Prepare to Feast Tricia Lott Williford June 7, 2026 No Comments The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. When I memorized this psalm four decades ago, this phrase made… Read more
Books & Diane Keaton Tricia Lott Williford October 12, 2025 3 Comments On the long list of things I love, there are two strong themes: Books and Diane Keaton. About ten years… Read more
Tree Trunks Tricia Lott Williford September 22, 2025 2 Comments I am forty-six years old, and since I am finally the age that I am, I feel old enough to… Read more
Raindrops, Bicycle Gears, and Morrie Tricia Lott Williford September 21, 2025 No Comments Three things have happened, and they are sorting themselves into the same space of my mind, as if they… Read more
On Paying Attention Tricia Lott Williford March 3, 2025 4 Comments In my class, we are reading Bridge to Terabithia, one of my favorite books in the history of ever. Today,… Read more
Grass Stains and Touchdowns Tricia Lott Williford May 18, 2024 1 Comment I love to watch kids playing football. Their varying degrees of grass stains, interest, and commitment. It looked like a… Read more
Food Courts and School Buses: An Abstract Pondering Tricia Lott Williford January 6, 2024 No Comments Seating is so limited at the mall today that people have resorted to sharing tables with strangers. How very… Read more
The Power of “This.” Tricia Lott Williford May 26, 2023 2 Comments Significance is a desire within us, a birthright. We each long to matter, to be extraordinary, to be outstanding, to… Read more
We Call Her Big Mama Tricia Lott Williford May 20, 2023 2 Comments We call her Big Mama, and sometimes Mama Cass. She is the giant red umbrella that shades our patio during… Read more
This Mom, Other Moms, Shining Stars and State Testing Tricia Lott Williford March 26, 2023 2 Comments “Mom, can you opt us out of the state testing?” “Why?” “Because some other moms are doing that.” “Maybe they… Read more
The Golden Light of Endings Tricia Lott Williford December 31, 2022 No Comments In his book, I Wrote This For You, Iaian Thomas wrote a breathtaking poem that I can’t stop thinking about.… Read more
A Thousand Small, Glittering Kindnesses Tricia Lott Williford December 23, 2022 No Comments Today, I’ve been thinking about the time when we were on a layover at the airport and a young man… Read more
Listen, I Know It Wasn’t Safe. Tricia Lott Williford November 4, 2022 5 Comments I was driving home on a cold November evening, when I pulled up to a stoplight at a busy intersection.… Read more
A Voice and A Choice Tricia Lott Williford November 2, 2022 3 Comments “Tricia, this weekend we will be spending time with a ten-year-old boy whose mom died recently. What cues do you… Read more
If Ever You Need to Feel Brave Tricia Lott Williford November 1, 2022 2 Comments “I was brave?” the four-year-old asked. “You were — you are brave,” Eddie told her. “What does brave mean?” Ruth… Read more
Juggling the Glass and the Plastic Tricia Lott Williford October 21, 2022 3 Comments I read recently about an interview with author Nora Roberts, where someone asked her how to balance writing and kids.… Read more
Freedom, Tight Shoes, and Green Beans from the Freezer Tricia Lott Williford August 12, 2022 6 Comments On my birthday, I exhaled into a new word: Freedom. For nearly three weeks of my new age of 43,… Read more
“Favored.” Tricia Lott Williford December 22, 2021 7 Comments My first husband died eleven years ago, on the morning of December 23, 2010. In the days to follow, I… Read more
Chocolate for a Cellist Tricia Lott Williford October 23, 2021 1 Comment Knock, Knock. Who’s there? Something that should matter to you. Something that should matter to you – who? Yes. And… Read more
A Love Letter to Simone Tricia Lott Williford July 28, 2021 1 Comment Well done, Simone. Well done. We don’t own you, Simone. Nobody does. We have showed you off like you… Read more
