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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 [...]

The Worst Dog I Ever Had

Tricia Lott Williford May 17, 2023 1 Comment

“We rescued him from the mall.” That’s what I always say to describe how he came to be ours. In [...]

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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 [...]

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Names I Can’t Say Yet

Tricia Lott Williford February 10, 2023 1 Comment

I have students whose names I cannot pronounce yet. I’ve never learned how to read these collections of letters. When [...]

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 [...]

The Champions of December: A Love Note to the Teachers

Tricia Lott Williford December 13, 2022 No Comments

Let’s talk about who’s really killing it during the month of December: The Teachers. They’re planning units that are the [...]

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 [...]

Just Create: A Myth About Christian Art

Tricia Lott Williford October 29, 2022 1 Comment

What’s the deal with Christian art? Why is some of it – most of it – so boring, so two-dimensional? [...]

Thanks a lot, Eve.

Tricia Lott Williford October 28, 2022 6 Comments

I know Eve’s story. So do you. She’s the reason we have mosquito bites and skin cancer and miscarriages and [...]

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, [...]

The Caboose and the Lantern Rouge

Tricia Lott Williford April 5, 2022 1 Comment

I have always been the caboose, always at the end of the line putting all my people in front of [...]

“Your Dad Has Sepsis.”

Tricia Lott Williford February 10, 2022 9 Comments

This week, I learned that Sepsis does not, in fact, have the power to take from me every man 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 [...]

The Things We Might Say

Tricia Lott Williford September 14, 2021 4 Comments

If she tells you she wishes her car got better gas mileage, that doesn’t mean she wishes she’d never learned [...]

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 [...]

What the Disney Business Model Taught Me About Parenting

Tricia Lott Williford June 23, 2021 2 Comments

“Coming up with a new recipe to feed the family, or even putting together a presentation for a new [...]

Thirteen Lessons I Learned from My Dad

Tricia Lott Williford June 19, 2021 4 Comments

Thirteen Things I Learned from my Dad: 1. If you’re going to get in trouble at school, let it be [...]

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