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Backpack Sensitivity

Tricia Lott Williford July 30, 2012 2 Comments

A few weeks ago, in an award-winning display of school year preparedness, I bought new backpacks for the boys. Tucker [...]

Outdated Popsicles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 [...]

Kitchen Experiments

Tricia Lott Williford July 10, 2012 5 Comments

“Boys, what is the only rule when you do your kitchen experiments?” “Don’t make anything explode,” Tyler offers. Experiments are [...]

Turning Points

Tricia Lott Williford July 9, 2012 13 Comments

“Boys, I have a phone call with a publisher. Do you remember what publishers do?” “Yes, they make books.” “Right. [...]

Smoothies, to be or not to be.

Tricia Lott Williford July 6, 2012 8 Comments

“Tell me something you think about, Tyler,” my mom asks him. “I think about Wow Wow Wubzy.” This is the [...]

EpiPen Not Included

Tricia Lott Williford June 29, 2012 9 Comments

This week at Vacation Bible School, there was a small degree of panic and pandemonium when a little boy announced [...]

Who Wins?

Tricia Lott Williford June 18, 2012 2 Comments

Tyler and I have not seen eye to eye in a number of days. He is in a screaming fit [...]

Man or Muppet

Tricia Lott Williford June 15, 2012 2 Comments

” Grandma, are the Muppets real?” “They are puppets, Ty. So they have people who carry them around.” “But I’ve [...]

No Definitions Aloud

Tricia Lott Williford June 14, 2012 5 Comments

Tucker listened from the top bunk, and Tyler sat in my lap on the floor. He’s almost too tall for [...]

Two Little Boys and an Orthodontist Office

Tricia Lott Williford June 7, 2012 13 Comments

I had an orthodontist appointment and no choice but to take the boys with me. My orthodontist and his staff [...]

Ink Device

Tricia Lott Williford June 5, 2012 4 Comments

There was a kidnapping in our neighborhood, about six blocks from my home. The abductor was captured, the children are [...]

Tyler’s Top Ten

Tricia Lott Williford May 12, 2012 1 Comment

Tyler included the following on his Top Ten List for Mother’s Day: “I love my mommy… when she lets me [...]

What Means Fierce

Tricia Lott Williford May 3, 2012 2 Comments

“Mommy, are you stronger than anything?” “Well, no. I’m not stronger than everything. I’m stronger than many things, but not [...]

So Close, Batman.

Tricia Lott Williford April 26, 2012 6 Comments

We were so close. I almost made it from the bookstore to the car before Mr. Almost Five Years Old [...]

Natural Progression

Tricia Lott Williford April 8, 2012 7 Comments

Tell Me a Bedtime Story

Tricia Lott Williford April 5, 2012 No Comments

“Mommy, tell me a story.” I thought I would enjoy telling bedtime stories. It seems like that would match my [...]

“Extraordinary.”

Tricia Lott Williford March 22, 2012 14 Comments

In Tyler’s preschool class, they are learning to give compliments. They went around the circle, and each child took a [...]

Self Awareness is a Good Thing

Tricia Lott Williford March 20, 2012 4 Comments

“Tyler, let me tell you the plan. Amazing Race comes on in a few minutes, and we’re all going to [...]

Well, Crap.

Tricia Lott Williford March 13, 2012 11 Comments

I’ve been a little distracted recently. I was tangled in a web of confusion, justifying, clarifying, and pretending, blended with [...]

“I just smelled his…”

Tricia Lott Williford March 9, 2012 7 Comments

“I smelled your little boy’s bottom,” Tyler says to another mom at McDonald’s. She looks to me. And my mind [...]

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