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Locked in a Bedroom: A Good Friday Gone Wrong
Tricia Lott Williford
April 8, 2020
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It’s been more than a decade since this Good Friday situation, the day Baby Tyler locked Toddler Tucker and me…
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Jesus Didn’t Parent Toddlers: A Love Letter to the Parents of Littles
Tricia Lott Williford
April 2, 2020
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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…
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The Very Definition
Tricia Lott Williford
March 30, 2020
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Looking through some old journals tonight, I found this dialogue from four-year-old Tucker: “Mommy, let’s make a train. Tyler…
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The Collective Reflective
Tricia Lott Williford
March 25, 2020
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Have you noticed? We have become people who are counting. We are counting things. We are counting days. We are…
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“Don’t Use Her Name.”
Tricia Lott Williford
February 20, 2020
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My son witnessed an assault against a young woman in his P.E. Class. A situation of a young man wielding…
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The Rules of Being a Stage Mom
Tricia Lott Williford
January 28, 2020
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There are rules to this gig of Stage Mom. I’m a babe in the woods, learning as I go. For…
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He Remembers It Differently
Tricia Lott Williford
November 22, 2019
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Timehop is a lovely invention of an app. I love how it gently knocks on the door of my mind…
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I Guess I Didn’t Realize
Tricia Lott Williford
September 12, 2019
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Scrolling through the photos on my iPhone, Tyler saw a candid picture of him and me at my 40th birthday…
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Creatures of Wonder
Tricia Lott Williford
August 3, 2019
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Creature of wonder, man-child of mine. You look like a puzzling and impossible blend of genetics, of his eyebrows and…
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“It gets better.”
Tricia Lott Williford
July 29, 2019
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“Mom, I wish you had some kind of record of the things I said when I was little.” The incredulous…
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To Say Their Names
Tricia Lott Williford
May 10, 2019
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“Let me find a picture that shows her hair,” she said, scrolling through the pictures on her phone. We were…
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The Last Dance
Tricia Lott Williford
March 9, 2019
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Parenting is filled with finality. I mean, they say your role as a parent never ends, and I get that,…
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But If I Slow Down…
Tricia Lott Williford
December 12, 2018
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Two days ago, I barreled through my to-do list. It probably looks like yours, errands and groceries and dinner and…
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Parents, Patients, and Bendy Straws: The Hospital Waiting Room
Tricia Lott Williford
December 6, 2018
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The waiting room in the surgery center at Children’s Hospital is a tender place. So many parents. So much waiting.…
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“Mom, I have nothing to read.”
Tricia Lott Williford
November 15, 2018
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“Mom, I have nothing to read.” “Sure you do. There’s a whole bookshelf in the hallway. And three in the…
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Rites of Passage: Cop, Coach, Consultant
Tricia Lott Williford
September 10, 2018
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This morning, my oldest boy turned thirteen, and my younger boy boarded the bus for three days at Outdoor Ed.…
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So Big, So Small
Tricia Lott Williford
August 27, 2018
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It was a February day When your dad came by, before going away A U-Haul truck in the driveway The…
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The Stages of The Carpool Lane, and also I Wrote a New Book
Tricia Lott Williford
August 24, 2018
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The carpool lane might be one of the world’s best arguments for homeschooling. If there’s one thing that most consistently…
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Why I Won’t Get the Award for Mother of the Year
Tricia Lott Williford
June 28, 2018
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Throwing it back to a post from 2008,when my babies were two and almost-one, I was sleepless and underfed, Robb and…
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When “ish” is Enough
Tricia Lott Williford
June 11, 2018
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I sent two boys off to summer camp this morning. One boy was locked and loaded, ready for every single…
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