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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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Elvis

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(2015)  OH NO!!!!  Major unfortunate event for today... I was coloring my hair (NOT that I need to cover some gray or anything) and AFTER th...

Jerky

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 (2018) Brandon Taylor... this still makes me laugh!!! 😂😂😂 (2016) Brandon made me laugh out loud today at Walmart!  He was begging me to ...

Grandma

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 (2020) Funny memory ... 😂😂😲😲 We were at Chili’s tonight and the young waitress looked at Skeet and said, “Here’s your ribs, sir.” Then ...
Sunday, June 26, 2022

Barter

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(2019) I am cracking up at the brother-sister barter system going on in the Taylor house! Dylan just offered Lily $3 to make him 4 grilled c...

Teeth

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 (2015) My Lily makes me laugh so much!!  She was mad when she realized she couldn't learn to whistle without her two front teeth, so th...

Yes to the Dreas

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 (2013) WE SAID YES TO THE DRESS!!!!!!! ... at Toys R Us, that is! Lily spent her birthday gift card on this Cinderella princess bride gown!...

Blonde

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(2013) Lily had us so confused today, and it was hilarious!  She kept mumbling things and when someone couldn't hear her, she'd say,...
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Inspirational

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 (2017) Funniest texts of the day between Brandon and me! He's loving working for a remodeler/landscaper this summer, but today's jo...

Headache

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 (2012) Dylan accidentally knocked into Lily this morning and Lily bumped into the kitchen table.  With a mad look on her face, she turned t...

Fake News

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 Robert Skeet Taylor and I were running errands today and we pulled into PGA Golf store.  "Come in with me," he said. "There...
Saturday, June 18, 2022

Outraged

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 (2020) Just went to Chick-fil-A and was OUTRAGED to find out they don’t make large sized milkshakes anymore. Just small. This seems unAmeri...
Thursday, June 16, 2022

Date

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(2016) Bran has a movie date tonight with a very sweet girl from school. A glimpse into a mother/teenage son conversation in the car today ....
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Purist

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Skeet and I got frozen yogurt tonight at a place that had over 40 toppings ... and Skeet got none!  Just plain chocolate yogurt. HOW IS THAT...
Friday, June 10, 2022

Summertime

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 (2012) I can tell it's summertime when my Walmart bill includes bubbles, suncatchers, fingerpaint, Captain Crunch, and Hi Ho Cherry-O!
Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Brothers

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 (2013) Life with two brothers means that everything gets eaten or used up before Lily Claire can get to it, most of the time!  Whenever we ...
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