Gracie Takes The Hot Seat

A kid gets hurt in a backyard game and Gracie’s first instinct is still “Gotcha, you’re out.” That’s the energy we bring to Gracie’s Hot Seat: fast questions, unfiltered answers, and the kind of friendship chemistry where one story turns into five more before anyone can breathe.

We bounce from childhood tomboy memories to pop culture obsessions, including the fictional characters she felt weirdly connected to, the crime-show leads she’s convinced are her alter ego, and her desert island movie picks. Then we take the chaos up a notch with a live Hunger Games call to a surprise guest to settle the Team Gale vs Team Peeta debate! Plus plenty of side quests like VSCO-era confessions, celebrity crushes, and a surprisingly passionate breakdown of what belongs on a hot dog.

But the heart of the conversation lands where identity gets real. Gracie opens up about becoming a teacher, traveling as a nanny, and facing a turning point in college when she felt God calling her to give up softball as an idol. We talk sports pressure, faith that moves from head knowledge to heart knowledge, and what it looks like to coach without letting performance define you.

If you like friendship podcasts with humor, nostalgia, and honest Christian faith conversations, this one hits. Subscribe, share it with a friend who loves a good hot seat, and leave a review telling us: what’s your desert island movie trio?

Transcript

Welcome To Gracie’s Hot Seat

SPEAKER_02 0:00

Alright, hey guys, welcome back to Justin's Act like you wanna introduce me. Act like you wanna introduce me. I don't care, fake it! My voice is gonna sound awkward. Okay, no, it's fine, it's fine. I started it, apparently it wasn't good enough. Hey guys, welcome back to just us talking. This week we have a very special episode. It is Gracie's Hot Seat. Guys, get ready for get ready. Get ready! Get ready. Get ready for some insane lore drops. So much laughter, so much fun. Gracie, I feel like you're a war vet.

SPEAKER_03 0:46

I think you have a lot to do.

SPEAKER_02 0:48

She has a war vet. She has a lot of lore drops to come. So I'm predicting from this.

SPEAKER_05 0:52

The thing is without me, about me as well, is I have short-term memory problems. So a lot of my stories, Morgan might have to start it out, and then I can be like, oh, okay, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:01

So it was my my privilege to introduce the one and only Gracie. Hi, I'm Morgan, and the most exotic place I've traveled to is Kenya. Kenya.

SPEAKER_06 1:13

Hi, I'm Kennedy, and the most I mean, it's not super exotic, but I've been to Belgium.

SPEAKER_02 1:18

Oh, that's so cool. That's cool.

SPEAKER_05 1:20

Um, hi, I'm Gracie, and I, well, Morgan stole mine. I would say You can just also say Kenya. Belize. Or Scotland or Ireland.

SPEAKER_02 1:33

All the places you travel. I'll stop there.

SPEAKER_03 1:36

My name is Tyree, and the most exotic place I've traveled to would be Indonesia. That's so cool.

SPEAKER_07 1:47

I'm Mary Grace, and the most exotic place I've traveled to is Honduras. Nice, nice.

SPEAKER_00 1:54

Dog live into Florida.

SPEAKER_03 1:57

He's like Naxhead.

SPEAKER_01 2:04

Miami's exotic.

SPEAKER_03 2:06

Look, it's exotic. You see exotic.

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This is David. I want to do more traveling.

SPEAKER_03 2:12

Look, Tampa. Look, I ran Tampa. Spot the difference.

SPEAKER_09 2:23

This is just Gracie Talking.

SPEAKER_08 2:34

That's a start.

SPEAKER_02 2:36

Gracie, how you feel, buddy?

SPEAKER_05 2:38

How you feeling? I'm tired. I'm nervous. The loopy.

SPEAKER_02 2:43

Perfect place to be to be your hot thing. Did you be a Fanta? A little Fanta. Not sponsored.

SPEAKER_03 2:49

That was just for not yet.

SPEAKER_02 2:50

Tyree, would you like to start us out?

SPEAKER_03 2:52

I can, I sure can. I'm going to pull up my questions. Let's see.

Tomboy Childhood And Manhunt Chaos

SPEAKER_03 3:01

What were you like as a kid? Like what is your most, and more specifically, I want to know what is your the most dramatic childhood moment you've had?

SPEAKER_02 3:10

Oh dramatic. Dramatic?

SPEAKER_03 3:13

Dramatic.

SPEAKER_05 3:15

Dramatic, dramatic. Me as a child, so, and I was the only girl in my neighborhood. And we played outside a whole lot. We're fat. And I have two older brothers.

