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, August 31, 2020

Pinball Wizard

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 Jesus take the wheel ... and the radIo station controls PLEASE!!!! Robert Skeet Taylor is blasting hideous 70s music from HIS era all the w...

Prodigy

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 (2014)  “Had NO IDEA that I was raising a child prodigy.  I was getting my nails done yesterday and Lily picked out a color that I actually...
Friday, August 14, 2020

Mom

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 Story of my life ... I’m sure many of you can relate!!! 😂😂😂

Bacteria

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 Buddy was very excited when we got home tonight and was licking Lily all over her face.  Skeet said, "Lily, don't let Buddy lick y...

Snow Cones

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 I have come to the realization that without air conditioning, I would be a mean, lonely hermit with NO friends or maybe even be in JAIL.  I...
Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Fan

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 I am cracking up ... I "liked" a page that said "Like if you are a Jason Aldean fan."  Well now I'm a "fan...

Mars and Venus

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 Funny memory from a few years back ... Brenda J Boone Klaas Hilarious exchange between Grammie and Brandon tonight ...  I call it Brandon i...

Heaven

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 Love this from when the Dyl was about 8... I overheard Brandon and Dylan talking in their room after I had put them to bed last night ... D...
Monday, August 10, 2020

Meow

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 (2016) Lily sang along PERFECTLY with every single country song that came on in the car today as we were running errands ... Florida Georgi...
Sunday, August 9, 2020

Japanese

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 We took Bran to a Japanese restaurant last weekend and it reminded me of a hilarious story. When Dyl was about four, he was terrified of th...
Saturday, August 8, 2020

Robbers

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 (2011) We were reading a "Dear God" book tonight before we went to bed about having a bad temper.  After the book, Dylan pondered...
Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Lobster

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I was at the dollar store this evening picking up a few items for my class. A man in the store was literally yelling at the top of his lungs...
Monday, August 3, 2020

Unicorn

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(2012) In all seriousness, Lily Claire just came up to me and said, "Mom, do you remember that time that me you, Daddy, Dylan, Bran, Gr...

Badge

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(2014) I was excitedly telling Lily tonight that she is going to join Sunbeams in  the fall.  It's a program similar to Girl Scouts that...

Summer

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(2010) Watched the boys playing baseball in the cul de sac tonight as the sun went down and listened to Lily giggling and running around the...
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