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, October 29, 2018

Tires

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Today I had to take my car to Discount Tires to get a tire replaced that had a nail in it.  (Me + Discount Tires is already the beginning of...
Sunday, October 28, 2018

Cake

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(2013) Grammie and Papaw are coming over for supper tomorrow for the FIRST time since Mom's fall and surgery!  We're all excited and...

Bribe

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(2011) Had to "bribe" the kids to get in the tub tonight by adding some red and yellow food coloring to the water ... they now hav...

Ug.

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(2010) Remember my new pink cell phone I was so excited about?  Brandon left it on the back of my Jeep and I ran over it this morning.  Ug.
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Trick or Treat

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(2011) I am losing my mind!  Lily Claire has rung the doorbell about 1000 times now and keeps screaming "Trick or Treat!"  She...

Fortune Cookie

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Hahaaa! A funny memory from a few years ago! ... We went to our favorite Chinese restaurant tonight and when it came time to read the fortu...
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Men’s Sunday

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(2011) GREAT Men's Sunday service at church today!!!  The theme was  "God's Power Tools" which Dylan really loved and list...

Costume

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Sooooo much work ahead of me to make Bran into decent husband material one day ... case in point:  Tonight I walked into his room with all t...
Monday, October 22, 2018

Dress

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I have a sweet hubby ... You know I've been searching for a formal dress this week and I was bemoaning the fact that I'd tried on a ...
Saturday, October 20, 2018

Dora

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(2010) Lily Claire has recently gotten interested in watching Dora the Explorer ... Dora asks us all these questions and pauses a long time ...
Thursday, October 18, 2018

Burping

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A funny school story today... In our classroom, we have lots of talks about being polite and using manners, especially when ladies are pre...

Parenting

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Had a heartfelt moment with my teenage son tonight, which for those of you who live with "stoic" men like mine, know those can be ...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Oldness

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Today I was sitting outside on a bench at recess and had my ankles crossed.  One of my students was talking to me and then looked down at my...

Love

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A father's love ... Bran called home around 8 PM and said,"Mom, I'm as sick as I can ever remember. My head and chest and eyes ...
Monday, October 15, 2018

Lovely

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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...
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