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Until Then

Tricia Lott Williford October 31, 2013 1 Comment

Someday when I get to heaven, I’m going to ask God about right decisions and wrong ones. . . . [...]

Hope for My Girls

Tricia Lott Williford October 15, 2013 3 Comments

He had waited in line to share his words with me. (It always humbles me when people will stand in [...]

To Write It All Down

Tricia Lott Williford September 29, 2013 25 Comments

Seven years ago, when I started the blog, I wrote for myself. I wrote for the precious hour during naptime [...]

Dizzy.

Tricia Lott Williford September 7, 2013 1 Comment

“Any fool can choose the boy who sends her heart into a flurry. But there’s a big deep divide between [...]

The Beautiful Fight

Tricia Lott Williford September 6, 2013 4 Comments

I am reading The Beautiful Fight, by Gary Thomas. I am struck by the point of this chapter I [...]

The Keeping Quality

Tricia Lott Williford September 6, 2013 No Comments

There is something about the pace of letter writing that’s a welcome antidote to the speed of modern life. By [...]

Why? Right, but Why?

Tricia Lott Williford August 17, 2013 No Comments

Children are not aware of limitations. They just figure that if there’s something they don’t know, it’s because they haven’t [...]

The Rest Falls Into Place

Tricia Lott Williford August 11, 2013 1 Comment

It is our tradition to pass on some words of wisdom about how to have a happy marriage. I know [...]

On Call. Always.

Tricia Lott Williford July 25, 2013 1 Comment

“What does it feel like to be a mother?” Quiet, and then Joni says, “You know those doors where [...]

Air and Sunshine into My Brain

Tricia Lott Williford July 18, 2013 No Comments

Already I’ve seen that when you’re pulled away from your normal routine, it’s as though air and sunlight come into [...]

Serving Suggestion

Tricia Lott Williford July 12, 2013 No Comments

“I have a problem with ageism, overt and especially covert. My feeling about a person’s age is that it’s a [...]

To Act like the Letter Q

Tricia Lott Williford July 9, 2013 1 Comment

“Yoga is not exercise. It is a thinly disguised competition where people are judged on their personalized mats and cute [...]

Teethmarks

Tricia Lott Williford July 5, 2013 No Comments

In real life, get out of the way when a person with a gun is running down the street. In [...]

Loving Well

Tricia Lott Williford June 27, 2013 No Comments

“Loving well, stepping over hurt, laying aside self and desires, draws on more of our interior resources than investing in [...]

Whole Hearted Living

Tricia Lott Williford June 12, 2013 1 Comment

“Whole hearted living is about engaging in our lives from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion, [...]

Awful Grace of God

Tricia Lott Williford May 22, 2013 1 Comment

Aeschylus writes – “In our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our [...]

Square One

Tricia Lott Williford May 21, 2013 No Comments

“Michael, what if I say to myself, I’m ready, I want to have a whole new wonderful relationship, and then [...]

Talk Before Sleep

Tricia Lott Williford May 5, 2013 No Comments

“Our conversations are silly — about nothing, really, less and less consequential. But they are comforting to both of us, [...]

Marginal Scrawls

Tricia Lott Williford May 2, 2013 1 Comment

“In polite company, I know, writing in books is frowned upon, even considered vandalism. For others, it’s a form of [...]

To Someone Else

Tricia Lott Williford April 21, 2013 No Comments

“There is a value and comfort in being here and understanding what matters most is only who you were to [...]

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