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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Thursday, February 27, 2020

Waste

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A typical Skeet/Jen conversation last night, this time about Buddy… Skeet, disgustedly looking at a new chew toy that Buddy had already de...
Sunday, February 23, 2020

Expensive

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

Scarred

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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...

Around 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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One of my all time favorite Dylan stories ever... 😂 I have to share my "Mother of the Year" story from this week. I have been cr...
Friday, February 21, 2020

Coupons

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

Winnie the Pooh

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Tonight we went out to dinner with Mom and Dad and the 20-something waitress at the restaurant noticed I was wearing Tigger and Pooh earring...
Friday, February 14, 2020

Daddy

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(2015) Never let a daddy take his six year old little girl to the grocery store with him ... they came back with a lot of "extras"...

Mean

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(2013) Funny Dylan memory from 2013... As we were all getting ready for bed tonight, we were talking about all of our Valentines and cupcak...

Peppermint

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I made the HUGE mistake of putting Peppermint scented lotion on my feet tonight before bed! Buddy has been licking my feet nonstop and there...
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Dreams

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I always have vivid dreams, but I've had a fever the past two or three nights, and my dreams have been CRAZY! Case in point ... 1.  I d...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Freshen Up

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(2011) Me:  Lily, let's go upstairs and freshen up before we go to Bran's basketball game. Lily:  Ok, Mama ... let's freshen do...

Pink Chicken

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(2013) Lily Claire has been sick this week so as we were snuggling in her bed and she asked me to tell her a story.  When I asked what story...
Sunday, February 9, 2020

Dream

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This morning Lily woke up and told me she had the "goodest" dream EVER!  She dreamed that she and a bunny and a kitten were slidin...

Twin

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Conversation at our house this evening ... Lily:  Guess what?  We are learning about Jackie Robinson in Social Studies.  He's a famous ...
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