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… Read more
The Truth about My Coffee Tricia Lott Williford July 11, 2013 No Comments I wanted to like coffee. I wanted to want it. It just looked so sophisticated, so conversational, to hold a… Read more
The Year I Blew It on Father’s Day Tricia Lott Williford June 16, 2013 1 Comment Robb was a pro at celebrating Mother’s Day. We didn’t have many years together as parents, but he was always… Read more
Full Immersion Tricia Lott Williford June 5, 2013 1 Comment I have a new iPhone cover. I went with Royal Blue. (Apparently I capitalize colors of royalty.) The Verizon girl… Read more
Racquetball Glove Tricia Lott Williford May 1, 2013 8 Comments Tyler found Robb’s racquetball bag. He used to play an evening or two each week, and his bag had not… Read more
Conflicted Tricia Lott Williford April 25, 2013 9 Comments I wonder if he felt conflicted. I wonder, at what point did he know he was dying? When did he… Read more
Operation: Talk to Me. {One Year Ago} Tricia Lott Williford March 22, 2013 1 Comment And then it was 2012, and Tucker was six and a half. And our lives had changed on so many… Read more
Operation: Talk to Me. {Three Years Ago} Tricia Lott Williford March 22, 2013 No Comments And then it was 2010, and we were a family of four with a Chocolate Labrador. And Tucker was experimenting… Read more
Operation: Talk To Me. {Four Years Ago} Tricia Lott Williford March 22, 2013 No Comments And then Tucker was three, and Tyler was one. It was 2009, and my boys were discovering one another. *… Read more
Operation: Talk to Me. {Five Years Ago} Tricia Lott Williford March 22, 2013 4 Comments Picture this: 28-year-old me. Young wife and frazzled mom of Baby Tyler and two-year-old Tuck, neither of whom were talking… Read more
Meet The Person of Their Memories Tricia Lott Williford March 12, 2013 7 Comments Please go to funerals. Go to calling hours and wakes. Please go. Perhaps you knew the person well, and it… Read more
She Tricia Lott Williford February 27, 2013 11 Comments She made an appointment to visit the house that was hers the day before. She brought two friends along, who… Read more
One Box on the Counter Tricia Lott Williford February 26, 2013 9 Comments The girl next to me on the plane looks like Amanda Seyfried, from Les Mis and Mamma Mia. Which means… Read more
Lucky Tricia Lott Williford February 23, 2013 4 Comments Today, I sat with a woman whose husband died nine months ago. This weekend is her first step into the… Read more
The Day Before The Day Tricia Lott Williford December 22, 2012 14 Comments Tomorrow is the anniversary. But today is too. Today is the Day Before the Day. Tomorrow is the day he… Read more
A Picture for the Classroom Tricia Lott Williford September 25, 2012 17 Comments Tucker’s teacher met me on the sidewalk as the children streamed out of the school. She had her arm around… Read more
A Day for Root Beer Floats Tricia Lott Williford August 27, 2012 4 Comments “Guys, do you know what today is? It’s Daddy’s birthday.” “Yes!! That means we can have root beer floats today! … Read more
What If I Miss This? Tricia Lott Williford July 27, 2012 3 Comments This post was previously published in 2008, in an entirely different life stage that challenged me in so many different… Read more
Outdated Popsicles Tricia Lott Williford July 16, 2012 2 Comments Tyler handed me his Popsicle stick and asked me to read the (forever and always lame) joke printed on the… Read more
Elegant Denial Tricia Lott Williford July 10, 2012 3 Comments I tossed out a bottle of his vitamins today. I puzzle myself with the things I have kept all this… Read more
