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Even though Mama deserves to be celebrated more than one day a year, we love that Mother’s Day gives us a reason to let her know how much she means to us. While gifts, flowers, and desserts are a great way to celebrate Mama this Mother’s Day, we know that sharing meaningful words in a card or letter would also mean the world to her. Mother’s Day bible verses are a great way to remind her just how much she is loved as well as inspire her with words of faith....

At first, it was something new and different, this sheltering at home—kind of like camping but with plumbing and electricity. However, the longer the South stayed in, the more our habits began to change—everything from our church clothes to our breakfast menus. Zoom worship services made dressing from the waist up the new normal. And when you can’t shop for groceries as often, well—reckon how pimiento cheese would taste on a biscuit?...

You would think that the chance to sell one of Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Fixer Upper properties would be a dream come true for any real estate agent. But according to Kristin Clements, the realtor handling the sale of the “Asian Ranch House” from season two of the hit HGTV show, that’s not the case. The Waco home, which is currently listed by Camille Johnson Realtors for $679,900, has proven quite difficult to sell....

With two young kids and a new puppy, Home Town stars Erin and Ben Napier find themselves cleaning their floors at least once a day. “There’s a lot of food on the floor,” the mom of 4-year-old Helen and 9-month-old Mae told Southern Living. “Quick cleaning—just keeping them clean—is a daily job for us,” Ben added. Given their expertise and busy lifestyles, the Napiers are a natural choice for a new partnership with Swiffer WetJet Wood....

There’s no better way to spend a leisurely summer afternoon than playing a lawn game. While our cornhole sets and giant Jenga blocks get a workout during the summer, there’s an old-school backyard game that we’re ready to try out. Croquet, anyone? Lest visions of Alice in Wonderland playing croquet with flamingo mallets spring to mind, let us bring you up to speed. On a sunny day, we can’t think of anything nicer than whacking croquet mallets around the grass with a glass of lemonade in hand....

We’ve got your ticket to a summer adventure that adults and kids alike will enjoy. All aboard the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad, a one-of-a-kind journey that winds through the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, offering gorgeous views, lush greenery, and plenty of fun. The train, also known as “the bald eagle train,” travels The Trough, a six-mile wooded gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River and a popular bald eagle nesting site....

Here in the South, there is one tree deserving of all the springtime adulation it gets—the flowering dogwood (Cornus florida). Maybe it’s because they’re native and grow wild in our woods. But more than any other tree, for us they herald spring. Learn how to select, grow and care for this all-season beauty—the flowering dogwood tree. Four Seasons of Dogwood Beauty There’s a lesson I learned in horticulture school that’s still true today—no ornamental flowering tree is so beautiful in so many seasons....

The College Football Championship Final may have taken place in Los Angeles, but this was an all Southern fight as TCU set out to upset the reigning champions UGA. Bulldogs versus Horned Frogs. Who would come out on top? In the pre-show on ESPN, one of the network’s most iconic analysts, the boisterous Lee Corso picked TCU to win, but then admitted he’d been wrong the week before. Twice. That might have been an unwelcome omen for the Horned Frogs....

Good news for fans of Netflix hit Sweet Magnolias! We won’t have to wait much longer to have all our burning questions answered after last season’s major cliff hanger. Sweet Magnolias Season 2 will premiere on Friday, February 4. That’s right—it’s time to head back to Serenity to check in with all our favorite characters, including lead trio Maddie, Dana Sue, and Helen (played by JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott, and Helen Decatur), plus Kyle, Ty, Annie, and Maddie’s budding love interest Cal....

Getting from “what movie should we see?” to resting in your chair with a bucket of popcorn isn’t always a seamless transition. There’s schedules to coordinate, movie choices to narrow down, and traffic to beat. Now, Google is making it easier to plan a fun night out at the movies directly from your phone with new Google Search features. In a recent blog post, the tech company revealed a new update that will make organizing movie night simpler....

