School Daze - Tricia Lott Williford

School is In Session

by Tricia Lott Williford | Feb 9, 2021 | And Life Comes Back, School Daze, Tuck, Tyler, You Can Do This

I took my children to school today. It felt gloriously normal, like muscles that have ached to be stretched. It’s hard to be isolated in eighth and ninth grade. As a friend of mine said, “Once I started ninth grade, my social life was so busy that I pretty...

Front Lines and Finish Lines

by Tricia Lott Williford | May 18, 2020 | Courage, My Family, Parenting, School Daze, You Can Do This

This is the final week of distance learning, a household term that nobody knew three months ago. This week, we go to the school to pick up what was left behind in their lockers in the Great Middle School Rapture of March 2020. One of the parents commented on the...

So Much “Leisure Time”

by Tricia Lott Williford | May 1, 2020 | All Boy, For Real?, On My Mind, Parenting, School Daze

Back when I was navigating the long days with little people, some researchers endeared themselves to me with a released study that indicated that stay-at-home parents have 30+ hours of leisure time each week. They implied there’s no reason to complain about...

The Sadness is Real: An Open Letter to the Teachers

by Tricia Lott Williford | Mar 19, 2020 | Deep Sadness, On My Mind, School Daze

“What’s keeping you awake at night?” A friend of mine asks this question when she wants to get the to the heart of what’s on the minds of the people she loves. The worries that keep us awake at night can point to the core of who we are....

The Stages of The Carpool Lane, and also I Wrote a New Book

by Tricia Lott Williford | Aug 24, 2018 | Books, I Am Ridiculous, Just You Wait, Life As A Mom, My Family, Parenting, School Daze, TLW

The carpool lane might be one of the world’s best arguments for homeschooling. If there’s one thing that most consistently makes me impatient, or straight up makes me lose my mind, it’s the morning carpool lane at my kids’ school. If you could be a...

Middle-School-Cafeteria Confidence

by Tricia Lott Williford | Jan 26, 2018 | Every Confidence, Life As A Mom, Parenting, School Daze, You Can Do This

Well, I’m about to be a Middle School Parent. We went to the Parents’ Information Night this week, to dip our toes into the unknown waters of this next life stage. Buckle up, warriors. It’s almost game time. Peter and I parked the car and followed...