“, Grandmother had the eye; the gift of clairvoyance. I don’t mean she ran a psychic hotline or could tell neighbors where their lost dog went. I mean she had the power to see – she could look at a pan of leftovers and tell exactly, to the spoonful, what size container was needed to store it in the fridge.” HumorFamilyFoodSouthern Book:It's a Southern Thing: Life's Different Here, Y'all Source: It's a Southern Thing: Life's Different Here, Y'all
“My Aunt Beverly sashayed when she walked. ... Her walk made the local boys sweat, well until those 'boys' were octogenarians. Anything she carried in her back pocket would have been as happily dizzy as a kid on a carnival ride. She sashayed like a Southern belle born in a time of dungarees and pedal pushers rather than restrictive skirts and social mores; she sashayed like a beautiful woman who was feeling sassy. She WAS beautiful, and she was sassy more often than not.” HumorFamilySouthSouthern Women Book:It's a Southern Thing: Life's Different Here, Y'all Source: It's a Southern Thing: Life's Different Here, Y'all
“B is for Bless Your Heart: “We spread this phrase around like hugs/’Bless her heart’ and ‘his heart,’ too/It’s something Southerners always say/When nothing else will do.” SouthernPicture Book Book:Y is for Y'all: A Southern Book of ABC's Source: Y is for Y'all: A Southern Book of ABC's
“When it was time to leave, Grandma was ready with a hug. She smelled a lot like biscuits and felt a lot like love.” SouthernPicture Book Book:10 Baskets of Biscuits: A Southern Counting Book Source: 10 Baskets of Biscuits: A Southern Counting Book