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Jesus Didn’t Parent Toddlers: A Love Letter to the Parents of Littles

Tricia Lott Williford April 2, 2020 1 Comment

Parents of Preschoolers and Toddlers, this season is the real deal, isn’t it? You are in the t-r-e-n-c-h-e-s. When my [...]

One of My Favorites for Only $1.99

Tricia Lott Williford May 1, 2018 No Comments

A big announcement for you today, you guys! My publisher has chosen to feature my first book for an online [...]

Get Drunk on the Lovely of it All

Tricia Lott Williford May 21, 2016 2 Comments

It is Wedding Week. I am in the last seven days of one of the most sacred seasons of my [...]

Better Than You Think

Tricia Lott Williford January 28, 2016 6 Comments

I leaned out the Starbucks drive-thru window to hand a drink to the customer in her car, and that’s when [...]

Single Parenting, Dating, and Boundaries

Tricia Lott Williford January 11, 2016 5 Comments

I’ve never introduced the boys to anyone I’ve dated throughout the last five years because I was so deeply committed [...]

The Heart of Joseph

Tricia Lott Williford December 10, 2015 4 Comments

Jesus grew up without his biological dad. Joseph married Mary, knowing she was pregnant with a child that was not [...]

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“Mom, Will You Still Love My Dad?”

Tricia Lott Williford November 24, 2015 8 Comments

“Mom, I just have one question.” He was in the backseat of the car, still consistently the safest place for [...]

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There Are Things I Haven’t Told You

Tricia Lott Williford November 1, 2015 1 Comment

I have a photo of the Last Halloween. The boys are five and three years old, and they are dressed [...]

150 Pounds in The World’s Unwieldiest Stroller

Tricia Lott Williford October 1, 2015 4 Comments

Well, just in case I didn’t love grocery shopping with every ounce of my heart, I’m now back to pushing [...]

How To Talk To Your Children About Grief, Loss, and Death

Tricia Lott Williford September 5, 2015 2 Comments

My husband died when my children were three and five years old. I realize that’s a sudden and abrupt way [...]

Tucker Learns To Walk Again

Tricia Lott Williford September 3, 2015 5 Comments

1 Fall from a Swingset 4 Breaks 8 Hospital Visits 1 Surgery 5 Pins 1 Screw 16 stitches 3 Days [...]

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Hopalong Cassidy and Sir Embarrassed

Tricia Lott Williford August 19, 2015 No Comments

Let me tell you one thing I know for sure, a nugget of foundational truth that will never change: Nothing [...]

Grace Notes for the First Day Of School

Tricia Lott Williford August 10, 2015 3 Comments

Today marked a great big finish line for us: The First Day of School. #BrokenFootSummer is “over,” and we have [...]

Kids’ Day: Ty the Fly, Bullfrog, and Peacock

Tricia Lott Williford June 1, 2015 No Comments

There is Mother’s Day; there is Father’s Day. And in our family, the first day of summer vacation is Kids’ Day. [...]

Tender Heart, Rainy Day

Tricia Lott Williford May 9, 2015 No Comments

A book was born this week. If there were birth announcements for such things, it might read, “Weighing in at [...]

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Good Parenting is Freaking Hard

Tricia Lott Williford April 13, 2015 2 Comments

You guys, I’m exhausted. We are limping into a new week around here. Good parenting is freaking hard. When I [...]

Draw The Line Somewhere

Tricia Lott Williford March 27, 2015 No Comments

“Mommy, I think there are some things you shouldn’t do before you’re married.” “You are exactly right, buddy,” I say, [...]

A Warrior’s Heart

Tricia Lott Williford March 16, 2015 No Comments

I wish I’d known from the beginning that I was born a strong woman. What a difference it would have [...]

Lunchables, Goldfish Marriages, and Where The Red Fern Grows

Tricia Lott Williford February 28, 2015 5 Comments

“Mommy, did you know someone can die of a broken heart?” “I do know.” I very nearly have. I don’t [...]

Babies and Broncos and Listening for God

Tricia Lott Williford December 29, 2014 No Comments

“Mommy, I don’t know why I can never hear God.” A question that every single one of us has asked, [...]

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