“ Southern girls know their four seasons… Recruiting Spring Training Practice Football ” — Deborah Ford Four seasons 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
“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
“ 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 #38: Expect respect! That’s the only way you’re ever going to get it. ” — Deborah Ford Resilience Copy Share Image
“ When a Southern woman has nothing else, she still has her manners. ” — Deborah Ford Manners Copy Share Image
“ “I’ve always pictured myself as a clydesdale.” -Sandra Bullock, Virginia Grits ” — Deborah Ford Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
“ “No one in the South ever asks if you have crazy people in your family. They just ask what side they’re… — Deborah Ford Crazy people Copy Share Image
“ Southerners don’t need instruments, they just use what they’ve got, like… Cigar boxes Tin cans Washboards ‘Shine jugs Spoons Hair combs… — Deborah Ford Instruments Copy Share Image
“Grits Pearl of Wisdom #2: Learn from the magnolia and don’t let grass grow beneath your feet. Keep moving, and live life… — Deborah Ford Grits Copy Share Image
“Grits Pearl of Wisdom #27: Count your blessings first thing every morning…then add to them as the day goes along. ” — Deborah Ford Blessings Copy Share Image
“Grits Pearl of Wisdom #13: If anyone tries to tell you a Southern girl shouldn’t drink, just tell them the truth: we… — Deborah Ford Drink Copy Share Image
“Grits Glossary newcomer \’nü-,kǝ-mǝr\ n: any neighbor who has lived there less than ten years, unless her mother is from the area,… — Deborah Ford Grits Copy Share Image
“Grits Pearl of Wisdom #36: A Southern family’s prized possessions are not only free, but freeing: family memories. Please don’t forget to… — Deborah Ford Family Copy Share Image
“Grits Pearl of Wisdom #31: Grits can admit their mistakes--and we all make some bad ones--but we never accept defeat. ” — Deborah Ford Failure 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
“ grits \’grits\n: 1: acronym for Girls Raised in The South 2: an increasingly popular expression associated with the enviable attributes of… — Deborah Ford Grits 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
“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
“ 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 biggest myth about Southern women is that we are frail types--fainting on our sofas…nobody where I grew up ever acted… — Deborah Ford Frail 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 Grits 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
“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
“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
“ 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
“ 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
“ 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
“ 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
“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
“ 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
“ Men are important to Southern girls, but they don’t define us. ” — Deborah Ford Southern Copy Share Image
“ A Grits girl treated without TLC may end up a PMS…a Precious Moody Southerner! ” — Deborah Ford Grits Copy Share Image
“ “Good manners are free, but forgetting them often costs you dearly.” -Traditional Southern Wisdom” — Deborah Ford Good man Copy Share Image
“Grits Glossary dry county \’drī ‘kaůn-tē\ n: a region where, by law, the heathens can drink as much as they like, but… — Deborah Ford Grits 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 Rely Strength 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
