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1. A Walk Down Friendship Lane
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Morgan and Rachael debut their new podcast and share their desire to bring encouragement, relatability, and laughter to your days, all while celebrating the wins in motherhood! They share some heartwarming and hilarious stories from their 18 years of friendship and invite you to join them on this new journey!
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Introduction to 'That's a Win'
00:00:01
Speaker
Hey guys, Morgan and Rachel here. Welcome to that's a win podcast where we share the highs and lows of motherhood, celebrating the wins along the way. Thanks for joining us on our journey. Talk soon.
00:00:17
Speaker
Welcome. Welcome. I can't believe it. It's our first podcast. What is life? Who are we? It's so exciting. We are excited. It's been a long time coming and we're starting out and we're excited for everybody to join us and listen.
Choosing the Podcast Name
00:00:40
Speaker
This is that's a win.
00:00:46
Speaker
What an awesome name. It really is. It took us a minute to figure out what we wanted to say. but It really did because they's so there's so many names out there. I know. You know what I mean? Just to find something that is unique to us yeah and something to us is really cool. I know.
Background of Hosts
00:01:05
Speaker
For those who don't know us, we are Morgan and Rachel and we are lifelong besties. We are long distance besties too. so Armand Tennessee and Rachel is in South Carolina. And we're two moms and basically this podcast is just going to be a sum of all of our text messages and voice memos throughout the day. Constantly communicating and yeah the that's the win part just came to be with um we would always just say each ah say that to each other whether it was like, okay,
00:01:40
Speaker
made it through the grocery store, no meltdowns. We're like, that's a win. And so it kind of organically came about. And so I love it. I love it. And it's perfect. And we're just going to celebrate these wins, big or small, that's right encouraging each other along the way on this crazy, crazy thing of motherhood and parenting and all the things. Yes. Yes. Actually you, you came up with that name, girly. That was you, all you Morgan. You texted it to me and then I was like, wait.
00:02:14
Speaker
our podcast name. That's what it's gonna be. That is true. So it was a group effort. It was, it was, it was. Because you're right. I remember because you went to Costco and you were like, got in and got out without any meltdowns. And I remember just being like, that's a win. And you're literally like, wait, that could be the podcast name.
Focus on Everyday Victories
00:02:38
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This is it. Yes. Because we had like come up with other ones, but they just didn't. feel like right, you know, it kind of just felt like we were like trying too hard. And I feel like with this name, it's like,
00:02:50
Speaker
I don't know. It's just perfect. It's great. We celebrate the wins. Small trips to the grocery store, you know, um, get into bedtime without meltdowns. Does that happen for anybody out there? No, literally no. Or hey, I got to tell you this story one more time or I need to go to the potty. I need to have a drink of water. You know, all the things to stop. Yes. Yes. I love it. I think it's great. And I think it's perfect. It is, it fits us really well. Yeah. I feel like we, or me specifically, and maybe you do, like when we talked about it, it was like, I feel like I don't have anything that was like my own, like my own little outlet or whatnot. So I'm like, we talk 24 seven anyways. And I feel like.
00:03:39
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You know, we're there with each other through it all, even though being what, six and a half hours away that we're like, just feels like natural. It just feels like, okay, this is, this is good. This is good. so Yeah. It's pretty special. I feel like our friendship over the years, I feel like we've just gotten closer. even when we're far apart. And so even in the season of just motherhood in general. Right. And when you when you decided to be a texter, finally. Finally. That was life changing for all of us. Morgan?
00:04:14
Speaker
Morgan would literally take days. I'm serious. and You would take like forever to respond. And I, I am a texter through and through like, don't nobody call me on the phone, not answer. And I will text you back and be like, Hey, what do you mean need? Like I do a smidge, a smidge better with FaceTime. Like maybe that's like number two. Yes. co but like but Cause call ain't even on the list. That's like, bye. See ya. Go straight into voicemail. Probably won't even listen to your voicemail. Pretend I never saw it. Literally. So whenever you decide it, which probably you had to because I was gone. I was far away. Like you had become the texter. It wasn't when I lived in Knoxville. It was not when I lived in Knoxville. It would be forever. And I'm a double texter, a triple texter. And now you are too. I know. You've turned me into a texter. Yes. Come on.
00:05:12
Speaker
Does that make me like a, what are we? Millennials? Millennials. Yeah. We are millennials, yep. You know? So yeah, once you decided to be a texter, I was like, okay, we can we can make this continue to work. Just kidding. It was all on me for real though. But it's great. It really is. And I I think like us, like you said, like it almost us being apart. I mean, we would be close even if I lived back there, back home still, but I feel like it has actually grown our friendship being away. I don't know why, which sounds weird. Yeah, which sounds weird because I i don't know. I feel that way.
