“Hope needs a foundation, and that foundation is you! Bless your hearts, every last one of you!” — Deborah Ford Hope 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
“Grits Glossary Southern vegetarian \ ‘sǝ-thǝrn , ve-jǝ’ter-ē-ǝn\ n: poor soul .” — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“ 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
“ You can’t choose your family, but you always choose your friends. Make this choice wisely. ” — Deborah Ford Family Copy Share Image
“ Southern Girls know…men may come and go, but friends are forevah! ” — Deborah Ford Friendship 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
“ “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
“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
“ 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
“ “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
“ “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
“ 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
“ 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
“ 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
“Grits Pearl of Wisdom #20: Preparing for a Southern guest is a labor of love, but remember: after three days, fish and… — Deborah Ford Food 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, 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
“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
“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
“ 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
“ 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
“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
“ 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
“ 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
“ “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
“ 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
“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
