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Tricia Lott Williford
Lost her husband at an early age and now speaks about overcoming loss, author of "and life comes back"
Tricia has an undergrad degree in education, and she taught third grade and kindergarten. She loved the classroom. She loved teaching children to read, to write, and to enjoy both.
In 2000, Tricia married Robb. In 2003, Tricia and Robb moved to Denver. In 2005, their son Tucker was born. In 2007, their son Tyler was born. In 2010, Robb died suddenly and tragically, two days before Christmas. Today, Tricia is 33 years old, a widowed single mom.
When she left the fulltime classroom to become a stay-at-home mom, she quickly realized she didn’t love the stay-at-home scene, and she began writing every day as an outlet, a discpline, and something to call her own. She launched a blog called Teaching Tuck and Ty.
She had a very modest readership: 50-60 readers across the country – mostly friends and family. On the day of her husband’s death, an unknown someone posted a link to her blog on Twitter with the words, “Please pray for this woman. Her husband died this morning.” Overnight, her blog went viral and her community of readers grew exponentially.
When her world fell apart, few things remained. She held fast to the discipline she had established years before: she kept writing every day. She has written in sunshine, in darkness, and always in honesty. Her readers have joined her in the highs and lows of this year, and she has invited them to come as close as they choose to the gripping truth of what they fear most.
She has written a book, And Life Comes Back, that was released February 2014 by Waterbrook Random House.
Tricia and Robb long dreamed of her career as a writer, speaker, teacher, and author. Her husband used to say, “She’ll be the writer, and I’ll retire early.” The tragic irony is not lost on her: he has indeed retired early. So she continues to write.
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