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I Want To Show This To You.

Tricia Lott Williford May 7, 2024 1 Comment

There are things in my life that are too beautiful for words, so sacred, so layered that I can’t really…

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…

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