00:05:58
Speaker
Yeah, I agree. So take us back. Where did we start? How did Morgan and Rachel's friendship even evolve? Let's get down to the nitty gritty, y'all. Let's hear
Origins of Friendship
00:06:11
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it. Let's hear it. Okay, so um I want to say it was probably what, fourth grade? Fourth grade. Well, here it is. Fourth grade. I knew Morgan. Morgan was and always really was. I feel like you were pretty popular. You know, like you were. Yes, not in a bad way, popular, but like and I wouldn't say like I wasn't popular, but I just was kind of like I didn't my own thing. Also, I don't know. I feel like maybe people knew who I was, but I wasn't like, oh, I want to be that girl's friend. I wasn't like a loser.
00:06:47
Speaker
You're not really smelling yourself again. You know what I mean though? Like, I don't know. I don't know. Whatever. I hear you. I hear you. Yeah. Whatever. Whatever. But I don't really know how I knew of you. But again, I think it was just because, you know, you were known, you know? So I know we would talk on AIM, on Messenger. Blue-eyed blondie. Mm-hmm. Two-three-two. Two-three-two. Three to-two-two. And. Doodlebug over here. Do you know the numbers, though? That's the real- Two-nine-nine-four. Oh, yeah. You You know it. You're better than me. Yeah. You had another one, though. I had two. Pretty in pink. One-two-nine-oh-seven or something like that. Yes. Why did I have two? What was the purpose of that? You were living two lives.
00:07:37
Speaker
My split personalities. Split personalities. Remember putting like away messages up? BRB going to the bathroom. I don't think BRB. What? you know No one needs to just sign off and get back on when you're done, please. like Come on now. Then you had the dramatic quotes when you were like going through a hard time. It's like, yes, not every moment is meant to be remembered.
00:08:08
Speaker
I'll never be like, oh my gosh, what happened to her? Yeah, you guys broke up after one day, what? Hold up now, you and your boyfriend. Yeah, that's freaking hilarious. But yeah, so I knew you from that, and I'm pretty sure we like weirdly talked on there, but I don't know if- My memory is fifth grade, we would wave to each other in the hall. We weren't friends, so we'd wave to each other in the hall. And I never wanted to be your friend, but I guess it evolved in middle school, like sixth grade. Yeah. I remember waving to each other in the hall, but we never actually, we never actually spoke, but I think we did talk on the item and maybe it wasn't fourth grade. I'm probably wrong. It was probably fifth grade. Um, somewhere around there. Yeah. You're right. Yep. In purple pod. Yeah. I think purple pod maybe sealed the deal. Oh, 100%. Sixth grade. That would have been 2006. So that's,
00:09:04
Speaker
Oh my gosh. 18 years ago. Whoa, dude. Whoa. Wow. That's more than half our life. I know. That's actually insane. Actually insane. Wow. But yeah, purple pod, and then seventh grade, you weren't in green 110. You were in orange pod, right? Nobody else was in orange. I remember that. I remember. I'm so sad. You had some friends in there, right? Yeah. You had people like you, yeah. And then were you in red in eighth grade? Mm-hmm. Okay, so then we were in the same pod then. You were red? Yeah, I was. I wonder if other schools who were like that, like had pods or I guess they had some kind of... Oh, I'm sure. Yeah, some little names for it. ah Yeah, a system for it. But yeah, okay, so fifth grade, evolved in middle school.
00:10:02
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And, um, yeah. Yeah. It's like, we've been tight ever since. Yeah. It just really has. It really has been that way. It really has been right through high school and our teenage phase and relationships and proms and homecomings and. Graduations. Yes. The good, the bad, the ugly, all of it. Then engagements and weddings and babies, like It's like every stage of life we've been through together. Every single stage. That just actually blows my mind when I think about it. And it feels like forever ago, but then it's like, I don't know. I still remember all the moments like with you. You know what I mean? I know. Which is really cool. It's cool. 18 years. Wow. That is wild. What?
Funny Friendship Memories
00:10:56
Speaker
What? Let's talk about in all those 18 years,
00:11:02
Speaker
Can you tell me one of our fights? There's been two fights. Maybe, maybe two legit fights. Right. But like other than, okay, tell me what you think one of them is and I'll tell you what I think the other one is. Let's see if we can get it right. Okay, so the one that's top of mind, I can never forget because it was my fault. And I really, I really hurt you bad there. So we were at Dollywood, Dollywood, Dollywood, Dollywood Barton for reaching a seat. We were at Dollywood and I am not much of a
00:11:49
Speaker
Daredevil, I guess. i'm very I don't like roller coasters. I don't like stuff like that. That's just not my vibe. But I guess that day, and you are, so maybe we should preface that. You you like that stuff. I do. Yes. I used to then. now Now I wouldn't, but yeah, I used to then. Back in the day. Yeah. We're moms now. Exactly. Can't be doing stuff like that. No. So, but there was a roller coaster and I don't know if it's like a kid roller coaster or just a regular one. Probably just a regular one.
