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, December 21, 2021

Tired

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 A favorite! 😂😂😂 There is no tired like the tired of an elementary school teacher at the end of the week before Christmas break! As we we...

Christmas

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 I had the funniest and sweetest thing happen tonight when I stopped in Kohl’s to pick up a last-minute gift. I was super tired from a fun, ...
Monday, December 6, 2021

Quit

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(2013) Only Dylan!  He told us this evening that he wants to quit his basketball team.  Of course we said NO and gave him a big speech about...

Blank

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Typical Skeet/Jen conversation ... Me, setting the table for our grade level Christmas party on Friday: “Skeet, should I use crackle glass v...
Friday, November 26, 2021

Reindeer

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 So the guy in the Hallmark Christmas movie I’m watching just said that to find true love you must go into the wilderness under a full moon ...
Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Bible

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 (2016) Laughing so hard after talking to Bran tonight!  He had to take his final in Bible class today and he didn't realize until yeste...
Saturday, November 13, 2021

Opera

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 (2015) This memory made me laugh out loud ... Brandon Taylor My friends have always told me that God was laughing when he sent me two rowdy...

Hot Rod

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 (2016) This memory made me laugh out loud ... Brandon Taylor My friends have always told me that God was laughing when he sent me two rowdy...

Hero

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 (2016) How to be a hero in two easy steps... 1. Receive a text that says “I’m starving” from your 15 -year-old son who is on the school bus...
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...
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