Parenting - Tricia Lott Williford

Juggling the Glass and the Plastic

by Tricia Lott Williford | Sep 24, 2020 | Courage, My Family, On My Mind, Parenting, You Can Do This

I read recently about an interview with author Nora Roberts, where someone asked her how to balance writing and kids. (Anything of this specific genre grabs my attention faster than a barista calling out the cup with my name on it.) She said the key to juggling is to...

Raindrops, Bicycle Gears, and Morrie

by Tricia Lott Williford | Sep 21, 2020 | Courage, Deep Sadness, On My Mind, Parenting, Quotables, You Can Do This

Three things have happened, and they are sorting themselves into the same space of my mind, as if they belong there together. First, I sat outside during a summer evening rain shower. The tasks of the day were finished, we were in the after-dinner space of each doing...

Today, I Said Thank You.

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...

“… but I don’t know what to say.”

by Tricia Lott Williford | Jun 5, 2020 | Courage, Deep Sadness, Leadership, Parenting

When my family goes away for a bit, things fall to pieces. When we got on the cruise ship in March, it was still safe to travel. When we got off the ship, the pandemic had hit, and we barely made it home. Everything had changed. Schools were closing, small...

Front Lines and Finish Lines

by Tricia Lott Williford | May 18, 2020 | Courage, My Family, Parenting, School Daze, You Can Do This

This is the final week of distance learning, a household term that nobody knew three months ago. This week, we go to the school to pick up what was left behind in their lockers in the Great Middle School Rapture of March 2020. One of the parents commented on the...

So Much “Leisure Time”

by Tricia Lott Williford | May 1, 2020 | All Boy, For Real?, On My Mind, Parenting, School Daze

Back when I was navigating the long days with little people, some researchers endeared themselves to me with a released study that indicated that stay-at-home parents have 30+ hours of leisure time each week. They implied there’s no reason to complain about...