00:12:25
Speaker
You still weren't even going on a kid one, let's be honest. Let's be real. um So, yeah, you wanted me to, be i I said I was going to go with you and, you know, it's an amusement park. You got to wait in line. You got to stand there. So we started in the line. We waited all the way till you're at that, you're at the rope. It's about to be your turn. And I'm like, I can't do it. I'm too scared. Classic Morgan. Oh my gosh. So you got mad at. Did we go on or did you go on or? No. Did we like walk ah over, you know, like you're like skipping their ride. Yes. And I remember sitting on that bench afterwards, just like being so mad at you. I'm like, why did you make me stand in that whole line? And like we were legit in a fight over it. And you're like, Rachel, I just, I'm so scared. I thought I could do it. I just can't. Okay. There you go. There's one fight. That was, that was top notch. That was top notch.
00:13:22
Speaker
And then the second one is at the dancer's side. Do you remember? this is A dancer's side. So we had a friend. Well, I say we had a friend. Yeah. I mean, you knew her through me and she, um, she was my neighbor growing up. We went to go watch her in her dancerital and um, you know, at the end of dance recitals or whatever the people like go up and you bring flowers or like, you know, you say hi to them, whatever.
00:13:53
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and Morgan, I don't know if you had the flowers, but like she, she like stepped in front to go like, goes congratulate like for her dance recital in front of me. And I was legit. I was so mad. I was like, that's my friend. You can't go before me. And it was like, what are you thinking, Rachel? Like, come on, I'm looking back at myself. Like who cares? Who cares? But so funny. Yeah, that one. How dare I? Yeah, what? Come on, girl. And then I think there were probably like other random times like where I would feel like left out or like jealous, you know, if you had other friends, you know, like I remember that like, yeah yeah, it was a weird but it was never like we never like really spoke about it. It was like you would feel feel a certain way and then we would just
00:14:45
Speaker
you know, move on. But I think to other people, I think to other people, they thought of us closer and maybe they felt like we had like a bond. You know what I mean? right And like what we were feeling looking from the outside, people were also like, thinking oh, Rachel and Morgan, they're really close. You know what I mean? Right. But then you like, no, she's, she looks like she likes so and so better than me. Like, you know, let's stupid things like that. Just the typical middle school, high school drama. Yes, literally.
00:15:16
Speaker
Literally. And I love the people that you're friends with too. And like, I'm friends with them also. Like, you know what I mean? So it's like, hold up now. Or like from then, you know, back in that. I don't know who all your friends are now.
00:15:31
Speaker
Since I live so far away now. I know. It's crazy to think about.
Motherhood and Friendship Bond
00:15:35
Speaker
And I feel like, I guess as you get older too, and I feel like becoming moms together is just a totally different, yes like, next level relationship you relate in a totally deeper way. And yes, you know, it's one of the most like life changing things you go through. So to have, I always say I'm like, I could literally not do this without you because right I can imagine being, you know, alone in, you know, you need somebody just to be able to like share it all that good, the bad, the ugly, the I'm crying, they're crying, we're all crying. Like, yeah, it's just solidarity of it all.
00:16:14
Speaker
Literally, I couldn't do it without you either. And again, like being far away, it's still, it means so much to me. You know what I mean? Even if I was like, if I was there, we would get to like see each other and whatnot. But I feel like even like being far away, it still matters. So it's like our friendship is like to the end. It's to the end. We can get through it all. like But you're right, as far as with all the children stuff, all that stuff. And it's like you can't like, if someone hasn't gone through it, you can't really know it until you're actually in it. You know what I mean? like I remember people like telling me things before having kids.
00:16:54
Speaker
And I couldn't, I couldn't fully grasp it. Like you just, just can't. So it's nice to have you. And it's been nice that you went through like with Jude being like six months older than Nora, like you went through a good chunk of it before I did. So you could relate and tell me things and advice that I needed in that time. And same with when you had eaten. Right. You had that second kid and you could tell me those little tricks. So that's been nice for, for me as well. Yeah. I know. Cause I feel like I was kind of the first to go through it. But me, me and my sister, we were, we were pregnant at the same time and literally they're three weeks apart. So we had each other to like yeah talk through about it, but I'm like, being it together now is like, not now it's been what, three and a half years now, but almost so it makes a difference. I know.
