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, April 2, 2023

Senior Citizen

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 (2021) One of my students asked me today if I was a senior citizen!😂😂😂 Ummm ... no, but at this point I certainly feel like one, but wit...
Monday, March 27, 2023

Cheering

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 (2013) Guess I was cheering too loudly for Dyl at his ballgame because Lily turned to me and said, “Sshhhh, Mom! You’re making my ears go b...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Brawl

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 Today’s Blog Highlight … Brawl It's a pretty sure sign that the world is in a serious downward spiral when the news headline of the day...
Saturday, March 18, 2023

BSOL

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 (2016)   Those of you who know me are aware that I'm not really known for having extensive baseball knowledge (ok, none), and I've ...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Birdseed

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 (2018) Today's free springtime advice .... never coat all your birdseed with "Coles Flaming Squirrell Repellant Sauce" and th...
Friday, March 10, 2023

Cat

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 (2023) Hilarious story of the day! I get a text from Brandon this morning while he was getting ready for work that he just saw a cat walk d...
Sunday, March 5, 2023

Gone With The Wind

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 (2014) I have TOTALLY failed as a Southern mother. I was helping Bran study last night for an American Lit test about "Realism" a...
Saturday, March 4, 2023

Retro

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(2016) A text between Bran and me from his teen years where I was messing with him ... using a bunch of “groovy” slang that he wanted nothin...

Stickers

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 (2012) I was fussing a little bit at Lily Claire tonight because when I came downstairs she had put stickers all over her dolls!  I said, ...

Praise and Worship

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 (2014)  Many of you know that Dylan is really in to WWE wrestling and this Sunday, unbeknownst to me, he brought two of his wrestler "...
Sunday, February 26, 2023

Perks

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 (2014) Bran thinks he has hit the BIG TIME being on his highschool baseball team.  Why?  Because he gets FREE sweet tea AND lemonade at pra...

Book

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 (2014) Bran wasn't sure if I could help him with his Language Arts homework last night because it was about some obscure, little known ...

Birthday

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 (2013) Lily just told me, "Mom, you can come to my birthday party because you're my best friend."  Sniff. Sniff.  Love that l...

Marker

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 (2012) I walked into the kitchen this evening to find that Lily had drawn a big flower right on the refridgerator with a purple marker!!!! ...
Thursday, February 23, 2023

Mother of the Year

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 (2012) I have to share my "Mother of the Year" story from this week. I have been crowned once again. 🙂  I noticed that Dylan...
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