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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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.…

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,…

“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…

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…

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…

A Word to Graduates

Tricia Lott Williford May 26, 2021 No Comments

Middle School is officially in the rearview mirror. Everybody finished, everybody survived, and I don’t just mean the eighth graders.…

School is In Session

Tricia Lott Williford February 9, 2021 4 Comments

I took my children to school today. It felt gloriously normal, like muscles that have ached to be stretched. It’s…

Give My Book for Christmas!

Tricia Lott Williford December 15, 2020 6 Comments

A Christmas Special: Give my book for Christmas! For $20, I’ll send to you a *personalized, signed copy* of…

“I’ve Seen Better Legs on a Table”

Tricia Lott Williford September 22, 2020 3 Comments

I am forty-one years old. That happened this summer. I am solid in my emotional convictions about birthdays (love them)…

Raindrops, Bicycle Gears, and Morrie

Tricia Lott Williford September 21, 2020 2 Comments

Three things have happened, and they are sorting themselves into the same space of my mind, as if they belong…

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