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The Word for that is Healing

Tricia Lott Williford August 24, 2017 4 Comments

“When you recognize that you will thrive not in spite of your losses and sorrows but because of them, that [...]

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The Thing About a Good Quote

Tricia Lott Williford August 23, 2017 15 Comments

I’ve been collecting quotes for most of my life. I collect quotes wildly and frantically. I read with a pen [...]

Confession: I Didn’t Care About the Eclipse

Tricia Lott Williford August 21, 2017 8 Comments

The world is all a-flutter about the Solar Eclipse today. You guys, I honestly don’t care very much. Or at [...]

Marshmallows and Subtlety

Tricia Lott Williford August 18, 2017 1 Comment

“Mom, do you see that woman? The one with all the ingredients for Rice Krispie treats in her cart? Do [...]

Coffee Mugs and Love Affairs

Tricia Lott Williford August 17, 2017 4 Comments

We have a lot of coffee mugs. Before Peter and I made the Great Merge of 2016, and by that [...]

Confessions of a Baseball Mom

Tricia Lott Williford August 15, 2017 No Comments

I tossed – or should I say “pitched” – my heart out to the world with this piece, a story [...]

Fighting at Family Camp: When Your Kid Pushes You Away

Tricia Lott Williford August 14, 2017 10 Comments

We were a few hours into family camp when I began to smell the whiff of mismatched expectations, but it [...]

The Zoo Makes Me Tired: Adventures with Preschoolers

Tricia Lott Williford August 11, 2017 No Comments

This one is for the moms of babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, the ones trying to finish the summer strong, the ones [...]

Confidence, Jealousy, and the Unbreakable Rule in the Dating World

Tricia Lott Williford August 10, 2017 No Comments

I had such a joyful conversation with Krista Gilbert over at The Open Door Sisterhood. We talked about courage and [...]

The Dad He Didn’t Have To Be

Tricia Lott Williford June 17, 2017 5 Comments

When a single mom goes out on a date with somebody new, It always winds up feeling more like a [...]

False: God Won’t Give You More Than You Can Handle

Tricia Lott Williford May 24, 2017 1 Comment

You can do this. Now, when I say, “You can do this,” I’m afraid you’ll call to mind clichés that [...]

“Famous.”

Tricia Lott Williford May 4, 2017 1 Comment

I found this poem in the book I’m reading, Hallelujah, Anyway, by my ever-favorite Anne Lamott. Anne didn’t write the [...]

How To Trust a Widow

Tricia Lott Williford September 2, 2016 3 Comments

Here’s one question people ask me a lot. “Tricia, I have a friend who lost her husband. I’d really like [...]

Boy Courage and a Green Bandana

Tricia Lott Williford August 20, 2016 1 Comment

I miss my son like crazy today. This does not usually happen. I am the biggest proponent for sending, launching, [...]

Sloths, Stereotypes, and the DMV

Tricia Lott Williford July 21, 2016 2 Comments

It was Official Name-Changing Day, since it turns out that changing my relationship status on Facebook doesn’t actual count as [...]

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Once Upon a Second Time, I Got Married.

Tricia Lott Williford June 9, 2016 19 Comments

And then there were four.

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Mommy’s Handcuffs and Whipped Cream

Tricia Lott Williford May 26, 2016 4 Comments

We’re walking through SuperTarget when I realize Tyler is carrying a pair of handcuffs. “Dude, what in the world? Put [...]

The Downside of Used Books

Tricia Lott Williford April 6, 2016 5 Comments

I’m toying with an idea, but I’m not really ready to commit. Just thinking about it, so don’t go holding [...]

A Diamond Ring

Tricia Lott Williford February 22, 2016 26 Comments

Once upon a time, there was a curly girl and a handsome man, a cup of coffee and a diamond [...]

The Choice To Watch the Movie

Tricia Lott Williford December 23, 2015 6 Comments

The thing is, I’ve lived a very, very sad story for the last five years. I’m crying today because it’s [...]

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