by Tricia Lott Williford | Sep 19, 2020 | Broken Foot Summer, Life As A Mom, On My Mind, Parenting, Peter, Pictures, Writing
Today, I said thank you to the Starbucks barista who made my Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew, even though she is complicit in my addiction. I won’t press charges as long as she keeps making that goodness that unabashedly defines autumn for my soul. Today, I said thank...
by Tricia Lott Williford | Apr 8, 2020 | All Boy, Archives of Tuck and Ty, For Real?, I Am Ridiculous, Life As A Mom, Tyler
It’s been more than a decade since this Good Friday situation, the day Baby Tyler locked Toddler Tucker and me in a second story bedroom for an hour and a half, and our rescue involved three strangers, three firemen, a fire truck, three police officers, several...
by Tricia Lott Williford | Apr 2, 2020 | Archives of Tuck and Ty, For Real?, Let's Pretend We're Normal, Life As A Mom, My Faith, My Family, Parenting, We Are A Tricycle, You Can Do This
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...
by Tricia Lott Williford | Mar 30, 2020 | All Boy, For Real?, Let's Pretend We're Normal, Life As A Mom, Tuck
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...
by Tricia Lott Williford | Mar 25, 2020 | Life As A Mom, On My Mind, Once in a Lifetime, Parenting
Have you noticed? We have become people who are counting. We are counting things. We are counting days. We are counting people on the walking trail. Counting people who are sick – and even sweeter, counting the people who have recovered. We have stepped into the...
by Tricia Lott Williford | Mar 24, 2020 | All Boy, Life As A Mom, My Family, On My Mind, Parenting, Remembering, Tuck, Tyler
A few years ago, I kept things lively with a special treat for the boys each day of spring break. One day, we visited the arcade with a handful of quarters for their glorious spending pleasure. Tuck spent his coins on experiences: virtual motorcycle rides and shooting...