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, April 30, 2020

Shot

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(2013)  Lily Claire had her five year old check up today to get ready for Kindergarten registration on Thursday. When discussing her finger ...

Girls

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(2014) Yep .... Middle school is on the horizon!  Dyl asked tonight if he could invite some GIRLS to his birthday party at the skating rin...

Mouse

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Most HORRIBLE event of my day.... I noticed that the outside recycle bin was full of rain water so I gingerly picked it up and dumped out th...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

Survival

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Robert Skeet Taylor loves the show Naked and Afraid, and I must admit, it sucks me in every time! The other night while we were watching a...
Sunday, April 19, 2020

Ragamuffin

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(2011) Whenever Lily Claire has been outside playing and she looks a mess, I tell her she looks like a little "rag-a-muffin."  Tod...

Mouse

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(2011) TERRIFIED ... I've been leaving the deck door open on nice evenings so Lily can play in the backyard and this evening I saw a MOU...

British Lit

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(2016) Helping Bran with a paper for his British Lit class tonight that is about how the Victorian ideals of the time were portrayed in Dic...
Thursday, April 16, 2020

13

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(2013) By the way, Brandon had a GREAT 13th birthday, though I think he fully expected to wake up on that day with a full mustache and a dri...
Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Skunk

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(2013) Dylan came home all dirty and sweaty from his batting practice then played outside until dark.  When he came in, Lily took one step t...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Baby Book

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(2013) I pulled out Brandon's baby book of pictures to show him tonight and Lily rushed over and said, "Ooooo ... I want to look at...

Broadway

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(2014) PROUD PROUD parent moment ... Dylan has a part in the 5th grade school musical.  He is CAMPER ITCH-ALOT and apparently he has to ...

Cow

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(2014) Bran was recounting to me a recent dinner he had at an Italian restaurant.  He said the waitress came and asked him if he wanted a Ca...

Doubles

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Dylan hit four doubles in his games yesterday… he’s now playing baseball the same way that he eats! 🍔🍔🍔🍔⚾️❤️😂 #DT #favoriteshortstop
Friday, April 10, 2020

Invest

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I am cracking up that beside my $10.01 balance in my savings account, Wells Fargo posted a big red-flag notice that says IT’S TIME TO INVEST...
Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Marshmallows

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(2010) Skeet bought Dylan a big bag of mini-marshmallows and now he's the new George Washington Carver of marshmallows!  So far he's...
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