by Tricia Lott Williford | Jun 17, 2018 | All Boy, Girl Meets Boy, Holidays, Love Comes Back, My Family, Peter, Single Parenting
When a single mom goes out on a date with somebody new It always winds up feeling more like a job interview My mama used to wonder if she’d ever meet someone Who wouldn’t find out about me and then turn around and run I met the man I call my dad when I was...
by Tricia Lott Williford | May 21, 2016 | Captured Moments, Girl Meets Boy, Love Comes Back, On My Mind, Peter, Remembering, Single Parenting, We Are A Tricycle
It is Wedding Week. I am in the last seven days of one of the most sacred seasons of my life. I am ‘between beds’ like some people are ‘between jobs’ or ‘between relationships.’ We’ve moved the Single Girl’s Bed out, but the Married Couple’s Bed hasn’t arrived yet. So...
by Tricia Lott Williford | Mar 17, 2016 | Courage, Deep Sadness, Peter, Single Parenting
“On the slips of paper in front of you, I’d like for you to write down your top five priorities. Think of the most important things in your life, and write one on each slip of paper.” Peter and I were in the second half of a two-day marriage workshop this past weekend...
by Tricia Lott Williford | Feb 18, 2016 | Parenting, Quotables, Single Parenting
When our kids were little, we were so uptight. It was so important to us that our kids do the right things, say the right things, belong to the right things. That’s all well and good, and I encourage you to do those things. Learn all you can. Pray for your kids. Get...
by Tricia Lott Williford | Feb 16, 2016 | Life As A Mom, Love Comes Back, Single Parenting
We were in that post-bedtime crazy-making part of the day. I had given them all I’m going to give, I had done all the talking and listening I was going to do with a happy heart, and they were testing God’s protection in their lives by pushing me to my very limits. I...
by Tricia Lott Williford | Jan 11, 2016 | Girl Meets Boy, Single Parenting, We Are A Tricycle
I’ve never introduced the boys to anyone I’ve dated throughout the last five years because I was so deeply committed to protecting their hearts and not parading men through this house who wouldn’t be around for next Sunday’s dinner. (Not that I dated with this kind of...