by Tricia Lott Williford | Jul 29, 2019 | Archives of Tuck and Ty, Courage, Deep Sadness, Life As A Mom, Life Comes Back, Love Comes Back, My Family, Tyler, You Can Do This
“Mom, I wish you had some kind of record of the things I said when I was little.” The incredulous look on my face may have been apparent to him, and I didn’t mind. I wasn’t hiding it. “Tyler, are you kidding me right now?”...
by Tricia Lott Williford | Dec 23, 2015 | Deep Sadness, Life Comes Back, Remembering, Uncategorized
The thing is, I’ve lived a very, very sad story for the last five years. I’m crying today because it’s still sad. No matter what else is true, is coming true, will later be true, that story I lived is still true. Five years later, it unfolds in movie scenes. You know...
by Tricia Lott Williford | Dec 15, 2015 | Girl Meets Boy, Life Comes Back, Love Comes Back, On My Mind
I made Mexican Queso tonight for dinner, and you would have thought the circus was coming to town for the great delight I found in every single detail. Or something better than that, since I’m only so-so on the circus. My joy was definitely far greater than the...
by Tricia Lott Williford | Apr 7, 2015 | Girl Meets Boy, Life Comes Back, Remembering
“What do you feel like you know, on that side of marriage?” On this side of marriage, I do think I know a few things I didn’t know before – before I married him, before he died, before I found air to breathe again. I know now that it’s...
by Tricia Lott Williford | May 5, 2014 | All Boy, Life As A Mom, Life Comes Back
“Guys, this week, a friend of mine is coming to take some pictures of us. She’s an author and a photographer, and she’s writing a book about courageous women.” “What is ‘courageous’?” “It means strong and brave and... by Tricia Lott Williford | Apr 28, 2014 | Captured Moments, Life As A Mom, Life Comes Back, Uncategorized
He was playing with some new (albeit thus far nameless) friends at the play area at the mall. They leapfrogged over giant toads and balanced on logs. They climbed up when I asked them to slide down. I asked them to go feet first and forward. They went head first and...