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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 [...]

“Favored.”

Tricia Lott Williford December 22, 2021 7 Comments

My first husband died eleven years ago, on the morning of December 23, 2010. In the days to follow, I [...]

I Have This Theory.

Tricia Lott Williford September 14, 2019 14 Comments

I have this theory. It’s tested but unproven, and I’ll never know if it’s true as long as I’m on [...]

Two Boys, Two Bikes, Two Dads

Tricia Lott Williford June 16, 2019 No Comments

Sometimes it’s fitting to revisit the best truths. Today seems like a day for the best and the truths. This [...]

All There Is: A Word to Broken Hearts on Easter Weekend

Tricia Lott Williford April 19, 2019 10 Comments

Good Friday. It’s the day of sadness and loss. If your heart is broken, this day may be far more [...]

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So Big, So Small

Tricia Lott Williford August 27, 2018 No Comments

It was a February day When your dad came by, before going away A U-Haul truck in the driveway The [...]

The Bread and the Wine… and the Root Beer Float

Tricia Lott Williford August 29, 2016 5 Comments

Saturday was Robb’s birthday, so we went to Red Robin to celebrate and remember. Because Bottomless Root Beer Floats. “We’re [...]

Hummingbirds, Pennies, and Verizon Texts

Tricia Lott Williford July 12, 2016 4 Comments

On the day that Robb died, my mom’s phone became Grief’s Grand Central Station. She spent the whole day on [...]

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Someone Else’s Wife

Tricia Lott Williford June 15, 2016 10 Comments

Hi, Robb, I’m a wife. Again. I’ve written to you lots over the last five-and-a-half years, over our two thousand [...]

Thank You, Little Black Dress.

Tricia Lott Williford April 8, 2016 12 Comments

I am reading The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. It’s a revolutionary approach to decluttering where instead of clearing [...]

Between Past Pain and Redeemed Love: December 22

Tricia Lott Williford December 22, 2015 4 Comments

Words are living things in my imagination. Some of them are bubble cartoon fonts or rigid block letters or splashy [...]

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Earthquakes, Aftershocks, and Falling in Love

Tricia Lott Williford December 8, 2015 3 Comments

Falling in love is a little bit terrifying. And sometimes a lot bit. Remember that story of the morning when [...]

“Mom, Will You Still Love My Dad?”

Tricia Lott Williford November 24, 2015 8 Comments

“Mom, I just have one question.” He was in the backseat of the car, still consistently the safest place for [...]

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There Are Things I Haven’t Told You

Tricia Lott Williford November 1, 2015 1 Comment

I have a photo of the Last Halloween. The boys are five and three years old, and they are dressed [...]

There Will Be No New Memories

Tricia Lott Williford October 15, 2015 10 Comments

I cannot speak for all of us who have lost someone. But I do think I can speak for most [...]

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Remembering the First Ever Mother-Son Flashlight Party

Tricia Lott Williford September 23, 2015 No Comments

I found this little ditty hiding in the archives. Look at this very sweet story. * * * Robb was [...]

Laundry, Socks, Sheets, and “Nipples.”

Tricia Lott Williford September 15, 2015 2 Comments

My mind does funny things when I’m folding laundry. It’s like all these little blends of cotton evoke some kind [...]

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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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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