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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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Faulty

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(2014) The faulty brain waves of sixteen year old boys, as evidenced by my conversation with Bran in the truck tonight ... Me:  We're g...
Monday, June 29, 2020

Beef Jerky

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(2016) Brandon Taylor made me laugh out loud today at Walmart!  He was begging me to buy him some $6 bag of Beef Jerky and I happened to spo...

Grandma

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We were at Chili’s tonight and the young waitress looked at Skeet and said, “Here’s your ribs, sir.” Then she looked at Lily and said, “And ...
Saturday, June 27, 2020

Jesus

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(2014) A little theology with Lily on the ride home today ... her questions ... Does God ever spill anything? If God gets thirsty and has ...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Errands

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Robert Skeet Taylor and I were running errands today and we pulled into PGA Golf store. "Come in with me," he said. "There...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

102

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(2014) Remember that I mentioned that it is 102 degrees here in Myrtle Beach?  I just discovered that Lily left a half eaten Hershey bar in ...

Fireflies

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Wow! My backyard is twinkling and shimmering with oodles of fireflies! #southernsummernight❤️

Date

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(2014) Bran has a movie date tonight with a very sweet girl from school. A glimpse into a mother/teenage son conversation in the car today ....
Friday, June 12, 2020

Stuck

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(2012) After I took Bran to his double header an hour early in Loganville today, I was going to be "super fun mom" and take Dylan ...

Epic

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(2014) Eleven year old boys crack me up!  Dyl has three neighborhood friends over for an impromptu sleep over and they are playing video gam...

Fifteen

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(2018) Five fifteen year old boys + four pizzas + ten Gatorades + one basketball = summertime at the Taylor house ❤️🙂☀️🍕🏀

Success

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(2014) Bran was a smashing success as a babysitter for Lily tonight!  They watched Spongebob, ate fettuccine noodles that Bran made, and cau...

Snippets

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(2014) Conversations with Lily are always interesting!  A few snippets from today as we were running errands ... "Does Jesus drink Co...
Thursday, June 11, 2020

Babysit

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(2015) Bran is babysitting LIly for me tonight for the first time while I go with Skeet to a business dinner.  When we were in the car, I to...
Sunday, June 7, 2020

Teenagers

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During the summer months, a lot of teenagers are working at the stores and fast food restaurants (my son included), which can sometimes lead...
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