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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Friday, October 29, 2021

Bitter

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 (2014) REALLY?!  I arrange a RARE free Saturday night with all the kids taken care of so I can surprise Robert Skeet Taylor  with a date .....

Discount Tires

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 (2016) Today I had to take my car to Discount Tires to get a tire replaced that had a nail in it.  (Me + Discount Tires is already the begi...
Sunday, October 24, 2021

Trick or Treat

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 (2011) I am losing my mind!  Lily Claire has rung the doorbell about 1000 times now and keeps screaming "Trick or Treat!"  She...

Fortune Cookie

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 (2014) Hahaaa! A funny memory from a few years ago! ... We went to our favorite Chinese restaurant tonight and when it came time to read th...
Sunday, October 17, 2021

Love

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 (2016) A father's love ... Bran called home around 8 PM and said,"Mom, I'm as sick as I can ever remember. My head and chest a...
Saturday, October 16, 2021

Bug

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 There was some big bug in the Lily's room and being the HERO that I am, I went upstairs with my Raid Can and sprayed it for like five m...

Oldness

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 Today I was sitting outside on a bench at recess and had my ankles crossed.  One of my students was talking to me and then looked down at m...
Friday, October 15, 2021

Scared

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 (2012) Ok, so it's usually Lily Claire who is scared of the pizza delivery guy but tonight it was ME!  This older man who delivered our...

Vacation

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 (2013) I think Lily has been misunderstanding all these weeks when I tell her that Skeet is out of town.  He's gone on business trips a...

PJs

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 (2016) Guess Lily was giving me a hint that I've been cleaning the house too long today in my raggy PJs with my hair a wreck when she s...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Mr. Baby

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 (2010) Lily was singing real sweetly to her baby doll tonight ... "Rock A Bye Baby, the tree falls, bye Mr. Baby, when the tree falls....

Purgatory

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 (2012) I'm pretty sure there is a level of Dante's purgatory called "Doing book reports with Middle School boys."  Shoot ...
Monday, October 11, 2021

Chick-fil-A

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 (2013) The boys are all at the BHS football game and Lily wanted me to take her to Chick Fil A.  When we got there she wanted to stay and p...

Buddy

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Every time we’ve had a house showing I’ve had to take Buddy in the car and ride around or try to take him to the dog park. He hates being in...
Saturday, October 9, 2021

Grilled Cheese

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 (2011) Grammie and Papaw came over tonight for homemade chili and to watch a movie. I was asking everyone if they wanted a "grilled...
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