SPEAKER_09 3:25

Exactly.

SPEAKER_05 3:26

Yeah. So I was very much of a tomboy, always outside, always playing with sticks and stuff.

SPEAKER_04 3:32

Um, yeah. That's pretty much it. Just a little tomboy playing all the sport all the sport all the sports. All the sports, just drinking from a hose. You know what I'm saying? No, but you know what I'm saying? Just like doing whatever. Oh, whatever. Um yeah. Played softball growing up.

SPEAKER_05 3:54

Nice.

SPEAKER_04 3:55

Very good. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 3:57

And dramatic thing that happened. Oh, this one time we were playing Manhunt and it was dark outside. It wasn't traumatic. Actually, it's just a funny story. Not about me at all. But we're playing Manhunt and I was it. And the person was, it was dark there in our backyard. We had like this little like playset in our backyard, and like had steps, and the kid was running, and then he like ran into our playset and like gashed his leg open to where we could see the bone. But I was it, and I was also the youngest, mind you. So the only girl and the youngest. And I had to keep up. And I never got this kid out because he was fast. And and I quite frankly, when he was on the ground with his bone, I thought he was faking it. And I was like, Gotcha, you're it. He's like, No, I hurt my leg. I said, You're faking it right now. Like, get up, let's go. Get up. And I was also like rubbert on it, like, you're fine, unless there's like really a broken bone. And I was like, I was like, get up, you're out. And he was actually bone exposed. Bleeding, bone exposed. Bone exposed.

SPEAKER_09 4:53

Like poking out like that.

SPEAKER_05 4:55

So if you're listening, sorry, but but you're out.

SPEAKER_04 4:58

That was me. But also, I won.

SPEAKER_05 5:00

But also, I got you out. Like, look. Did not make it to base.

SPEAKER_02 5:04

I was hurt.

SPEAKER_03 5:04

So count. You did not make it to base. There's no rules in out. Yeah. No timeout.

SPEAKER_02 5:11

So you can't even out.

SPEAKER_03 5:12

It's a manhunt for a reason.

SPEAKER_02 5:13

No rest for the reason. I'm not playing tag. Tag, you can take a break. Manhunt, you're done. No.

SPEAKER_03 5:19

Manhunt and freeze tag? No rules. No timeout. You cannot sit still.

SPEAKER_08 5:24

Your timeout is being frozen.

Fictional Alter Egos And TV Crushes

SPEAKER_07 5:29

Okay. What fictional character did you think you were spiritually connected to? Spiritually.

SPEAKER_04 5:37

As a child or now? As a child. Let's approve. What about? As a child.

SPEAKER_05 5:44

Dude. Loki Alex Russo. Okay. I thought she was the coolest little like lizard.

SPEAKER_03 5:53

You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_05 5:53

Like, I just thought she was so cool. Like her fashion. Like she was a cool, she's a cool person.

SPEAKER_03 5:57

Yeah. Anyway, that was it. Now Alex Russo. Alex Russo.

SPEAKER_02 6:02

Now Selena Gomez.

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Who am I like attached to?

SPEAKER_02 6:08

Oh, can I like Yeah? Okay. Gracie loves like early to mid-2000s, like kind of like crime police shows. Every time she watches it, she loves the female lead. So like with the love from Castle. Kate Beckett. She's like, that's me for real.

SPEAKER_05 6:24

My baddie. Bro, she's so bad. She had the biggest glow-up too. Like season one, to see oh. I'll show y'all later. So bad. I'm like her so bad.

SPEAKER_03 6:35

Anyway, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 6:36

She's the cop. Yeah, you are.

SPEAKER_03 6:38

Yeah, you are. Yeah, you are. Are you a Ziva David fan? Am I? Yes.

SPEAKER_04 6:43

Ziva and Tony forever. Forever and ever.

SPEAKER_02 6:46

Anyway. I almost mentioned Bones, but I'm not sure.

SPEAKER_04 6:49

But I don't want to be her.

SPEAKER_02 6:51

No. She just wants to be with him. I want to be with him. Seely Booth. Ooh. Don't. Don't. David. Sorry, sorry. David, thank you.

SPEAKER_03 7:00

David, take it away.

SPEAKER_01 7:03

Hey, David. Hey, David.

SPEAKER_08 7:06

My question's too stupid for a handoff like that.

SPEAKER_02 7:08

Okay. That's the perfect hand off. That is the perfect handoff. What do you think? This is my rebellious.

SPEAKER_08 7:13

Why are you the way you are?

