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Confessions of an External Processor

Tricia Lott Williford October 14, 2014 2 Comments

I am an external processor. I think out loud. If there’s something I’m thinking through, I can see through the [...]

The Happy Girls

Tricia Lott Williford September 29, 2014 1 Comment

“I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in [...]

A stack of blue and red “Hello, my name is” name tags or badges

“Mine” is a beautiful Name.

Tricia Lott Williford September 19, 2014 3 Comments

Names matter. What you call someone shapes their identity. What you call yourself becomes the core of who you are. [...]

The Worst Writing Advice I Ever Received

Tricia Lott Williford August 21, 2014 1 Comment

“Tricia, this isn’t your season for writing. Hopefully it will come in a few more years, likely after years of [...]

Just Another Beauty

Tricia Lott Williford July 12, 2014 2 Comments

“Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive. The next thing you know something [...]

close-up view on children teeth with braces

Like the Threads of a Tennis Racket

Tricia Lott Williford July 2, 2014 3 Comments

Most days I’m pretty sure the investment in my son’s personalized orthodontia will be worth it someday, but today is [...]

Though It Seems Out of Order

Tricia Lott Williford June 18, 2014 1 Comment

“Sometimes you’ve got to praise first and feel it later.” ~ Beth Moore

There Are People You Love

Tricia Lott Williford May 16, 2014 1 Comment

Sometimes there are people you love because you learned to love them a long time ago, because when you say, [...]

Privileged to Refuse

Tricia Lott Williford May 15, 2014 1 Comment

Sometimes reading … I look out at everything growing so wild and faithfully beaneath the sky and wonder why we [...]

Writing: An Invitation to be Misunderstood

Tricia Lott Williford February 25, 2014 No Comments

Helen Hunt says something pretty brilliant, and I paraphrase: “The key to humor is find the sensitive, most desperate, ridiculous [...]

The Words That Aren’t Mine

Tricia Lott Williford February 12, 2014 6 Comments

In Captivating, Stasi Eldridge writes a beautiful story about a time when she her husband John decide to go canoeing [...]

My Heart In the Marketplace

Tricia Lott Williford January 27, 2014 5 Comments

“What comes up, way down at the bottom, is that my heart is still broken from bringing out Writing Down [...]

Old Enough to Know

Tricia Lott Williford January 18, 2014 1 Comment

I think the birthdays that end in -5 feel different than the ones that end in -0. The -0 birthdays [...]

Hard Truths and Soft Landings

Tricia Lott Williford January 11, 2014 No Comments

We trust our friends to tell us what we need to know, and to shield us from what we don’t [...]

Becoming Sensuist

Tricia Lott Williford January 7, 2014 1 Comment

Use your eyes, as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind …. Hear the music of voices, the song of [...]

Small Slivers of Light

Tricia Lott Williford December 19, 2013 1 Comment

“It seems as though maybe this is an okay way to celebrate Christmas. That maybe this is the way you [...]

I Miss Loving You, December.

Tricia Lott Williford December 13, 2013 5 Comments

There seems to be a force field around me, like I’ve been visited by Violet in The Incredibles. Nothing can [...]

The Fact Is: I am Okay.

Tricia Lott Williford December 4, 2013 5 Comments

There are times when I find my heart in someone else’s words. When that’s the case, I don’t try to [...]

Pillow Talk

Tricia Lott Williford November 25, 2013 1 Comment

I love a cold house. Like, ridiculously so. My bedroom at night is downright cold. (You can blame a certain [...]

Mourning and Rejoicing

Tricia Lott Williford November 22, 2013 1 Comment

Sorrow never entirely leaves the soul of those who have suffered a severe loss. . . . but this depth [...]

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