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Middle-School-Cafeteria Confidence

Tricia Lott Williford January 26, 2018 3 Comments

Well, I’m about to be a Middle School Parent. We went to the Parents’ Information Night this week, to dip [...]

Boredom as a Lifestyle

Tricia Lott Williford June 26, 2017 1 Comment

Please indulge me while I tell you the story of the first and last time Bee ever claimed she was [...]

Miracles and Hard Conversations

Tricia Lott Williford June 6, 2017 3 Comments

I love family movie night. I love the coziness and the blankets and the together of it all. It’s one [...]

Love, Parenting, and Figuring it Out

Tricia Lott Williford May 30, 2017 3 Comments

Peter and I were fighting. Sort of. He says it wasn’t a “fight,” but it’s as much as we fight, [...]

On the Day that You Were Born

Tricia Lott Williford May 9, 2017 5 Comments

Tyler is Ten. I realized this weekend that every single bit of baby is gone from him, even from his [...]

A Word to Tired Moms of Little People

Tricia Lott Williford April 20, 2017 1 Comment

I happened onto this gold nugget my brother gave me several years ago, back when I was in the trenches [...]

The Careful Balance

Tricia Lott Williford April 5, 2017 1 Comment

Parenting is a delicate recipe, a careful balance of this and that. A careful balance of TV and creative play, [...]

She said, “Oh, honey, I’m not going to tell you.”

Tricia Lott Williford March 29, 2017 2 Comments

This conversation happened on a Sunday morning nearly a decade ago. This couple sat near us, and I met them [...]

Compassion, Discipline, and The Crazy Hard.

Tricia Lott Williford March 27, 2017 1 Comment

Good parenting is crazy difficult. Just really hard. Like, really hard. We’ve been navigating some new waters here, teaching boundaries [...]

Crumpled.

Tricia Lott Williford February 10, 2017 1 Comment

After my years in the classroom, I’m still kind of a junkie for lesson plans, bulletin boards, and great ideas [...]

Hand Written Notes and Carousel Ponies

Tricia Lott Williford December 3, 2016 No Comments

We are in that sweet spot between Thanksgiving and Christmas, where it seems that everything around us takes a soft [...]

Sex Talk in the Fourth Grade: Dads Do It Differently

Tricia Lott Williford October 12, 2016 7 Comments

“Mom, what’s porn?” It’s hard not to flinch with your fourth grader comes home with a new word like that [...]

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When Strong Women Do Great Things

Tricia Lott Williford September 22, 2016 4 Comments

“When strong women do great things, they have to do what it takes for everyone to be taken care of.” [...]

Football, Concussions, and Parenting

Tricia Lott Williford September 15, 2016 4 Comments

It would have been great if we could have made it just a few more weeks (or longer… longer would [...]

Pie Dates and Boy Pranks are Not My Gig.

Tricia Lott Williford August 25, 2016 3 Comments

“Hey, Mom? What happens if you accidentally drink vegetable oil?” “Wait. What? How does that happen, accidentally?” Peter and I [...]

Boy Courage and a Green Bandana

Tricia Lott Williford August 20, 2016 1 Comment

I miss my son like crazy today. This does not usually happen. I am the biggest proponent for sending, launching, [...]

On Dropping Plates

Tricia Lott Williford August 15, 2016 4 Comments

“The art of managing a lot of things is to never drop the same thing twice in a row.” Bishop [...]

Old Dogs, New Tricks, and the Thing About Broken Fences

Tricia Lott Williford July 27, 2016 3 Comments

Peter brought two black Labrador retrievers to our family. He adopted my kids; I adopted his dogs. It’s a big [...]

“Mom, Who Are You Voting For?”

Tricia Lott Williford June 23, 2016 1 Comment

Last night at dinner, the dinner conversation turned to politics, which is a new phenomenon since I’m apolitical. I don’t [...]

Paper lunch bags with red apple on school desk

Wedding Week: Doing This With Children

Tricia Lott Williford May 23, 2016 7 Comments

There’s a lot about this that I’ve done before, but there’s one major variable about this Wedding Week that is [...]

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