One Does What One Can Tricia Lott Williford February 13, 2026 1 Comment The world is on fire right now. Things are atrociously wrong. There is a call to action. There is a… Read more
The Goal: To Love Anything This Much Tricia Lott Williford January 3, 2026 2 Comments It’s the season of thrifting, and this has put me in a pensive and thoughtful place. When I go thrifting,… Read more
Why It Takes So Long Tricia Lott Williford December 23, 2025 2 Comments When death comes at the end of a long life, we don’t wonder if it was time. We don’t wonder… Read more
Books & Diane Keaton Tricia Lott Williford October 12, 2025 3 Comments On the long list of things I love, there are two strong themes: Books and Diane Keaton. About ten years… Read more
Tree Trunks Tricia Lott Williford September 22, 2025 2 Comments I am forty-six years old, and since I am finally the age that I am, I feel old enough to… Read more
On Cooking Tricia Lott Williford December 28, 2024 No Comments “I do not cook,” I have often said in the last couple of years. I allowed that this could be… Read more
The Summer I Fell In Love Tricia Lott Williford August 3, 2024 No Comments Once upon a summertime, my youngest cousins and I were looking for something to do. It was on a long… Read more
Food Courts and School Buses: An Abstract Pondering Tricia Lott Williford January 6, 2024 No Comments Seating is so limited at the mall today that people have resorted to sharing tables with strangers. How very… Read more
The Power of “This.” Tricia Lott Williford May 26, 2023 2 Comments Significance is a desire within us, a birthright. We each long to matter, to be extraordinary, to be outstanding, to… Read more
The Worst Dog I Ever Had Tricia Lott Williford May 17, 2023 1 Comment “We rescued him from the mall.” That’s what I always say to describe how he came to be ours. In… Read more
That’s Not Everything About Her Tricia Lott Williford February 14, 2023 4 Comments We had just introduced ourselves, this group of people who would share the day together. They’re somewhere in between learning… Read more
Names I Can’t Say Yet Tricia Lott Williford February 10, 2023 1 Comment I have students whose names I cannot pronounce yet. I’ve never learned how to read these collections of letters. When… Read more
A Thousand Small, Glittering Kindnesses Tricia Lott Williford December 23, 2022 No Comments Today, I’ve been thinking about the time when we were on a layover at the airport and a young man… Read more
The Champions of December: A Love Note to the Teachers Tricia Lott Williford December 13, 2022 No Comments Let’s talk about who’s really killing it during the month of December: The Teachers. They’re planning units that are the… Read more
Listen, I Know It Wasn’t Safe. Tricia Lott Williford November 4, 2022 5 Comments I was driving home on a cold November evening, when I pulled up to a stoplight at a busy intersection.… Read more
A Voice and A Choice Tricia Lott Williford November 2, 2022 3 Comments “Tricia, this weekend we will be spending time with a ten-year-old boy whose mom died recently. What cues do you… Read more
Just Create: A Myth About Christian Art Tricia Lott Williford October 29, 2022 1 Comment What’s the deal with Christian art? Why is some of it – most of it – so boring, so two-dimensional?… Read more
Thanks a lot, Eve. Tricia Lott Williford October 28, 2022 6 Comments I know Eve’s story. So do you. She’s the reason we have mosquito bites and skin cancer and miscarriages and… Read more
Juggling the Glass and the Plastic Tricia Lott Williford October 21, 2022 3 Comments I read recently about an interview with author Nora Roberts, where someone asked her how to balance writing and kids.… 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
