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When A Codependent Gets Engaged

Tricia Lott Williford March 1, 2016 5 Comments

And so, with a sparkling ring on my left hand, I am faced with a second chance. A second chance…

A Few Things I Know About Suffering

Tricia Lott Williford January 26, 2016 2 Comments

I hate it when people think they know everything. Or even when someone has an inflated sense of what they…

The Choice To Watch the Movie

Tricia Lott Williford December 23, 2015 6 Comments

The thing is, I’ve lived a very, very sad story for the last five years. I’m crying today because it’s…

Between Past Pain and Redeemed Love: December 22

Tricia Lott Williford December 22, 2015 4 Comments

Words are living things in my imagination. Some of them are bubble cartoon fonts or rigid block letters or splashy…

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Earthquakes, Aftershocks, and Falling in Love

Tricia Lott Williford December 8, 2015 3 Comments

Falling in love is a little bit terrifying. And sometimes a lot bit. Remember that story of the morning when…

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There Are Things I Haven’t Told You

Tricia Lott Williford November 1, 2015 1 Comment

I have a photo of the Last Halloween. The boys are five and three years old, and they are dressed…

There Will Be No New Memories

Tricia Lott Williford October 15, 2015 10 Comments

I cannot speak for all of us who have lost someone. But I do think I can speak for most…

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Remembering the First Ever Mother-Son Flashlight Party

Tricia Lott Williford September 23, 2015 No Comments

I found this little ditty hiding in the archives. Look at this very sweet story. * * * Robb was…

Laundry, Socks, Sheets, and “Nipples.”

Tricia Lott Williford September 15, 2015 2 Comments

My mind does funny things when I’m folding laundry. It’s like all these little blends of cotton evoke some kind…

How To Talk To Your Children About Grief, Loss, and Death

Tricia Lott Williford September 5, 2015 2 Comments

My husband died when my children were three and five years old. I realize that’s a sudden and abrupt way…

I Will Miss You Always

Tricia Lott Williford August 27, 2015 No Comments

On a day with so few words, this poem offers the perfect ones. Happy birthday, Robb.

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Fifteen Years.

Tricia Lott Williford July 22, 2015 8 Comments

Fifteen years. That’s a lot of years. This would have been a milestone anniversary for us, I like to think. …

He Threw Down the Gauntlet on the Breckenridge River

Tricia Lott Williford July 8, 2015 2 Comments

Robb and I were in our twenties, and our children were merely a far-away-maybe-someday hope. It was just the two…

On Father’s Day

Tricia Lott Williford June 21, 2015 3 Comments

Sometimes there just aren’t words.

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Chicken Caesar Salad and the Entitled Bride

Tricia Lott Williford May 12, 2015 5 Comments

I ordered a Chicken Caesar Salad. There was so much chicken in it, really more than I needed. I found…

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A Few Things I Know

Tricia Lott Williford April 7, 2015 7 Comments

“What do you feel like you know, on that side of marriage?” On this side of marriage, I do think…

Lunchables, Goldfish Marriages, and Where The Red Fern Grows

Tricia Lott Williford February 28, 2015 5 Comments

“Mommy, did you know someone can die of a broken heart?” “I do know.” I very nearly have. I don’t…

Love Letters and a Shared History

Tricia Lott Williford February 23, 2015 5 Comments

I know that couple. I know them. How do I know them? I wracked my brain, skimming the files of…

Know People. Know Their Names.

Tricia Lott Williford February 17, 2015 7 Comments

There’s a story about a class of med students who are taking the final exam in a class where everything…

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To Be Loved So Much

Tricia Lott Williford February 4, 2015 11 Comments

My heart has been gripped by a love story that happened during the Hungarian Uprising in the 1950s. There was a…

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