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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 [...]

I Will Miss You Always

Tricia Lott Williford August 27, 2015 No Comments

On a day with so few words, this poem offers the perfect ones. Happy birthday, Robb.

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Nothing Stays Terrible Forever

Tricia Lott Williford August 18, 2015 4 Comments

Tricia, what does it mean to ‘hold on’? You talk about holding on, in the sense of not giving up, [...]

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Hands and Knees

Tricia Lott Williford July 27, 2015 6 Comments

I don’t remember why I was kneeling and crying. Last week was kind of a doozy for such things. I [...]

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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. [...]

My Favorite Picture Book About Grief and Loss

Tricia Lott Williford July 21, 2015 1 Comment

So there’s these couple of donkeys, Squire and Daniel. I love these little guys. Squire and Daniel are the best [...]

Variations on Psalm 13

Tricia Lott Williford June 28, 2015 9 Comments

The psalms are my favorite. Every emotion is represented in those songs and poems, and sometimes all of them at [...]

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Some Things Do Not Stop Being

Tricia Lott Williford June 24, 2015 9 Comments

The subject of this blog post asked that I take it down based on the personal backlash he has received. [...]

On Father’s Day

Tricia Lott Williford June 21, 2015 3 Comments

Sometimes there just aren’t words.

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Children’s Hospital Is Like EPCOT

Tricia Lott Williford June 11, 2015 8 Comments

Tucker and I spent yesterday at Children’s Hospital, which is in itself a really beautiful place. I spent the day [...]

My Heart’s Endless Breaking

Tricia Lott Williford May 29, 2015 5 Comments

Sometimes, I’m fine. I mean, I’m really fine. I go along, doing the things I do, writing books and raising [...]

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Tricia Lott Williford May 25, 2015 No Comments

“Maya,” he says, “Do you know how old I am?” “Yes,” she says. “Twenty-two.” “I’m quite a bit older than [...]

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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To Be Loved So Much

Tricia Lott Williford February 4, 2015 11 Comments

My heart has been gripped by a love story that happened during the Hungarian Uprising in the 1950s. There was a [...]

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Implicit Knowings and Bad Dreams

Tricia Lott Williford January 27, 2015 2 Comments

The boys went away for a day with some friends of ours, people whom I trust, people who love them. [...]

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A Love Note in Her Pocket

Tricia Lott Williford January 12, 2015 6 Comments

“I don’t want to live anymore,” she wrote in an email to me. She said, “Our stories are very similar, [...]

When Time Stands Still

Tricia Lott Williford December 23, 2014 5 Comments

I struggle to write on a day like this. On the only day that is like this. Anything I might [...]

Flecks and Nuggets of Golden Grief

Tricia Lott Williford November 23, 2014 No Comments

Grief has come to visit today. I love and hate her, this dark girl who follows me around until I [...]

More of This Pie of Life

Tricia Lott Williford November 20, 2014 2 Comments

On this day, Thursday, November 20, 2014, I have lived more days than Robb. And it’s weird and sobering to [...]

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He Twirled Me In My Dream

Tricia Lott Williford October 7, 2014 3 Comments

Robb met me in my dream the other night. We spent a couple of hours together. He held my hand and [...]

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