Red Clay and Glitter: Tales of a Southern Mama

True and funny stories from the lighter side of raising my sons and daughter. As the Southern mama of this crew, I'm usually somewhere between "Bless your hearts!" and "Y'all act like you got some sense!" If we ever need to find our way home, we just follow the trail of red clay and glitter.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

A Gift

I came across this musing I'd written a few years back when we had a "snow day" off from school, and it actually never snowed...

Bathroom Humor

Dylan just informed me that we need a new "loaf" of toilet paper in the bathroom. Based on the vacant, deadpan stare, he didn'...

Sunday, February 26, 2017

S.O.S.

You know you've taken WAY too much cold and sinus medication when you're having trouble following the story lines on The Love Boat ....

Saturday, February 25, 2017

Subtle

Guess Lily was giving me a hint that I've been cleaning the house too long today in my raggy PJs with my hair a wreck when she said in a...

Friday, February 24, 2017

Pokémon No Go

Dylan wanted to play Pokemon Go during the sermon in church. Of course I looked "shocked" and adamantly said, "NO!" To w...

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Walk In My Shoes

I noticed that Dylan's tennis shoes were full of holes and completely raggedy, so I threw them away, thinking, "Gosh, this poor kid...

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Never Close Your Eyes ...

I've been down sick this past week and decided to finally lay day on the couch and take a much needed nap. The kids were playing togethe...

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

I Dream Of ...

Lily was on Dylan's phone this evening and when he got it back he showed me what she had typed into the search bar ... What a sweet ag...

Health Hazards

Lily informed me that she will NEVER kiss anyone NOT in our family because if you go on a date, it's a complete stranger and he could ha...

Big Spender

Having a mom for a teacher often means drinking "Dr Thunder" instead of "Dr Pepper", eating "Whales" instead ...

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

The Diagnosis

Lily came home from the pool saying her ear hurt. I told her it was probably water that was still in her ear, which we call "swimmers ...

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Need A Straw?

You know you live with a 12 year old male when ... you enter his room after a sleepover and find your flower vase has been used as a Coke g...

Made In China

Life with Dylan 101. He was assigned a project in his Social Studies class to learn about China. His task was to bring in a Chinese artifac...

Monday, February 13, 2017

Love, Hate, and Middle School Basketball

I am the WORST basketball mom EVER. I hate EVERYTHING about it. The uniforms are ugly, the balls thud and echo nonstop, the middle school g...

Sugar and Spice

In her bedroom, Lily Claire has a picture frame with the old familiar adage, "Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice, That's What Litt...

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