SPEAKER_04 7:16

Okay. Where did it originate?

SPEAKER_05 7:18

That's how God made me. How did it start?

SPEAKER_08 7:21

No, there's a canon of vet in there somewhere. What is it?

SPEAKER_05 7:24

Well, how am I? What are you trying to get to?

SPEAKER_08 7:26

You tell me.

SPEAKER_03 7:27

Oh boy. Oh dear. Broad shoulders.

unknown 7:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 7:32

Also, mind you, before this podcast started, Davis said I had broad shoulders. Davis? Sorry. David said I had broad shoulders. Like a man. Okay, whoa. I did not say that. So don't ever say that. No, let me back up.

SPEAKER_07 7:47

Don't ever.

SPEAKER_08 7:48

She had said something about how she can't do a push-up. I was like, really? That's surprising. You have pretty broad shoulders. And then Morgan goes, Yeah, she looks like a man. No. Oh, and then what?

SPEAKER_02 7:59

No. Pause real event. Real version of the event. No. He said the broad shoulder thing, and I said, Hey, in the future, if you're ever trying to slide with a girl, like that's the thing you shouldn't say. Oh, really? I never knew that. And then I said, Yeah, don't compare her to a man by saying she has broad shoulders. And then he said, She called you a man. I was like, no. That is what she said. No, let's cut all of that.

SPEAKER_04 8:21

Anyway, I have really slim, narrow shoulders, if you're wondering. Very petite arms.

SPEAKER_01 8:28

I can think through a fence. I don't even know why you could think I can do push-ups.

SPEAKER_02 8:34

If I had to crawl through an airbag, I could.

SPEAKER_04 8:38

This would not get in the way.

SPEAKER_05 8:41

It's okay. Black shoulders don't hate diesel home runs, Monday. That's right. Yeah. Ain't no skinny home. Mm-hmm. Anyway. The way that I am, because of my father.

SPEAKER_09 8:52

My father.

SPEAKER_01 8:54

My father. But also my mother at the same time. And my brother. So really it's a combination of.

SPEAKER_08 9:01

Well, really, it was your upbringing.

SPEAKER_01 9:05

The whole family.

SPEAKER_04 9:07

My dad.

SPEAKER_07 9:08

You gotta work harder.

SPEAKER_04 9:10

You you better hit it. Go out there. My mom, sweetie can be to hug. And my brothers.

SPEAKER_02 9:18

Look, look, Gracie's oldest brother is one of the funniest people I've ever met. He is so funny. It really makes sense for her as if he were in development that they grew up in the same house. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 9:26

But then my middle brother, not that he's not funny, not as funny, sorry. But he's like a genius. He's his PhD in chemistry. Like what? Oh. And then my like it's just like it's a very weird sibling dynamic. But we're all like this. Nice, nice.

SPEAKER_08 9:38

So what's the what does a funny brother do for work?

SPEAKER_05 9:40

He's a carpenter. Oh. Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 9:43

He's a carpenter bee.

SPEAKER_03 9:47

Sure. Anyway.

Desert Island Movies Plus Hunger Games Call

SPEAKER_03 9:52

Gracie. Enough with David.

SPEAKER_02 9:54

I don't. What are your desert island movies? Yes, three. Desert island movies. Three only? Yes, ma'am.

SPEAKER_05 10:02

Ramon and Mises. I want to say Mamma Mia. Correct. And then I need like one that's like I need one that's like different. Those are both like feel good. I need like a Shutter Island.

SPEAKER_02 10:21

Shutter Island. Oh my gosh. It wouldn't be worse than Desert Island movie. Shutter Island. Shutter Island. Like Helen Super. You know what I want more of on this island? More Island. Honestly.

SPEAKER_05 10:37

Hunger Games Catching Fire. Going! Oh my gosh!

SPEAKER_08 10:42

Did Lawrence ever watch it and decide on which team he was?

SPEAKER_05 10:46

He that's my fan. Cold call?

SPEAKER_01 10:49

Do we do a cold call? Wait, no.

SPEAKER_08 10:51

I said did Lawrence ever decide on which team he was?

SPEAKER_02 10:55

Actually, yeah, guys, because I remember this is the thing we talked about in the past. We are calling Gracie's boyfriend Lawrence, and we are going to ask him if he is Team Gail or Team Pita. Because this was the point of contempt.

SPEAKER_08 11:05

What are these two hootin' hollin' about on this couch?

SPEAKER_02 11:09

Okay. Sorry, you're gonna die. I'm crying.

SPEAKER_06 11:14

About what?

