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I Married an Alcoholic.

Tricia Lott Williford January 19, 2024 9 Comments

This holds some honest truths and rough language. Read with that awareness and without my apologies, because when you tell [...]

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 [...]

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On Thankfulness and Not Eloping

Tricia Lott Williford November 3, 2022 2 Comments

I have a (deeply empathic) friend who feels sorry for Thanksgiving every year. She says it gets swallowed up in [...]

Dynamic Duos and “The Guy with the Hoe”

Tricia Lott Williford October 31, 2022 3 Comments

Today makes seventeen halloweens. And I have very little to do with any of it. I’m now the comfy lady [...]

Gentlemen’s Academy

Tricia Lott Williford September 19, 2021 8 Comments

Somehow, I have become the mom sitting by the mirrors outside the men’s dressing room, while the sons try on [...]

Forty-Two

Tricia Lott Williford July 25, 2021 4 Comments

I have turned forty-two. And so far, my senses are on hyperbolic overload with all that forty-two has already shown [...]

Even When He Doesn’t: A Piece with Ann Voskamp

Tricia Lott Williford June 21, 2021 No Comments

My husband (Peter) and I have two vastly different stories of faith miracles. He begged and pleaded with God from [...]

1,826 Days: What Do I Know Now

Tricia Lott Williford May 28, 2021 6 Comments

I read somewhere, the only difference between a first marriage and a second is this: the second time, you know [...]

Sexy at Sixty: Macabre and The Baltimore Orioles

Tricia Lott Williford April 15, 2021 No Comments

Peter turned sixty yesterday, and one day in, he keeps discussing his “advanced age.” Every time I enter the room, [...]

“I’ve Seen Better Legs on a Table”

Tricia Lott Williford September 22, 2020 3 Comments

I am forty-one years old. That happened this summer. I am solid in my emotional convictions about birthdays (love them) [...]

Today, I Said Thank You.

Tricia Lott Williford September 19, 2020 19 Comments

Today, I said thank you to the Starbucks barista who made my Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew, even though she is [...]

Ranch Dressing and Orgasms

Tricia Lott Williford April 23, 2020 8 Comments

“Mom, did you know they make ranch dressing seasoning?” one son says. “I feel like she bought that already,” says [...]

Cheezits Communion

Tricia Lott Williford April 10, 2020 7 Comments

Every night, we have ice cream at 8:00. And some evenings, we have it at other times, because it’s 8:00 [...]

A Dog, A Commercial, and My Imaginary Friends

Tricia Lott Williford February 28, 2020 No Comments

Peter’s talent agent booked him for his next gig. “Pete, let’s have the wife come along this time – oh, [...]

The Rules of Being a Stage Mom

Tricia Lott Williford January 28, 2020 11 Comments

There are rules to this gig of Stage Mom. I’m a babe in the woods, learning as I go. For [...]

Ice Storms and Lemon Pies

Tricia Lott Williford November 29, 2019 3 Comments

When your husband helps a man get his car out of the snow, and the man can’t speak English because [...]

You’re Invitied to the Tattered Cover This Saturday!

Tricia Lott Williford November 21, 2019 3 Comments

If you’re in the Denver area this weekend, I’d love to see you on Saturday as The Tattered Cover at [...]

Balls, Strikes, and Courage

Tricia Lott Williford September 19, 2019 5 Comments

Just when I thought I knew my role as Baseball Mom, my boys changed their position on the field. They’re [...]

The Great Wrigley Test

Tricia Lott Williford August 30, 2019 11 Comments

“So, Tricia, do you love baseball?” People ask me this question often, and I have a standard true answer: “I [...]

Chicago Hot Dogs and Audio Books

Tricia Lott Williford August 25, 2019 19 Comments

I am both horrified and mortified to tell you this, but it is true. I gained ten pounds in Chicago [...]

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