf in the hallway. And three in the living room." "Nope. Nothing to read." "In this house? You have nothing to read in this house?" "Nothing." "Dude. How about Let's Pretend We're Normal?" It's my second book. We lovingly call her "Peggy." For […]
Has it ever happened to you that you’ve realized you’ve been doing all the wrong things? Maybe not all the wrong things, but just too many of not-the-best things? You guys, I've been running ragged. There's a pulse of living a writer's life, and I suppose it's not that different from living any other kind […]
Ever feel like you just have to pretend you’ve got this thing together? Pretend you’re brave? Pretend you’re normal? Tricia Lott Williford has released her second book, Let’s Pretend We’re Normal: Adventures in Rediscovering How To Be A Family. Teaching from the book and her story, Tricia will share "Four Steps for the Journey" as […]
Recently, FaithHappenings featured my writing in their Author Spotlight. Here's my interview with a splash of personality. What do you love to write and what inspired you to start? I love true stories told well, so my favorite genre is creative nonfiction. I tend to lean into real-life moments and do two things with them: dissect big emotions, giant […]
I’d venture to say that not every television anchor is willing to share the makeup room with the random and ever-changing “guest on today’s show.” It’s kind of an intimate space, that room of transformation. But Moira Brown is not just every television anchor, and there we sat, side by side in the makeup chairs […]
Please join me to celebrate the national release of my second book: Let's Pretend We're Normal Adventures in Rediscovering How To Be A Family Tuesday, May 5, 2015 6:30 pm Solid Grounds Coffee House 6504 S Broadway, Littleton, CO 80121 (303) 209-7494 This is my favorite coffee shop in all of Denver - it's the place […]
Remember how I told you that Jon Acuff is my friend, if only because I made a fool of myself in my one moment with him? There's one other reason. When I read someone's work and it changes my life, then we are are forever on a first-name basis in my imagination. If you speak […]
Last week, shortly after the UPS man delivered my copies of Let's Pretend We're Normal, my writing mind stopped working. I opened this box filled with the very fruition of the last 18 months, I breathed in the scent of paper and words and finishing, and my spirit exhaled a great sigh of relief. And […]
You guys know how to launch a social media campaign! Your shares, hashtags, pins, and tags were overwhelming, my friends. If I could choose my own virtual community, I would choose you. Here are the 15 Winners of early copies of Let's Pretend We're Normal: Christina Romero Julia Townsend Janet Worley Pam Hyer Emily Hall Laura Krstolic […]
So, the UPS guy came this weekend, which always makes me every kind of happy, and especially when I'm within One Month of a book release. I have fifteen copies to give away, and I'm running a contest this week. Here's the scoop. 1. If you're on Facebook, share this post on your wall to […]
“Mommy, did you know someone can die of a broken heart?” “I do know.” I very nearly have. I don't often get to be the one to decide when and where we will have these memorable conversations, and they most often emerge at stoplights, in public bathrooms, or in the frozen foods section. For this […]
Books are like babies. Hard to wait for, lots of work, and you can only hope it's not ugly. All the growing, planning, waiting. All the long hours and late nights. All the early excitement, then the "what were we thinking?" and then the fear that everyone else knows what they're doing and you're actually […]
I am putting the final loving touches on the next book, Let's Pretend We're Normal. (If perhaps you are thinking, "Trish, didn't you already do that?" then to you I say, "Yes, and this is the ongoing joy of the writing life until the publisher waves the checkered flag. It's never finished, merely abandoned.") I […]
A treehouse in an upside down world. Balloons and sparrows notwithstanding. It's pretty much the most perfect illustration of my life in the last four years. My compliments to the artistic team at Waterbrook Multnomah - you nailed it. Let's Pretend We're Normal Adventures in Rediscovering How To Be A Family Coming on May 5, […]
Let's Pretend We're Normal Adventures in Rediscovering How To Be a Family When Tricia Lott Williford's thirty-five-year-old husband died suddenly after a misdiagnosed twelve-hour illness, she awakened to an upside-down world that she didn't recognize, and yet it seemed to belong to her. Her two young sons were fatherless and a little too fearless, and […]
