Middle-School-Cafeteria Confidence Tricia Lott Williford January 26, 2018 3 Comments Well, I’m about to be a Middle School Parent. We went to the Parents’ Information Night this week, to dip… Read more
Boredom as a Lifestyle Tricia Lott Williford June 26, 2017 1 Comment Please indulge me while I tell you the story of the first and last time Bee ever claimed she was… Read more
Miracles and Hard Conversations Tricia Lott Williford June 6, 2017 3 Comments I love family movie night. I love the coziness and the blankets and the together of it all. It’s one… Read more
Love, Parenting, and Figuring it Out Tricia Lott Williford May 30, 2017 3 Comments Peter and I were fighting. Sort of. He says it wasn’t a “fight,” but it’s as much as we fight,… Read more
On the Day that You Were Born Tricia Lott Williford May 9, 2017 5 Comments Tyler is Ten. I realized this weekend that every single bit of baby is gone from him, even from his… Read more
A Word to Tired Moms of Little People Tricia Lott Williford April 20, 2017 1 Comment I happened onto this gold nugget my brother gave me several years ago, back when I was in the trenches… Read more
The Careful Balance Tricia Lott Williford April 5, 2017 1 Comment Parenting is a delicate recipe, a careful balance of this and that. A careful balance of TV and creative play,… Read more
She said, “Oh, honey, I’m not going to tell you.” Tricia Lott Williford March 29, 2017 2 Comments This conversation happened on a Sunday morning nearly a decade ago. This couple sat near us, and I met them… Read more
Compassion, Discipline, and The Crazy Hard. Tricia Lott Williford March 27, 2017 1 Comment Good parenting is crazy difficult. Just really hard. Like, really hard. We’ve been navigating some new waters here, teaching boundaries… Read more
Crumpled. Tricia Lott Williford February 10, 2017 1 Comment After my years in the classroom, I’m still kind of a junkie for lesson plans, bulletin boards, and great ideas… Read more
Hand Written Notes and Carousel Ponies Tricia Lott Williford December 3, 2016 No Comments We are in that sweet spot between Thanksgiving and Christmas, where it seems that everything around us takes a soft… Read more
Sex Talk in the Fourth Grade: Dads Do It Differently Tricia Lott Williford October 12, 2016 7 Comments “Mom, what’s porn?” It’s hard not to flinch with your fourth grader comes home with a new word like that… Read more
When Strong Women Do Great Things Tricia Lott Williford September 22, 2016 4 Comments “When strong women do great things, they have to do what it takes for everyone to be taken care of.”… Read more
Football, Concussions, and Parenting Tricia Lott Williford September 15, 2016 4 Comments It would have been great if we could have made it just a few more weeks (or longer… longer would… Read more
Pie Dates and Boy Pranks are Not My Gig. Tricia Lott Williford August 25, 2016 3 Comments “Hey, Mom? What happens if you accidentally drink vegetable oil?” “Wait. What? How does that happen, accidentally?” Peter and I… Read more
Boy Courage and a Green Bandana Tricia Lott Williford August 20, 2016 1 Comment I miss my son like crazy today. This does not usually happen. I am the biggest proponent for sending, launching,… Read more
On Dropping Plates Tricia Lott Williford August 15, 2016 4 Comments “The art of managing a lot of things is to never drop the same thing twice in a row.” Bishop… Read more
Old Dogs, New Tricks, and the Thing About Broken Fences Tricia Lott Williford July 27, 2016 3 Comments Peter brought two black Labrador retrievers to our family. He adopted my kids; I adopted his dogs. It’s a big… Read more
“Mom, Who Are You Voting For?” Tricia Lott Williford June 23, 2016 1 Comment Last night at dinner, the dinner conversation turned to politics, which is a new phenomenon since I’m apolitical. I don’t… Read more
Wedding Week: Doing This With Children Tricia Lott Williford May 23, 2016 7 Comments There’s a lot about this that I’ve done before, but there’s one major variable about this Wedding Week that is… Read more
