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, July 20, 2021

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 love...

Security

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 (2015) 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...

Sweet Tea

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 (2015) My first words in California in the place where we are having lunch, "Do y'all have sweet tea?"   You can take the gir...
Sunday, July 18, 2021

Doom

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 (2012) A black cloud of doom has settled over our house this evening with the mention of the words "DO YOUR REQUIRED SUMMER READING....

Quarantine

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 (2020) I think I have reached an all new low in COVID-19 quarantining as I am spending the evening on my couch reading the whole Wikipedia...
Tuesday, July 13, 2021

My Son

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

Joseph’s Coke

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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...
Sunday, July 11, 2021

Beauty

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 (2013) Lily Claire is a definitely her mother's daughter (as if we didn't already know that!).  She was clomping around the house i...

Vacuum

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(2016) You know your OCD fixation with vacuuming is out of control when your daughter is lying in bed at night going to sleep and says,...

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 goofi...
Monday, July 5, 2021

Rushing

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Got tickled today at Walmart observing a teenage worker who was moving so slowly that I was concerned if she even had a pulse!  When we enco...

Citizen’s Arrest

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 (2014) We bought a special promo cup for Brandon at RaceTrac that you can refill through August 1st for free every time you are there.  Tod...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

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...

Rice

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(2014) We ordered shrimp fried rice for supper tonight and I told Lily that she had to eat the rice, not just the shrimp (as she usually doe...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Beef Jerky

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(2016) Brandon 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 spot a $1 ...
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