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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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Very Definition

Tricia Lott Williford March 30, 2020 1 Comment

Looking through some old journals tonight, I found this dialogue from four-year-old Tucker: “Mommy, let’s make a train. Tyler [...]

“Mom, I have nothing to read.”

Tricia Lott Williford November 15, 2018 12 Comments

“Mom, I have nothing to read.” “Sure you do. There’s a whole bookshelf in the hallway. And three in the [...]

Bracelets and Merry-Go-Rounds: This Girl Takes Back Control

Tricia Lott Williford October 20, 2015 15 Comments

Has it ever happened to you that you’ve realized you’ve been doing all the wrong things? Maybe not all the [...]

I’m Teaching and I Really Want To See You There

Tricia Lott Williford September 10, 2015 No Comments

Ever feel like you just have to pretend you’ve got this thing together? Pretend you’re brave? Pretend you’re normal? Tricia [...]

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True Stories Told Well: Tricia Lott Williford

Tricia Lott Williford August 24, 2015 No Comments

Recently, FaithHappenings featured my writing in their Author Spotlight. Here’s my interview with a splash of personality. What do you love to write and [...]

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100 Huntley Street: My Entrance Into Live TV

Tricia Lott Williford July 16, 2015 3 Comments

I’d venture to say that not every television anchor is willing to share the makeup room with the random and [...]

Let’s Pretend We’re Normal: Book Release Party!

Tricia Lott Williford May 2, 2015 7 Comments

Please join me to celebrate the national release of my second book: Let’s Pretend We’re Normal Adventures in Rediscovering How To [...]

Jon Acuff and That Thing Writers Don’t Talk About

Tricia Lott Williford April 28, 2015 2 Comments

Remember how I told you that Jon Acuff is my friend, if only because I made a fool of myself [...]

Maybe It Wasn’t Writer’s Block

Tricia Lott Williford April 14, 2015 1 Comment

Last week, shortly after the UPS man delivered my copies of Let’s Pretend We’re Normal, my writing mind stopped working. [...]

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Winners of Let’s Pretend We’re Normal!

Tricia Lott Williford April 13, 2015 No Comments

You guys know how to launch a social media campaign! Your shares, hashtags, pins, and tags were overwhelming, my friends. If I [...]

Let’s Pretend We’re Normal: A Book Giveaway Contest!

Tricia Lott Williford April 6, 2015 2 Comments

So, the UPS guy came this weekend, which always makes me every kind of happy, and especially when I’m within One [...]

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 [...]

Let’s Get This ‘Baby’ Ready for the World

Tricia Lott Williford January 5, 2015 1 Comment

Books are like babies. Hard to wait for, lots of work, and you can only hope it’s not ugly. All [...]

She Opened Her Hands

Tricia Lott Williford December 13, 2014 3 Comments

She opened her hands and set it free. Fly, little bird. Fly.

A Delicious Paragraph about My Kissable Life

Tricia Lott Williford November 4, 2014 2 Comments

I am putting the final loving touches on the next book, Let’s Pretend We’re Normal. (If perhaps you are thinking, [...]

Let’s Pretend We’re Normal

Tricia Lott Williford September 26, 2014 4 Comments

A treehouse in an upside down world. Balloons and sparrows notwithstanding. It’s pretty much the most perfect illustration of my [...]

I Can Finally Tell You: Here Comes Another Book!

Tricia Lott Williford September 2, 2014 7 Comments

Let’s Pretend We’re Normal Adventures in Rediscovering How To Be a Family When Tricia Lott Williford’s thirty-five-year-old husband died suddenly [...]