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 31, 2019

Dollar Store

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I have been crowned “mother of the year” yet again! Today I was at the Dollar Store loading up my cart with snacks for my kids to munch on a...

Tank Top

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Well there's no accounting for taste, apparently!  I graciously offered to get this stunning tank top at Walmart for Dyl and he turned m...

Crayons

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(2011) Lily is definitely my child ... she is sitting beside me playing with her crayons but she has them all lined up in a row and has name...

Boys

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Why do boys think that going swimming means they have had their bath for the day?!
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Hoarders

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WHY did I just watch the most disgusting, horrible episode of Hoarders while I was doing laundry?  What was I thinking?! Why would a person ...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Flipper

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(2015) Dyl is such a good big brother.  He's been having to pretend to be Lily's pet dolphin, Flipper, for the past hour in the pool...

Southern Girl

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(2013) I am definitely raising a Southern girl!  I just asked Lily Claire what she wanted for a snack and she answered, "Yo-Grits"...

Bloated

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(2013) Dylan and Lily are going to watch a Lego Batman movie and they want me to get out the air mattress for them to lay on while they watc...

Sweating

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(2014) Had a lunch date with the kids after the puppet show this morning!  They wanted to go to McDonalds so they could also play on the pla...
Saturday, May 25, 2019

Cool Dad

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This dude at the pool keeps yelling at his middle school daughter to be careful on her pool float so she doesn’t knock into other people, bu...

Woman Code

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Ok, really?!  We went out for lunch today and a lady stopped to admire some jewelry I was wearing.  As I am about to say "thank you...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Job

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(2011) Another Dylan moment ... I was laying in his bed with him before he fell asleep and he asked, "Mom, when you grow up do you have...

Termites

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So the termite exterminators come at the crack of dawn this morning (the yearly check, we don't actually have termites) ... I thought th...
Saturday, May 18, 2019

Burning

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Seriously considering burning all the dirty laundry in a bonfire in the backyard rathering than doing it all today!  No one would notice a t...

Jewell Ball

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(2013) Lily just asked me if she could have a JEWEL-BALL.  ????  Finally realized she was trying to say GERBIL!  I think the Jewel-Ball is a...
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