Need a last-minute Mother’s Day breakfast recipe that will impress without requiring serious culinary chops to pull off beautifully? Meet Ina Garten’s go-to bacon, egg, and cheddar sandwich. Here, the Barefoot Contessa dazzles as always with a delightful breakfast sandwich that is far more than the sum of its parts. “What mom wouldn’t love a Bacon, Egg & Cheddar Sandwich in bed this Mother’s Day!?? This easy recipe from Modern Comfort Food is mostly made in the microwave so the kids can help, too!...

In a recent episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna, co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager sat down for an insightful discussion about how the coronavirus pandemic has instilled in us the importance of slowing down the pace of our jam-packed lives. As the conversation evolves, Kotb brings up the oft-quoted bible verse from 1 Corinthians, “love is patient.” “Slow to anger,” replies Bush Hager, invoking another biblical verse. “It’s so funny because I said that, that my grandpa and grandma read that at my wedding, read those verses,” she continues, referring to her grandfather and 41st President George H....

Matthew McConaughey has a knack for finding the good in things—a talent that’s proven especially valuable in a year like 2020. In a sneak peek of the new Facebook Watch special Peace Out 2020, the 51-year-old actor opens up about the unexpected gifts this difficult year has given him, including having more quality time with his 88-year-old mama, Kay. “What a year we have just lived through, one like no other,” McConaughey says....

In 1972, just six years after Southern Living was founded, the magazine published its Party Cookbook, with a simple subtitle: Complete Menus and Entertaining Guide. The book was written by a witty Chattanooga food columnist named Celia Marks, who clearly understood the art of the soiree. By today’s standards, the cover is not attractive—a dark photo of a crown roast surrounded by spiced crabapples and parsley—but it sold more copies than any other cookbook in Southern Living history....

Is a beautiful, top-to-bottom kitchen renovation on your bucket list? Planning out your dream kitchen (especially if it’s a far-off one) is fun, but it can make living with your current kitchen worse than it already was. If a big remodel is not in the cards for the foreseeable future, there are still ways to make your kitchen much more livable—and dare we say, enjoyable. We’ve come up with 5 sneaky ways to make small changes to your kitchen that will actually have a huge impact....

It is easy to assume that storing any food item in the refrigerator will ensure, for a limited time, the life and quality of that item. While this is true for cooked foods, not every fresh vegetable or fruit takes kindly to being stored in the crisper and you may realize you are throwing out more food than you consume. Besides buying less and being more conscious of the produce you have on hand, one of the best ways to avoid food waste comes in knowing how to properly store your fruits and vegetables....

Southwest Florida is a treasure trove of natural wonders. Its scenic coastal cities and barrier islands are some of Southerners favorite places to get away for a beach vacation, whether they’re interested in deep sea fishing, shell hunting, or spending a long day relaxing in the sand. From sunny Fort Myers and Naples to remote Sanibel and Captiva, visitors have plenty to choose from when deciding on a destination. For nature lovers, Bonita Springs, located almost perfectly between Fort Myers and Naples, is a dream....

Nothing says summer quite like a big slice of peach pie (or peach cobbler or peach ice cream) but to get those delicious peaches ready for baking, you have to peel them—and that is rarely peachy. While we all have the tips and tricks that are grandmothers taught us—or the ones we posted to YouTube—that involve using a peeler or plunging in hot and cold baths, a Japanese Twitter user just showed an even easier way to peel a peach....

It’s that time of year when thermostats go up, and minds turn to comfort food. When it comes to the best cold-weather dishes, there are very few things, in our opinion, that can’t be improved by a dab, spoonful, or even ladle of gravy. (We’re looking at you, mashed potatoes, meatloaf, and well, pretty much anything else.) Sawmill or mushroom? Red-eye or chocolate? Right now, we’re in the mood for mushroom gravy....

While we love crab formed into perfectly crisp crab cakes or swirled into a spicy smoked cheese dip, there’s an undeniable pleasure derived from cracking into butter-doused snow crab or king crab legs. And while both snow crab and king crab make for an excellent pairing for clarified butter and lemon wedges, there are important distinctions between the two crustaceans. Here we’ll explain the differences in size, habitat, season, taste, and price—and share our tried-and-true recipes for all of your crab cravings....