SPEAKER_05 11:17

Guys, guys, guys, guys. Here he goes. He's gonna go yellow.

SPEAKER_08 11:23

I don't. What if he doesn't answer?

SPEAKER_05 11:25

Okay.

SPEAKER_06 11:26

I'll call him.

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Lord of mercy.

SPEAKER_08 11:29

Maybe don't.

SPEAKER_06 11:30

If he doesn't answer wrong. Come on, Lawrence.

SPEAKER_08 11:32

We might have to cut this part up.

SPEAKER_02 11:34

You call yourself a uriner? Answer the phone.

SPEAKER_05 11:37

Hello? Hey! Okay, we're on the podcast. You're live on speaker.

SPEAKER_00 11:41

Oh, Lord. What's up? What's up, friends?

SPEAKER_05 11:45

Um so we were talking, whatever. And it came to the point where they were asking, are you a Gail or a PETA fan for Hunger Games? Wait, you you know where I stand? They want to know where you stand. The podcast needs to hear it.

SPEAKER_08 11:58

The people need to know. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 12:00

Let me gather my thoughts. I also want a spot. So up until up until the last movie, I was hardcore team Gale. Oh, no. No. And I I stood, I was, I thought that Peter was a victim and that Katniss was playing both of them. And I think Katniss was kind of like the op, I'm not gonna lie, in that.

SPEAKER_05 12:24

Hey, so she did save the entire country.

SPEAKER_00 12:27

But I learned about the boys' hearts in Trump. Imagine being Peter. No, hold on. Y'all listen, hear me out, hear me out, hear me out. I'm listening. Imagine being Pita and you give Catnuss your burnt bread, but you don't have to. Then you turn around and she's macking on some other dude. But then she's like, I love you, I love you, I'll die for you. But then she's macking on some other dude. You know, I kind of agree with him on that.

SPEAKER_05 12:54

Okay, that's one scenario.

SPEAKER_00 12:56

But but up until the last movie, I was like, Gail's really not that bad. I think he's also a victim, but then the war, all that stuff got to his head, and he became what he didn't want to be.

SPEAKER_01 13:06

What was it when he knew to her little sister? Yeah, when he killed Prem.

SPEAKER_00 13:10

Bro, look, Has he's a war. Like she should have done No, I'm joking, I'm joking. She she's a victim too. I think everyone's a victim.

SPEAKER_02 13:22

That is the point of the hard game.

SPEAKER_05 13:24

That is. Okay, so so are so right now, are you Team Gail or PETA? You gotta pick one.

SPEAKER_00 13:30

Like right now, I would say Team Pita.

SPEAKER_05 13:32

That's right.

SPEAKER_00 13:33

We stand up until the last movie. I was really neither, I was neither really Team PETA or Gail, just anti-catinist, I'm not gonna lie.

SPEAKER_02 13:42

Bro, in terms of you were just the hottest take, the hottest take you could take.

SPEAKER_00 13:48

No, in terms of the love triangle, I was anti-catinist. Not like anti-cat is the whole movie. In terms of the love triangle, I thought she was playing both of them.

SPEAKER_05 13:56

Jeff's trauma.

SPEAKER_00 13:57

That's not an excuse to be manipulative and you know be a jerk to men. Yes.

SPEAKER_09 14:04

Speak your truth! Speak your truth.

SPEAKER_02 14:07

Anyways. So that's David.

SPEAKER_05 14:09

Well, anyways, okay. Well, thank you so much for answering. We're gonna ignore woo!

SPEAKER_01 14:18

All right, bye. I completely lost it.

SPEAKER_03 14:24

She just saved the entire country.

SPEAKER_08 14:28

Yeah, just give her an excuse to be a jerk to men.

SPEAKER_06 14:31

I was not ready for him to say that he was a victim. Everyone's a victim, apparently. That is so good. Anyway. Whose turn was it? Well, what was the question? Oh, movies.

SPEAKER_02 14:46

I'm surprised you didn't say you again. No, she's gonna be a little bit more.

SPEAKER_05 14:49

I was going to, but I needed a different type of feel. That's fair.

SPEAKER_02 14:52

So overall, it was Ramona Bezus, Mamma Mia, and then Hunger Games Catching Fire. Yeah. 10 out of 10.

SPEAKER_05 14:57

If you asked me tomorrow, it would probably be different.

SPEAKER_02 14:59

Uh that but that's a solid three.

SPEAKER_03 15:01

Yeah, that's a good starting lineup.

VSCO Era And Celebrity Crush Draft

SPEAKER_03 15:03

Okay.

