Mother’s Day: Let’s Give Her A Book Tricia Lott Williford March 20, 2026 No Comments Many years ago, I read Billy Collins’ poem, The Lanyard. It’s an equally lovely and devastating poem about how, as… Read more
Sparkly, Shiny Promises Tricia Lott Williford March 24, 2025 2 Comments A decade ago, spring break had a very different vibe for my little family. I kept things lively with a… Read more
Cokes and Pizza and Mascara and High-Fives Tricia Lott Williford July 20, 2024 No Comments “Write about a time when you got exactly what you wanted.” Coke cans in the fridge and pizza boxes on… Read more
Winning and Losing and Driving Away Tricia Lott Williford May 29, 2024 3 Comments When you go enter a car dealership, you have to know you’re going to be on the losing end of… Read more
I Want To Show This To You. Tricia Lott Williford May 7, 2024 1 Comment There are things in my life that are too beautiful for words, so sacred, so layered that I can’t really… Read more
Oh, Prom. You Mess With My Heart. Tricia Lott Williford April 20, 2024 No Comments I found out on Tuesday that prom was happening. I mean, I knew prom was happening, the same way… Read more
We Call Her Big Mama Tricia Lott Williford May 20, 2023 2 Comments We call her Big Mama, and sometimes Mama Cass. She is the giant red umbrella that shades our patio during… Read more
This Mom, Other Moms, Shining Stars and State Testing Tricia Lott Williford March 26, 2023 2 Comments “Mom, can you opt us out of the state testing?” “Why?” “Because some other moms are doing that.” “Maybe they… Read more
Slaps. Tricia Lott Williford December 7, 2022 No Comments Our family schedule now allows for exactly two dinners together each week. Two nights a week, I pull out all… Read more
Baby Ben, a Digital Robot, & My First Go at Grandparenting Tricia Lott Williford November 18, 2022 No Comments My memory-keeper apps brought up this story from a year ago, when we got to know Baby Ben the digital… Read more
Too Soon for Neuter Jokes, Mom. Tricia Lott Williford November 9, 2022 1 Comment The puppies were spayed and neutered yesterday. Molly’s was laparoscopic, two small incisions, so she seems to be doing well.… Read more
Widows and Chick-fil-A Sauce Tricia Lott Williford August 15, 2022 2 Comments There’s a widow in our community whom I have long known from afar. I wrote an open letter to her… Read more
Freedom, Tight Shoes, and Green Beans from the Freezer Tricia Lott Williford August 12, 2022 6 Comments On my birthday, I exhaled into a new word: Freedom. For nearly three weeks of my new age of 43,… Read more
Baby Ben, a Digital Robot, & My First Go at Grandparenting Tricia Lott Williford November 18, 2021 4 Comments I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this recently, but Tuck is in tenth grade. He has far surpassed my height,… Read more
Gentlemen’s Academy Tricia Lott Williford September 19, 2021 8 Comments Somehow, I have become the mom sitting by the mirrors outside the men’s dressing room, while the sons try on… Read more
The Things We Might Say Tricia Lott Williford September 14, 2021 4 Comments If she tells you she wishes her car got better gas mileage, that doesn’t mean she wishes she’d never learned… 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
The Naked Movie Tricia Lott Williford June 22, 2021 1 Comment I am writing in the library today. A mom and her little girl – probably four years old – walked… Read more
Sears Portraits and Mother’s Day, circa 1997 Tricia Lott Williford May 9, 2021 No Comments “All I want for Mother’s Day is a picture of my kids,” she told us. Well, that’s simple enough. Plus,… Read more
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,… Read more
