“ Reminder: good table manners are the ultimate symbol of who you are, and how you were raised. ” — Deborah Ford Manners Copy Share Image
“Grits Pearl of Wisdom #18: Flowers at a party are as Southern as sweet tea and barbeque. ” — Deborah Ford Flower Copy Share Image
“Hope needs a foundation, and that foundation is you! Bless your hearts, every last one of you!” — Deborah Ford Hope Copy Share Image
“ “Good manners are free, but forgetting them often costs you dearly.” -Traditional Southern Wisdom” — Deborah Ford Good man Copy Share Image
“ A Grits girl treated without TLC may end up a PMS…a Precious Moody Southerner! ” — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“ “I’ve always pictured myself as a clydesdale.” -Sandra Bullock, Virginia Grits ” — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“ When a Southern woman has nothing else, she still has her manners. ” — Deborah Ford Manners Copy Share Image
“ The Baptists gave the South Billy Graham and Stonewall Jackson. The Methodists gave the South Martin Luther King, Jr. (Not that… — Deborah Ford Baptists Copy Share Image
“ “Do Southerners laugh at different things than Northerners do? Yes, I say--Northerners.” Roy Blount, Jr., Roy Blount’s Book of Southern Humor” — Deborah Ford Humor Copy Share Image
“Grits Pearl of Wisdom #3: Men must understand that, like a magnolia, you can’t trim a Grits: we are perfect just as… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“Grits Pearl of Wisdom #39: It’s been said that love makes the world go round. That may be true, but friendship keeps… — Deborah Ford Friendship Copy Share Image
“Ask any man you meet: there is just something about a Southern girl. If she’s a Southern girl with attitude and talent,… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“ “Don’t tell me I can’t do something, ‘cause I’ll show you I can.” --Tammy Wynette, legendary country singer and Alabama Grits” — Deborah Ford Country singer Copy Share Image
“Well, I Declare!: According to a recent survey, the Bible is found in 96 percent of households in the South. We’re wondering… — Deborah Ford Bible Copy Share Image
“Well, I declare!: The tradition of “family style” eating, sitting at a long table and taking your portion from a large communal… — Deborah Ford Culture Copy Share Image
“ grits \’grits\n: 1: acronym for Girls Raised in The South 2: an increasingly popular expression associated with the enviable attributes of… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“Your Right Man is out there, waiting--you just have to know where to look. It’s a challenge, but it’s just about the… — Deborah Ford Anxious Copy Share Image
“ steel magnolia \stē(ǝ)l mag-‘nōl-yǝ \ n: a Southern woman who has weathered tragedy and heartache while retaining pride, dignity, and a… — Deborah Ford Life Copy Share Image
“ “I incorporated special linen pieces that had belonged to all the women in my family back to my grandmother. By saving… — Deborah Ford Family Copy Share Image
“ “Southerners have a genius for psychological alchemy…If something intolerable simply cannot be changed, driven away, or shot, they will not only… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“ The Grits Guide to Weddings “I wanted to tie in the Southern things that were special to me. I wanted the… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“ Physically and socially, Florida has its own North and South, but its northern area is strictly Southern and its southern area… — Deborah Ford Florida Copy Share Image
“When I was in high school contemplating whether to take Home Economics or not, my mother exclaimed: “Oh no, darling…you must never… — Deborah Ford Education Copy Share Image
“What’s the effect of this attitude of gratitude on Southern children? Well, we think it’s summed up by this description of Mississippi… — Deborah Ford Attitude of gratitude Copy Share Image
“The work party is also a strong tradition in the South. It was a hard life as a small farmer, and when… — Deborah Ford End of the day Copy Share Image
“Grits know when enough is enough. Having good manners doesn’t mean you should allow others to push you around. A Southern girl… — Deborah Ford Enough is enough Copy Share Image
“Southerners have a lot to be proud of. We have survived, and we have overcome. Southern women, especially, have learned to be… — Deborah Ford Old saying Copy Share Image
“If you’re single and you’re not having the greatest fun of your life, it’s high time to reassess your priorities. It may… — Deborah Ford Confidence Copy Share Image
“We’ve said it before, but football really is a religion in our neck of the woods. Southern football is much more than… — Deborah Ford Football Copy Share Image
“Southerners have a sense of perspective, a way of finding the humor in even the most painful of experiences. We know that… — Deborah Ford Comedy Copy Share Image
“Finding and keeping a lifelong partner is a common dream of all girls, everywhere. Women love men (well, most of us, anyway--Ellen… — deborah ford Dreams Copy Share Image
“ Redneck Rules of Etiquette • To avoid bruising wine as you decant it, make sure to tilt the paper cup. •… — Deborah Ford Etiquette Copy Share Image
“ Not Your Stereotypical Southern Belle By Betsy Shearon, George Grits I grew up being more interested in scoring touchdowns than wearing… — Deborah Ford Southern belle Copy Share Image
“Religion is reassurance. It is community. It is the conductor that helps orchestrate our lives. It allows you to discover who you… — Deborah Ford Change the world Copy Share Image
“Anyone who’s spent time below the Mason-Dixon line knows this truth: Southern women are anything but ordinary. Our unique, often unspoken code… — Deborah Ford Female writers Copy Share Image
“ A Southern Vegetarian’s Story By Erin Stewart, Alabama Grits It wasn’t easy being a vegetarian in Huntsville, Alabama, but I managed… — Deborah Ford Food Copy Share Image
“ I Do Believe You Ate My Salad Recently, I attended a luncheon at the George Lindsey (Goober of Mayberry fame) Film… — Deborah Ford Alma mater Copy Share Image
“While Dixieland men may have struggled with a language inferiority complex, the opposite is true of Southern women. We’ve always known our… — Deborah Ford American accent Copy Share Image
“ Sideline Story By Barbara Dooley, Georgia Grits When you have a lot of children, and we had four, you get worn… — Deborah Ford Brown eyes Copy Share Image
