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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Monday, February 26, 2018

Purple Marker

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(2011) I walked into the kitchen this evening to find that Lily had drawn a big flower right on the refridgerator with a purple marker!!!! T...

Best Friend

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(2015) Lily just told me, "Mom, you can come to my birthday party because you're my best friend."  Sniff. Sniff.  Love that li...

Obscure

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(2014) Bran wasn't sure if I could help him with his Language Arts homework last night because it was about some obscure, little known b...

Perks

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(2014) Bran thinks he has hit the BIG TIME being on his highschool baseball team.  Why?  Because he gets FREE sweet tea AND lemonade at prac...
Friday, February 23, 2018

Round Here

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While riding with Bran in his truck today, he turned to me and said, "Hank Williams Jr. A Country Boy Can Survive.  Best. Song. EVER....

Mother of the Year

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(2014) I have to share my "Mother of the Year" story from this week ... I have been crowned once again.   I noticed that Dylan...

Worst Mistake Of My Life

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Those who know me will attest to the fact that I'm adventurous and will try just about anything once (exempting anything illegal  or imm...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Parent Conference

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I had a parent say the nicest thing today that I've ever been told at a parent- teacher conference in 20 years of teaching. She said tha...

Coupons

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(2012) Having a Mom for a teacher often means drinking "Dr Thunder" instead of "Dr Pepper",  eating "Whales" i...

Imagination

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(2015) I love imagination. I spent my whole childhood completely immersed in mine ... Still do, really.  I love seeing the same thing in Lil...
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Grading

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(2015) Must. stop. grading. informational. writing. papers.  My brain hurts.  45 down, 15 to go.... must finish these before the 60 narrativ...

CrossFit

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I'm pretty sure I just completed an entire CrossFit routine trying to get on my black tights to wear with my dress tonight. I'm exha...

Dinnertime

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(2014) Lily Claire set the table and made dinner tonight .... too bad it wasn't for us!

Sleep

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(2008)  Oh my heart. My little Dyl. He never slept, but when he did, it was where ever he landed. ❤ So love this boy.  
Monday, February 19, 2018

Alaskan Bushmen

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I am watching some show called Alaskan Bush Men and on this episode they are going to town to find girls at the "Grizzly Pizza" ha...
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