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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Saturday, March 19, 2022

Dragon

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 (2011) Tonight at dinner, Grammie asked Lily if she was a "good girl."  Lily thought a minute then shouted, "NO!  I AM A MEA...
Friday, March 18, 2022

Heaven

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 (2013) Poor Papaw!!!   Dylan went over to his house today to play for a while (and to give Mom a break!) and Papaw ended up pitching him 30...

Good Night

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 (2013) Lily Claire melted my heart tonight.  When I tucked her in bed and was leaving her room I said, "Good night sweet girl.  I love...

Hunk

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 (2015) Oh my gosh... I can NOT quit laughing! One of Bran's baseball buddies came rushing up to Skeet tonight and said, "Mr. Taylo...

Punch

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 (2012) Lily Claire just told me that if I don't wear green today, a leprechaun will PUNCH me! I said, "No, he won't!  That...
Thursday, March 17, 2022

BSOL

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 Those of you who know me are aware that I'm not really known for having extensive baseball knowledge (ok, none), and I've been know...
Saturday, March 12, 2022

Birthday

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 (2011) Just had a FUN birthday dinner with my family at the Japanese restaurant ... cracking up because after spend the night parties and a...

DMV

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 My dad took a friend of ours from church to renew his license at the DMV.  They walked in and not a SOUL was in the place (how lucky!)  The...

Advice

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 Today's free springtime advice .... never coat all your birdseed with "Coles Flaming Squirrel Repellant Sauce" and then hang ...
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?!
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