SPEAKER_06 15:03

We asked Morgan this, so I want to know for you. What is a phase that you went way too hard in as a kid? Did you have like well, I mean, or a teen in general, but like, you know, usually it's older teen-ish age.

SPEAKER_05 15:18

As a teen, I fear I was pretty normal. My students at least ask me. No, I was anti-choker.

SPEAKER_01 15:28

Oh, you have a choke.

SPEAKER_04 15:34

Hardcore Visco girl. I was a hardcore Visco girl. And what about it? I'm lucky, still am.

SPEAKER_05 15:40

Not ashamed. Not ashamed. Not ashamed. Very curated feed. Yes, I was on Visco. Oh my gosh, my feed during that time was Visco. But she's archived, don't worry. Um, yeah. No, I guess you're right, Visco Girl. All right. But yeah, I was my students asked me literally yesterday. They're like, Were you ever emo? And I was like, no. Or goth. I was like, no.

SPEAKER_02 16:00

I really need to come in and meet them, but be in like full costume.

SPEAKER_05 16:02

Oh my gosh, no. Full emo.

SPEAKER_03 16:05

No, they don't need that. They don't need that. They have too much work. They don't need that movie. That's fair. Tell me. Let's see. Tell me about some of your like middle school crushes. And your school crushes. Wow, we are.

SPEAKER_01 16:24

I struggle board. We still know him or what? No. Oh no, it's ever in my life, done.

SPEAKER_02 16:34

Wow, the drama. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 16:36

I can say it after the pot.

SPEAKER_02 16:38

Okay. Not for everyone to hear. He could have taken any other era of life.

SPEAKER_01 16:42

High school, sure.

SPEAKER_02 16:43

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 16:44

Let's talk about high school. No. Hey, I got crushed by it. I got pants. I got crushed.

SPEAKER_01 16:53

I chose to date him after. Okay, I, okay. I never really crushed. My man crushed me.

SPEAKER_05 17:00

I was I was never really boy crazy, to be honest. Like, I never really like I was just very sports and like that driven. And just like hang out with my friends. So I wasn't ever really and like all my friends weren't really in that like boy scene, like drama scene. But I mean there's boys where I was like, oh my gosh, they're so cute. Oh my gosh, but like nothing would ever happen. Yeah, high school. I'm not gonna say a name. Well, no, I know. I'm saying like crucial. But I don't really want if I say the scenario and someone I know listens to it, they're gonna know exactly what I'm talking about.

SPEAKER_02 17:29

Yeah, never mind.

SPEAKER_05 17:31

I can't even say that. Like I can't say anything. Anyway, I'll tell y'all after.

SPEAKER_07 17:36

What about what about like crushes for like famous people when you were middle spell high?

SPEAKER_04 17:43

Uh good fix, good fix. Yeah, thank you. I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_03 17:46

Who's on your tumbler? Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh, who? Gabe Duncan.

SPEAKER_06 17:53

Yes. Bro, even now he's rune.

SPEAKER_08 17:58

You see he's got a mustache now?

SPEAKER_06 17:59

I don't like that.

SPEAKER_05 18:01

I do. I love a mustache. Yeah, Gabe Duncan. Can I think of like TV shows? Oh my gosh. Ross Lynch. From like Teen Beach movie, I love a little surfer boy. But now as an adult, as in my college era, Mr. Seely Booth from Bones.

SPEAKER_03 18:23

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 18:23

Look, look, hold on.

SPEAKER_03 18:27

No, you can't. No, I can't. No, please don't.

SPEAKER_02 18:30

Please don't.

SPEAKER_08 18:32

I'll put season one, season two. I can't think of which character she's talking.

SPEAKER_04 18:35

Bones? The main character. The main character. My man booth. Oh.

SPEAKER_05 18:39

My FBI agent. Do the one you really had on your phone.

SPEAKER_02 18:46

I I can't show that. Hey, can't show that. It wasn't bad.

SPEAKER_01 18:51

He was in the hospital.

SPEAKER_08 18:53

What's he shirtless or something?

SPEAKER_01 18:54

Yes!

SPEAKER_08 18:56

I see off the one shirtless.

SPEAKER_02 19:07

Crazy.

SPEAKER_08 19:09

Gracie's tweaking.

SPEAKER_01 19:13

He's making up horrible. The rest of us are like, well, is he okay?

SPEAKER_02 19:17

Well, is he dying? Is he leaving? Yeah. It's not a good reference, I don't think, for them not knowing him.

