“Grits Pearl of Wisdom #38: Expect respect! That’s the only way you’re ever going to get it. ” — Deborah Ford Resilience Copy Share Image
“ Southern girls know the sweet smell of summer… Confederate jasmine Sweet wisteria Purple lilac Suntan lotion” — Deborah Ford Summer Copy Share Image
“Grits Glossary success \sǝk-‘ses\ n: something a Grits has to define for herself, simply put ” — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“ Southern Girls know…men may come and go, but friends are forevah! ” — Deborah Ford Friendship Copy Share Image
“ You can’t choose your family, but you always choose your friends. Make this choice wisely. ” — Deborah Ford Family Copy Share Image
“Grits Glossary Southern vegetarian \ ‘sǝ-thǝrn , ve-jǝ’ter-ē-ǝn\ n: poor soul .” — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“ It is a special vanity of Southern women to believe that they are different from other American women.” -Sharon McKern, author… — Deborah Ford American women Copy Share Image
“Well, I Declare!: Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7, the South’s most famous whiskey, is distilled in a dry county. Isn’t that just… — Deborah Ford Whiskey Copy Share Image
“ “Someday we’ll tell our kids, until you find love like this, don’t settle for anything less.” -LeAnn Rimes, country music star… — Deborah Ford Country music Copy Share Image
“Grits Pearl of Wisdom #33: You don’t have to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth to live a rich… — Deborah Ford Life Copy Share Image
“ “I’ve learned to rely on the strength I inherited from all those who came before me…I go forth alone and stand… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“ If the sweet lilt of a soft Southern accent isn’t music to the ears, we just don’t know what is. Music… — Deborah Ford Music Copy Share Image
“ “When a New Yorker asked a Savannah society woman what she did, she looked at him, puzzled, ‘Why ah live--ah live… — Deborah Ford Savannah Copy Share Image
“The first thing outsiders notice about Southerners is the way we talk. In fact, if it wasn’t for our speech, some people… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“ “The biggest myth about Southern women is that we are frail types--fainting on our sofas…nobody where I grew up ever acted… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“ The Southern Girl By Samuel Alfred Beadle (1857-1932) The fairest thing on land or sea Is the Southern girl, to me.… — Deborah Ford Fairest Copy Share Image
“ The Grits Guide to Southern Music “ If I had to tell somebody who had never been to the South, who… — Deborah Ford Soul music Copy Share Image
“Well, I declare!: The Appalachian dialect of the mountains of West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee is linguistically closer to Elizabethan English (the… — Deborah Ford Family Copy Share Image
“We aren’t slow in the South; we just savor our moments. Southerners can sit on a porch all afternoon trying to guess… — Deborah Ford Family and friends Copy Share Image
“ “If we ever decide to compare knees, you’re going to find that I have more scars than anyone else in the… — Deborah Ford Mary kay Copy Share Image
“ Who Needs A Holiday? Homecoming: We tailgate all football season--it’s almost a religion--but nothing compares to homecoming. Darling, you better watch… — Deborah Ford Holiday Copy Share Image
“ Bridesmaid’s Dress Revisited You may not wear it more than once, but no need to let it collect dust in your… — Deborah Ford Bridesmaid Copy Share Image
“The ultimate symbol of our religious devotion isn’t our churches, though it’s often beside them. In the South, we understand cemeteries as… — Deborah Ford Cemeteries Copy Share Image
“ After the Wedding … • Relax, relax, relax, and enjoy that honeymoon! • Don’t panic if it takes some time to… — Deborah Ford Marriage Copy Share Image
“If, on the other hand, you’re in a relationship and you’re not having a good time, honey, it’s time to hit the… — Deborah Ford Dreams Copy Share Image
“ The Call of the Lord By Sue Buchanan, Tennessee Grits My young daughter Dana often visited her grandparents in a small… — Deborah Ford Amen Copy Share Image
“ Southern Humor Hit List Here are just a few topics to get you started: • Yankees. We know ’em when we… — Deborah Ford Beauty queen Copy Share Image
“ Foreword As a true blue Southern girl I have often wondered…if preppies could have their own handbook…why not us? And now… — Deborah Ford Gone with the wind Copy Share Image
“ A Mother’s Advice Manners matter, regardless of your position in society. There is no excuse in this world to practice bad… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“Entertaining is a way of life for the Southern girl. We’ve been doing it for over three hundred years now, and we’re… — Deborah Ford Civil war Copy Share Image
“ Close at Kudzo In the South, we have a saying to describe how we feel about those around us: “close as… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“ My Daddy and My Car By Marilyn Akers, Georgia Grits At fifteen, I came home from school one afternoon to find… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“ A worthy cause is the best medicine in life, and it doesn’t taste half-bad going down. ” — Deborah Ford Life Copy Share Image
“ Southern girls know their four seasons… Recruiting Spring Training Practice Football ” — Deborah Ford Four seasons Copy Share Image
“Grits Pearl of Wisdom #24: If you learn to laugh at yourself, you’ll never run out of smiles. ” — Deborah Ford Comedy Copy Share Image
“Well, I declare!: Hush puppies are rumored to have gotten their name from hunters who threw the leftover ends of their cornbread… — Deborah Ford Animal Copy Share Image
“Grits Pearl of Wisdom #10: Only agree to marry a man who loves you more than you love him. If he doesn’t… — Deborah Ford Love Copy Share Image
“ “You’ve got to continue to grow, or you’re just like last night’s cornbread--stale and dry.” --Loretta Lynn, Kentucky Grits” — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
