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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...