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That’s Not Everything About Her

Tricia Lott Williford February 14, 2023 4 Comments

We had just introduced ourselves, this group of people who would share the day together. They’re somewhere in between learning [...]

Too Beautiful

Tricia Lott Williford January 26, 2023 No Comments

At the middle table at Starbucks, a mom and her daughter are playing a game and drinking hot chocolate. Mom [...]

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 [...]

Waymaking at the Train Station

Tricia Lott Williford December 1, 2022 No Comments

I am sitting in Denver’s Union Station. I’m not taking a train anywhere, but the station is pure magic to [...]

Baby Ben, a Digital Robot, & My First Go at Grandparenting

Tricia Lott Williford November 18, 2022 No Comments

My memory-keeper apps brought up this story from a year ago, when we got to know Baby Ben the digital [...]

Baby Ben, a Digital Robot, & My First Go at Grandparenting

Tricia Lott Williford November 18, 2021 4 Comments

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this recently, but Tuck is in tenth grade. He has far surpassed my height, [...]

The Naked Movie

Tricia Lott Williford June 22, 2021 1 Comment

I am writing in the library today. A mom and her little girl – probably four years old – walked [...]

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More than Filtered Cheekbones

Tricia Lott Williford June 15, 2018 11 Comments

I changed my cover photo on Facebook. It had been a picture of Peter and me enjoying ice cream cones [...]

The Sparkling Moment

Tricia Lott Williford May 22, 2018 10 Comments

I have wanted to meet her for a long time. Natalie Goldberg is the queen bee of memoir, and she [...]

Snakes in Santa Fe

Tricia Lott Williford May 18, 2018 7 Comments

It turns out that Santa Fe doesn’t have nearly as many snakes as I thought. I thought the whole city [...]

Helicopters, Cattle, and Neapolitan Ice Cream

Tricia Lott Williford November 25, 2016 No Comments

Snippets of dialogue at our Thanksgiving table. Characters: Me, Peter, Tucker, Tyler, my Mom, and my Dad. (But characters are [...]

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 [...]

Love Connection in the Friendly Skies

Tricia Lott Williford October 10, 2015 4 Comments

In my ongoing efforts to prove that one can be footloose, fancy-free, and an airline flyer (I admit this is [...]

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 [...]

“and life comes back” – in My Very Own Voice

Tricia Lott Williford August 22, 2015 1 Comment

I’m in the studio this week, laying tracks for the audible recording of And Life Comes Back. I’m kind of [...]

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Fifteen Years.

Tricia Lott Williford July 22, 2015 8 Comments

Fifteen years. That’s a lot of years. This would have been a milestone anniversary for us, I like to think. [...]

He Threw Down the Gauntlet on the Breckenridge River

Tricia Lott Williford July 8, 2015 2 Comments

Robb and I were in our twenties, and our children were merely a far-away-maybe-someday hope. It was just the two [...]

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This One Important Thing

Tricia Lott Williford July 1, 2015 2 Comments

To read this article in its entirety with PJ Parenting, click here. I was drinking iced coffees at Starbucks with [...]

Never Miss The Real Win

Tricia Lott Williford May 18, 2015 4 Comments

I’ll admit, I still have kind of a hard time knowing who has the ball and what’s happening next on [...]

The Monster at the End Of This Book

Tricia Lott Williford May 14, 2015 3 Comments

A Throwback Thursday Dialogue with Tyler * * * “Mommy, how many humps do camels have?” He’s sitting in my lap [...]

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