SPEAKER_05 19:22

But like him, but like him, like horrible character. His character? Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_08 19:26

He's pretty I like his character. Yours for her. I liked his character. Do you remember when he lost his memory and he thought that he was married to her? Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 19:36

And when she was buried alive in like season one or two, and she wrote a note to him, and they didn't get together until like season six. Oh my gosh. And it was to him. And then their vows. It was saying this was the note that she wrote in season two. She thought she was gonna die. Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_02 19:51

Bruh. Yeah. You're not a Jack Hodges girl.

SPEAKER_05 19:55

No. Get out of here. Angela is too good for him.

SPEAKER_08 20:00

Wait, what?

Hot Dog Takes And Family Nostalgia

SPEAKER_08 20:03

Oh, okay. What condiments do you put on your hot nose?

SPEAKER_05 20:13

No, let me tell you, tides turn back the clock night when they're 50 cents. Yes, ma'am. Oh, dude, we just.

SPEAKER_08 20:19

Turn back that wallet.

SPEAKER_05 20:21

They just have one this week and they have another one in August.

SPEAKER_02 20:24

And look, we're in August. We're booking them.

SPEAKER_05 20:28

No, my hot dogs consist of ketchup mustard relish. Honestly, whatever. The works. The works. They are never, never uncondimented. Yeah. They always have some sort of sauce.

SPEAKER_08 20:42

You'll never just go for a naked, a naked dog.

SPEAKER_05 20:45

I had a naked dog last week. But by choice, if there's condiments available, I'll always put on condiments.

SPEAKER_03 20:52

Do you like your dog a little burnt? Oh, yes. Yeah. Or a campfire? Yeah. Yes. Yes. Yes. David! David, what is wrong with burnt hot dogs?

SPEAKER_02 21:05

I think that's one of my favorite parts of every episode we do is David will ask a question or say something he thinks is really funny, and we all laugh at it and we turn around and we turn back. Five minutes later he can't breathe.

unknown 21:15

He cannot breathe.

SPEAKER_02 21:17

You told me to ask that question. She loves hot dogs.

SPEAKER_05 21:21

Are you like a chili, onion, only a certain type of chili? So me and my dad. We used to go to this little hot dog joint. Oh shit. And that's the only chili that I like on my hot dog. Yeah. Very good. Only from there. So like I love bougie. It's not, it's not bougie. Some TLC hot dogs are. It's like me and my dad used to go there. Oh good memories.

SPEAKER_09 21:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 21:43

Hot dogs on your dad. Dude, I crave them. I'm gonna be like, Dad, you wanna go hot dogs?

SPEAKER_08 21:48

How many dogs can you get in one sitting?

SPEAKER_05 21:51

I get two. Two. That's a good idea.

SPEAKER_08 21:55

Have you ever gone past two?

unknown 21:57

No.

SPEAKER_04 21:58

That sounds like a tummy ache. That's not a question either. Shoulder's gonna be one too.

SPEAKER_01 22:12

I'm gonna push up any hot dog.

SPEAKER_03 22:16

Just dip it a little bottom and go down the easy chestnut.

SPEAKER_02 22:32

No.

SPEAKER_01 22:37

No, that would be devastating. That would be devastating. They never call me cry.

SPEAKER_09 22:43

Oh. I'm so confused. Go home.

SPEAKER_02 22:51

I'm sorry. I gotta breathe. Okay.

Softball Career Highs And Rival Wins

SPEAKER_02 22:54

Gracie, as we all know, you love softball. I do. It's a big part of your life. It is. Could you give us your favorite moment from like your high school softball career? My career? Career. Any game.

SPEAKER_08 23:07

Isn't it like the game you won right before you got here, wasn't it?

SPEAKER_02 23:09

To encapsulate.

SPEAKER_05 23:10

That was when I was a coaching, though. Yeah, as a player. As a player. It was my sophomore year in high school. I was up to bat. We were against our rival school. We were down by two or three. It was like 5'3, 5'2, whatever. We had two runners on. Well, it would have been down by two. So we had two runners on, and I was up to bat. And it was like close getting close to the end of the game. Yeah, it was the seventh ending, actually. Yeah, so it was like the very end of the game. I was at the bat, and I was like, my gosh, stressful. This is against like one of the best pitchers like in the city, whatever. And like growing up, we're always like, oh my gosh, we gotta face her. Uh whatever. And when I get up there, both of three run home run, get the go-ahead, we're in the leaf. Very good. And we won. So it was a really good feeling of getting that home run. Not just like runs in, but like a home run to like top it off.

SPEAKER_02 23:59

Period.