00:17:51
Speaker
I'm going to have a four year old literally in like three three days. Yeah. I keep forgetting. It's just, it's busy and I'm like wait sneaking up on me. Yes. Seriously. Seriously. It's crazy. It really is. Well, so obviously we mentioned I have two kids. You have two kids. Mine are almost four and three days in a year and a half. So we yes, I have a three and a half year old and an almost 10 month old, two girlies. We actually just got to be together last weekend.
00:18:33
Speaker
We got to come visit our annual little trip that we do. Yes, to the Huggins. We load up the kids drive to South Carolina. That's right. That's right. Y'all made it here all in one piece. Just gets, um, crazier and wilder as the years go on you know like adding more kids and pregnancies and all that it's like okay this is this is wild because literally like last year when y'all came I was pregnant and the year before you were pregnant and like in South Carolina in the summer it's like well I guess it's hot in most places but like it's like
00:19:17
Speaker
brutal. And like we did the beach, all that fun stuff. And so that was lovely. So this year it was like, nobody's pregnant. Yeah, I know. We can just enjoy. I know. And in some parts it's like, well, it's a little bit easier when the babies are on the inside and not on the outside fighting. Yeah, literally. Oh, our kiddos. Yes, yes. I love it though. It's so fun. I think it's special too to always be able to look back and see the pictures and like compare like okay they were this little and then now you know just a year later and so super fun. Yep and it's cool for them because it's like
00:19:59
Speaker
Again, it's a friend they don't see every day, but like when they see each other, it's like they pick up, like they know who each other is. You know what I mean? and That's really special, I think. I even had, I was talking to somebody about that and I was like, yeah, they don't even like see each other that often, but they're like little besties, you know? And I'm like, that's so cool. Like it's kind of like us. Like we don't see each other all the time, but we have the special relationships though. Yes, that's literally exactly
Podcast Goals and Relatability
00:20:24
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it. And now we got this to where we can see each other. through, since I won't pick up a FaceTime call, um and can see each other and talk and, you know, go through and discuss all the things regarding friendship, kids, hubbies. It's going to be fun. It will be. We're learn we're learning.
00:20:48
Speaker
Yeah. We'll learn as we go. Yes. Literally. Literally. I feel like what we can provide to people is just relatability and solidarity. You can just relate when you're in it. That's right. And I want it to be like an encouraging thing too of not just like harping on all these hard things. Yes. be real, but also that's a win. Celebrating the wins, you know, like encouraging each other along and helping us to see these little victories, no matter how small in our day to day that keep you pushing forward. That's right. They do. Yeah. I think sometimes it's, it is easy because it's hard. It's hard being a parent and being a wife, you know, working a working parent, stay at home one, like it's hard regardless. So I feel like.
00:21:39
Speaker
hat what am I trying to say I'm trying to say like it's real that it's hard yes so easy to like harp on the negative sides of it so I like that when you came and you just said and what we want to establish is like Yeah, it's hard, but we're not harping on those negative or what's it called. We're going to celebrate them as wins and we worked through and conquered XYZ and keeping it positive and encouraging. That's what positive and
00:22:11
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yeah Yeah, that's that was it. that it
00:22:16
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ah Totally. I agree. I agree. That's what I was trying to say. Sorry. And then I like was I knew what I wanted to say, but I was like, yeah, okay. You got it girl. You got it. Help me work through that. Yes. Look at us. That's a win and but the right there. That is a win. I got through that thought. I just feel like you your mindset of everything totally affects how, like what you think is like how you feel and how you're going to act, you know? And if you think, oh, these kids are a burden or they're doing this or I'm losing my independence or, you know, it's like you got to totally shift your mindset of they are a blessing and
00:22:57
Speaker
you know, you set the tone, like you set the tone for your family and your household and your kids. And so it's like, if we're constantly helping each other and lifting each other up, then that helps us to develop that mindset like automatically almost like we don't like, I don't know, I feel like at first, you're gonna have to work on it, develop it, you know what I mean? But if you're If that's your normal state, then right it flows through that. If that makes any sense. No, it does because they're going to model and do what they see come from us. You know what I mean? Like it's the same thing. If you're like all upset and stressed out, then that in return makes them, they feed off of you. So you want to give off the positive encouraging Caleb energy. you know I can't, I can't get that out of my head. We we love you, Caleb.
00:23:50
Speaker
love you We love you. but's right Yeah, I love it. I think it's going to be great. I'm excited that we're doing it and that we're actually, and we've we've done our first podcast. We've got it who finished and done. And I can't wait for everybody. I know. We're so excited for you all to listen and Hopefully to laugh a little bit, smile, you know, and enjoy, enjoy listening. We're excited. I guess we'll talk to y'all later. We'll see you next time. That's right. Bye. Bye.