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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Sunday, July 31, 2022

Steve

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(2018) We have home phones that will "announce" who is calling once the phone rings.  It's a lady computer type voice that can...
Friday, July 29, 2022

Relish

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 (2019) Lily and I were at Kroger yesterday, and I was buying some egg salad at the deli. I said to Lily that I hoped it didn’t have relish ...

Dry Clean

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 (2013) Embarrassing moment of the day:  I took some clothes from our trip to the dry cleaners and obviously had not done a good job of sort...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Cute

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My 14 year old daughter just very politely and diplomatically asked if I could wear a “cute outfit” to her high school registration on Thurs...
Sunday, July 24, 2022

Adored

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 I am one lucky gal to come home EVERY evening after all these years and be COMPLETELY idolized and adored and smothered with undying love a...
Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Rushing

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 (2016) Got tickled today at Walmart observing a teenage worker who was moving so slowly that I was concerned if she even had a pulse!  When...

Citizen’s Arrest

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 (2014) We bought a special promo cup for Brandon at RaceTrac that you can refill through August 1st for free every time you are there.  Tod...
Monday, July 4, 2022

4th of July

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 (2011) Lily Claire, age 3, was looking at all the 4th of July decorations for our cookout tonight and asked, "Mommy, who's birthda...
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,...
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