SPEAKER_05 24:01

And then my freshman year, I got my first high school home run with a grand slam.

SPEAKER_03 24:05

Nice.

SPEAKER_05 24:07

That also felt real good. So yeah. Nice. That's a girl. Love that. She was hitting dangers. Broad shoulders hit dingers, David.

SPEAKER_02 24:16

Yeah. Very true. Fun fact our high school, mind you, pride of school. It wasn't even a disc. I'm sorry. Our coach was trying to get us to scrimmage her school. It was like junior high school. And literally me and two of the other girls on the team went up to and were like, hey, we literally can't play against them. Like, hey, this'll be embarrassing on a whole other level. So that almost was the first time we met. Yeah. Would have been on the softball field scrimmaging. That would have been insane. It would have been devastating. And humbling. It would have been funny though. With good lore.

SPEAKER_06 24:47

It would have been good lore. Yeah. Okay.

Babysitting To Teacher Life And Travel

SPEAKER_06 24:50

Go ahead and walk us through your job history. Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_05 24:56

Okay. So I started babysitting when I was like. Well, I started babysitting when I was like, yeah, literally nine. But like my mom was there. But like I would really just babysit them. And like she was there for like obviously like adult, whatever. But like I just loved children hanging out with them and like being with them. It was so fun. And then once I hit like 13, I started babysitting on my own. And so I babysat, like I was like the person in our church who like was, hey, we need babysitter. Bracy's got you, you know. So it was that. Babysat, and then literally, and I played travel softball. So like I've never really had a job where it was like I worked at Chick-fil-A or I worked at I never really had that. I just like babysat to get my money. And then college worked at a cleaning company under Jerry Jerry. Thank you. Thank you. Barely made any money. I was like, we would we would get paid and then we would go out to lunch and that would be our paycheck. We're like, we barely break even. We we would break even quite frankly would break even. But it was fun. It was a fun little We had a little shirts on. That's cute. Anyway, and then oh my gosh. Then I also like babysit slash nanny. This is like babysitting, but like extra, where I'd go on, I go on vacations with his family and like travel with them. They have um a special needs child, he's non-verbal autistic, and so I will go and travel with them just to be like an extra pair of hands to keep him safe and to like give them like hey, go on date night, whatever it may be. So that's really fun. I've been to like Scotland, Ireland, Belize, Alaska with them, and so it's been really fun. And we're going to Iceland this summer. So super excited. And then after that, babysat all through college, and now I'm a teacher. So second year, love it. First grade was my first year, and third grade is now, and I love it.

SPEAKER_03 26:38

So you don't have a lot to choose from, but what's your least favorite? Hate to say. Clean them toilets.

SPEAKER_05 26:47

Actually, there's a few families I'm like, I don't really want to babysit for them anymore. But I would definitely say I need to probably clean a toilet. Sorry, Margin. Even though it's good company. The experience was fun. It was. What you're doing sucks. Good resume builder, I will say. Because like I didn't really have much in my resume for like job wise.

SPEAKER_02 27:03

Getting hired for food service and saying I work for a commercial cleaning company, they're like, oh I need you in here. Get in here. Clean those bathrooms. Like, no, no. Had no training. Don't like it.

SPEAKER_03 27:18

So your favorite one, I'm assuming, is getting to travel. Yeah, definitely babysitting for that family. I love them so much. That's really cool. How did you guys meet again? Was it at college?

SPEAKER_05 27:29

So Gracie, do you want to take it since it's your husband?

Roommate Origin Story And Sentimental Gear

SPEAKER_05 27:32

Sure. So me and Mark were actually in kindergarten together. I went to that private school only for kindergarten. That's the only year I went there. And then I ended up going to public school after that. And then one of my friends that I played softball with knew her through school. And I was going to Liberty, and they were like, hey, I have this friend. Like, do you need a roommate? And I was like, I do need a roommate. Let me just DM her. Like, I don't know, like, shoot Loki. I told her this. She was a backup. She's my backup. Like, if I can't find nobody else, I didn't know her.

SPEAKER_02 28:05

I didn't know her. I didn't know her. I was like, I love her. I also had somebody at school that was like, she was like, Yeah, I'm down to room with you. I have to double check with my other friend that I told I would first. And if she does it, then I'll room with you. Yeah. And then that girl ended up going. So I was like, crap. I am absolutely I have no luck.

SPEAKER_05 28:22

And I never found one. Like, and then one that I was like, I don't want I don't want like a random random roommate. I want to meet well on like an Instagram page or Facebook. You know how they usually do now. And I was like, you know what? One year's one year. I'll meet this girl. We exchanged numbers on the first day in our dorm. And yeah, the rest is history.

