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In the Cave

Tricia Lott Williford December 22, 2013 7 Comments

How are you holding up? What are you up to? I’m in bed. The short response worries me. Not good, [...]

One Thousand Days Later

Tricia Lott Williford December 22, 2013 6 Comments

I don’t really know how it happened, since I have long loved Chris Tomlin. But somehow, I had never heard [...]

Siberia, A Limousine, and the Cool Factor

Tricia Lott Williford December 6, 2013 1 Comment

There was this time? In seventh grade? On Valentine’s Day? When my dad picked me up from school in a [...]

What I Learned on the Massage Table

Tricia Lott Williford November 18, 2013 6 Comments

I used to say that a trip to the grocery store sans children was just like a trip to the [...]

Seven Feet of White Lit Brilliance.

Tricia Lott Williford November 17, 2013 3 Comments

I’m sitting in my papisan chair, the one that must be balanced against a corner of my writing studio or [...]

Itchy

Tricia Lott Williford November 16, 2013 2 Comments

Prompt: “Write about feeling Itchy.” The summer before tenth grade, I decided to make a few extra bucks by weeding [...]

S-P-I-R-I-T – SPIRIT.

Tricia Lott Williford September 20, 2013 1 Comment

Tonight, I will take the boys to their first high school football game. They will see the crowds, smell the [...]

I’m Mad at My Kindergarten Teacher

Tricia Lott Williford September 17, 2013 5 Comments

What do I remember about kindergarten? Instantly, I feel a knot in my stomach that accompanied me to school each [...]

Truly Something.

Tricia Lott Williford September 16, 2013 1 Comment

“What was the first thing you noticed about your spouse?” The women are seated on one side of the [...]

Heavy.

Tricia Lott Williford September 4, 2013 3 Comments

I looked at pictures of him. Alive. Playing with my sons, tossing them into the pool as they giggled with [...]

“Oh, yeah. That so happened to me, too.”

Tricia Lott Williford August 28, 2013 1 Comment

Jack stopped by to show us the brand new red cast on his arm. Evidence of a battle wound when [...]

Happy Birthday, My Love.

Tricia Lott Williford August 27, 2013 8 Comments

I am taking two little boys out of school in the middle of the day. We will have root beer [...]

Jeans, Today and Tomorrow: It’s good to be an Adult.

Tricia Lott Williford August 26, 2013 2 Comments

There was a careful algorithm, in sixth, seventh and eighth grade, to choose my clothes for the following day. Oh, [...]

TGI Fridays and Saved by the Bell

Tricia Lott Williford August 17, 2013 1 Comment

I’m on a date with myself. Which means I’m going to act like I’m on a date with someone important [...]

Like Father, Like Son.

Tricia Lott Williford August 11, 2013 1 Comment

As we left church today, Tucker held the door for me. And as I passed by, I heard myself say, [...]

Birthday Cake

Tricia Lott Williford July 24, 2013 2 Comments

Sometimes I’m not sure if I really remember something because it’s genuinely my memory, or if it’s because I’ve heard [...]

Closing a Gap isn’t Healing a Wound

Tricia Lott Williford July 20, 2013 9 Comments

I cannot think. I cannot. I can only cry. Darkness. Hopeless. Two and a half years later. Time has [...]

Looking Anywhere Else

Tricia Lott Williford July 19, 2013 3 Comments

When I miss Robb more than I can stand, when I can’t bear to look it in the face, I [...]

Just In Case

Tricia Lott Williford July 16, 2013 No Comments

You know that faithful caution that’s outside elevators? In case of fire, use stairs. When I was a little girl, [...]

Not into my July

Tricia Lott Williford July 14, 2013 No Comments

July, I have tried to pretend you don’t matter to me. I’ve made little mention of any of your significance [...]

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