The Laughing Episode
Maybe this has happened to you. You’re some place fairly serious, aiming to have a fairly serious conversation, and suddenly something strikes you funny. Something that isn’t actually funny in real life. Oh, say, bowel cancer. Or blood clots. Something unanimously...
I Married an Alcoholic.
This holds some honest truths and rough language. Read with that awareness and without my apologies, because when you tell someone else’s story, you don’t change the words. On one of our first dates, Peter dissected his heart on the table. He told me who he...
65 Things I want to Tell You. Or, Eight.
“Oh, good. Tricia brought her list,” say my friends who’ve known me longest. “Nobody else we know runs a coffee date like a board meeting. But she brought her list of things we need to discuss.” Sometimes that’s what I...
Love, Hunger, and Middle School Moms
School starts tomorrow. Perhaps you can hear me tapdancing. We’ve entered the stage where I now say on repeat, “Why are you eating that? Those are for school.” “Buddy, if you’re thirsty, pour yourself a glass of water. The bottled water...
This Mom, Other Moms, Shining Stars and State Testing
“Mom, can you opt us out of the state testing?” “Why?” “Because some other moms are doing that.” “Maybe they have a good reason.” “Can you find a good reason?” “I can’t, actually.” “I...Tricia on Focus on the Family
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