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, July 29, 2019

Relish

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Lily and I were at Kroger yesterday, and I was buying some egg salad at the deli. I said to Lily that I hoped it didn’t have relish in it be...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Lucky

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I am one lucky gal to come home EVERY evening after all these years and be COMPLETELY idolized and adored and smothered with undying love an...
Monday, July 22, 2019

Princess

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(2010) Lily Claire went to her preschool today while I worked in my room at school.  A mom came in to help in Lily's class and when she ...
Sunday, July 21, 2019

Run

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(2012) Recieving the "mother of the year" award again today (hope you note the sarcasm there)!!!  Went to a different Walmart than...
Saturday, July 20, 2019

California

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My first words in California in the place where we are having lunch, "Do y'all have sweet tea?" Hahaaaa!  You can take the gir...

Music

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Lily confirmed today that I am successfully raising her to be a true "girl raised in the South."  She came into my room today and ...

God

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(2012) Lily Claire asked me if God could hear us.  I said, 'Yes, God always hears us and watches after us and takes care of us and loves...

Airport

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Robert Skeet Taylor and I have a joke because no matter where we travel, I ALWAYS get picked to get the extra airport security scans. ALWAYS...
Friday, July 19, 2019

Genius

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I am a genius!!!  Skeet is out of town and I single-handedly fixed the disposal by myself!!! (Of course I just had to push a reset button .....

Tall

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Four teenage boys spent the night over here last night ... great kids, love them like my own ... but it sure is harder to find a place for e...

DVR

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Ummmm... WHO in my house DVR'd the Hooters International Beauty Pageant?!!!!  ....  Brandon?!! Dylan?!!
Saturday, July 13, 2019

Drive

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(2014) Yep. Bran's my son. He likes to drive barefoot, windows down, country music playing.

Bible Humor

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(2015) A few weeks ago in "Mom's VBS," we learned about Joseph.  Lily and I happened to get this drink at the store last week ...
Friday, July 12, 2019

Twinge

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(2017) It's funny how certain things you don't expect can give you that twinge of sadness as a mom.  Today I picked up Bran's re...

Boys

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(2011) The boys were gone all week and they joined us today up in the mountains.  After about ten minutes of their loud wrestling and goofin...
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