Remembering - Tricia Lott Williford

The Great Denim Skirt Debate of 1993

by Tricia Lott Williford | Nov 15, 2020 | My Family, Parenting, Remembering

Everybody who becomes an adult has to be fourteen once, and it’s a rough time of transition for everybody involved in that year of slamming bedroom doors. It’s a year of strong emotions, and manipulating heartstrings like one learning to play a violin: screeching and...

Cheezits Communion

by Tricia Lott Williford | Apr 10, 2020 | Holidays, My Faith, My Family, Peter, Quotables, Remembering, The Bible

Every night, we have ice cream at 8:00. And some evenings, we have it at other times, because it’s 8:00 somewhere. We are living it up in our locked up condition. Last night, before our evening constitution, Peter brought us all together at the dining room...

Sparkly, Shiny Promises

by Tricia Lott Williford | Mar 24, 2020 | All Boy, Life As A Mom, My Family, On My Mind, Parenting, Remembering, Tuck, Tyler

A few years ago, I kept things lively with a special treat for the boys each day of spring break. One day, we visited the arcade with a handful of quarters for their glorious spending pleasure. Tuck spent his coins on experiences: virtual motorcycle rides and shooting...

Grace Lives in the Inevitable

by Tricia Lott Williford | Jan 10, 2020 | On the Air, Once in a Lifetime, Remembering, TLW

What advice would you give to the younger you? ⠀ ⠀ “Love Hard. Especially because I now know what that would cost me… to love hard. And I would do it all again. I wouldn’t have spared myself any of the pain that I have gone through by loving hard, and by loving...

A Voice and A Choice

by Tricia Lott Williford | Nov 18, 2019 | Courage, Deep Sadness, On My Mind, Remembering

Tricia, this weekend we will be spending time with a ten-year-old boy whose mom died recently. What cues do you have for me for interacting with a heartbroken boy? Our time together is probably meant to be a fun distraction, NOT a heart-to-heart conversation moment,...

That’s Some Serious Staying Power

by Tricia Lott Williford | Jul 2, 2019 | Books, Courage, Deep Sadness, Just You Wait, Remembering, TLW

When death comes at the end of a long life, we don’t wonder if it was time. We don’t wonder if God is good. But when death comes unexpectedly to a child or a teenager or a young parent, it is hard to believe that death can be a good thing. It is hard to believe that...