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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Friday, May 5, 2017

Supersized

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ONLY for her 17 year old son would a true Southern woman ever be caught dead ordering something at Wendys called a TRIPLE BACON-ATOR BURGER ...
Thursday, April 27, 2017

Teenage Driver

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Had a nice ride with Brandon at the wheel this evening after supper!  He took me up to Kroger to buy some flowers for the kitchen, then we s...
Monday, April 24, 2017

Lyrics

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Lily and I were riding home from the baseball game and Zac Brown's song "Homegrown" came on the radio (which is great song, by...

Rollie Pollies

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Today's life lesson for a nine year old boy (aka, Dylan) .... Don't leave your tennis shoes outside overnight in the spring unless y...

Walgreens

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We had a "Men Are From Mars" moment tonight as Skeet and I were getting ready for a formal "gala" event we were attendin...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

Skeleton

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Life with Dylan:  This morning we were talking about Easter and I said, "Jesus died for us then rose from the grave three days later!...
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Ragamuffin

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Whenever Lily Claire has been outside playing and she looks a mess, I tell her she looks like a little "rag-a-muffin."  Today she ...
Saturday, April 15, 2017

Skunk

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Dylan came home all dirty and sweaty from his batting practice then played outside until dark.  When he came in, Lily took one step toward h...
Friday, April 14, 2017

Broadway

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PROUD PROUD parent moment ... Dylan has a part in his school musical.  He is CAMPER ITCH-ALOT and apparently he has to "scratch alot...

Grass

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Bran was recounting to me a recent dinner he had at an Italian restaurant.  He said the waitress came and asked him if he wanted a Caesar sa...
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Manners

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One of the hallmarks of being a Southern mother .... reminding your kids of every rule of good manners ever known to man while taking them t...

Bacon

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ALERT FRIENDS AND FAMILY... Thanks to Lily, I was made aware of an important new law for EVERYONE in America that will apparently go into ef...
Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Apps

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Grammie was asking Dylan which apps/games he didn't  need on her Ipad anymore.  After looking over a bunch of racing games and baseball...

Wrong Room

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Speaking of crazy sisters, Deb and I were coming back up from the pool at our hotel one evening and realized we didn't have a key to our...
Saturday, April 8, 2017

Sea Turtle

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Dylan is shedding his "cool guy-ness" for a little while this morning to play whatever Lily wants to play in the pool. At the mome...
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