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, March 30, 2018

Rap

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(2012) Bran is singing a super obnoxious "rap" song he's making up about macaroni and cheese and then he informed me that it w...

Mistakes

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Today we were going over a reading assignment in class and I skipped one of the questions by accident. One of my students encouragingly sai...
Thursday, March 29, 2018

PGA

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After 26 years of living with Robert Skeet Taylor, I've been "conditioned" to turn on PGA golf in order to take a Sunday after...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Root Word

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(2015) I was teaching my 2nd graders about root words today and when we got to the root "tele," I asked them if they had ever hear...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Too Loud

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Guess I was cheering too loudly for Dyl at his ballgame because Lily turned to me and said, “Sshhhh, Mom! You’re making my ears go blind!!” ...
Monday, March 26, 2018

Eloquence

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So all my friends out there know that I am married to a WONDERFUL guy and I love him very much! Robert Skeet Taylor  HOWEVER, he has always ...

Socks

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(2012) A conversation with Dylan tonight ... Me:  Dylan, give me your dirty clothes and get in the bath. Dylan:  Mom!  Don't wash thos...
Saturday, March 24, 2018

Retro

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(2015) I guess I've been watching the Retro TV channel too much because tonight Lily Claire said she wanted to watch "Magnum PI....

SPAM

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I have started getting a bunch the weirdest SPAM emails like "Buy Premium Cigars," "Bosley Hair Restoration," "Get ...

Rubbish

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(2016) So today Lily came running up to me and said, "Mom, you're RUBBISH!" WHAT?! "Lily!  That wasn't nice!" ...
Friday, March 23, 2018

Brilliant

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(2012) Not at my most brilliant ... last night we painted a milk carton for Lily Claire's PreK project with yellow tempra paint, which c...

Raggamuffin

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(2016) Lily Claire lives life to the fullest, and at the end of every day she is covered with dirt and food and markers ... you name it!  Th...

Orthodontist

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(2016) Just when I think I am doing SO well keeping up with all three of my children and their lives, this happens ... I call the orthodont...

Natural

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Pretty sure it’s time to schedule an appointment with my hairdresser after a student handed this to me today and said she picked it especial...
Thursday, March 22, 2018

Hey Mom, I Need Some Food”

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I got a text today from Brandon that made me laugh harder than I’ve laughed in a long time! So, the other night, very late, he calls me and ...
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