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, February 8, 2022

Snow Day

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 Another installment of “Jen and Skeet are complete opposites.” SNOW DAY  Snow pouring outside.  Skeet: I think I’m going to get the laundr...
Sunday, February 6, 2022

Bedtime

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 (2015) It's about two minutes before bedtime and Lily asks me if she could tell me just one more quick thing before bed.  "Sure,...
Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Mirror

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 (2011) Found Lily Claire singing and dancing and talking in front of my full length mirror in the bathroom.  When I asked her what she was ...

Cinderella

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 (2013) Lily Claire just said to me, "Mom, you are just like Cinderella." As I was basking in the glow of such a sweet, heartfelt ...

Cherry Day

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 (2015) Lily Claire and I went outside a minute ago and she sighed and said, "Well, it's another cherry day." "What?...

Witch

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 (2015) Lily hugged me last night and said, "Mommy, sometimes you are just like a nice witch."  Huh?!  Is that good?!
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...
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