SPEAKER_02 28:42

We just scoop it at each other for content. Yeah. Love it. There is this picture of us directly in front of and behind each other at our kindergarten graduation. At our kindergarten graduation. That is crazy.

SPEAKER_05 28:55

Yeah. Correct. It was meant to be. The Lord knew. He knew. He knew. You guys are stepping. You guys were intertwined. They knew we're soul sisters. Soul sisters.

SPEAKER_02 29:06

Soul sisters. My sister for real. Soul sisters. Same exact family step too, which is what's crazy.

SPEAKER_05 29:10

Yeah. Our brothers are the same age, and like we're the same, like the two anyway. The layout's.

SPEAKER_02 29:15

Oh. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 29:18

Anyway. That's cool. Kindred spirits. This can be childhood or now. What's the weirdest thing that you got emotionally attached to? Probably a softball glove. Really?

SPEAKER_05 29:30

Being real. I saw my same softball glove from high school, and it's like, don't ever touch it. That's cool. Yeah. It's like perfectly formed to my hand and the ball. That's perfect. Very good. Probably that. Or like my bat or something. Yeah. Definitely probably softball stuff. Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_07 29:44

Yeah. That's cool. Well, it's cool that like you're able to keep it and like if you take good care of them, then you can use them for a while. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 29:53

And like I didn't pick it up all four years of college. And now it's like I'm back again. I was like, it was cool. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 29:59

Love up.

SPEAKER_08 30:03

How many pets did you have growing up? Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_03 30:06

What was the weirdest question? Oh weird. Dogs.

SPEAKER_05 30:09

Uh I had two hamsters. Oh, heck no. But um, they didn't last long. Um they never do. They never do.

SPEAKER_08 30:18

That's pretty usual.

SPEAKER_05 30:19

I always had a dog growing up. Like, I've never not had a pet until college. So that was really weird transition. Like, oh, I don't have a dog here, what? But yeah, I've had a Dalmatian named Sammy.

SPEAKER_03 30:30

Shut up, I love Dalmatian.

SPEAKER_05 30:32

My sweet baby. Oh my gosh. That was like when I was born all the way up to like first grade. And then I had, oh my gosh, oh, a white, crusty white dog. Yeah. Named Dusty. I actually showed my students the dog of Dusty, and they were like, is he a skinwalker? And I was like, That's crazy.

SPEAKER_02 30:46

Shut up. I was like, hey, no. I once stayed the night over at their house and I was awoken to his smell. Like, he walked up on top of me. Hey, he was near death. He was. He was very near. And you smell it. Was he rotting? Yes. Oh. Look, he was a sweet guy. He lasted longer than. And he walked right next to my face. And I was like, it was horrible. He's a sweet guy.

SPEAKER_05 31:14

Yes. No, he smelled like death. Yeah. And then I had, oh, then I had a schnauzer named Murphy. We didn't have him too long. We got him like a newspaper ad because like a family got him and they didn't want him anymore. And we're like, we'll take them. And then like kidney failure. So we had them only for like five months. And it was like so sad. And I was like, and then we got another schnauzer named Harley. And then I have a two the two dogs I have now are Harper, she's a golden doodle, and Bella, and she's a golden doodle.

SPEAKER_04 31:42

Oh I love golden doodles.

SPEAKER_05 31:44

My little my little sisters. My twisted sisters. One's black and one's golden. Oh. So love them. Harper's more salt and pepper now.

SPEAKER_03 31:54

Salt. Salt and pepper. Salt and pepper. Salt and pepper. Listen, I love them. Breaking barriers.

SPEAKER_02 32:02

If you could be famous for anything, if you went famous or got famous for something, why would it be? Or what would you think?

SPEAKER_03 32:09

Twerking somewhere.

SPEAKER_05 32:11

Twerking? Somewhere. Famous for twerking. Famous for twerking. No. I would say definitely not, please no. Um honestly, here's what it would be. Morgan would get famous from American Idol, and I would be like the crazy friend, family member that's there, and they're like, yo, she's iconic.

SPEAKER_02 32:29

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's her. Like if you're and then you'd pivot that into an influencing.

SPEAKER_05 32:32

And I would pivot that into something, and that's how I would be on Dancing with the Stars, which is my lifelong dream. Good.

SPEAKER_02 32:39

And who's your dream partner on Dancing with the Stars?

SPEAKER_05 32:42

Well, it's changed now.

SPEAKER_02 32:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 32:46

Since what used to be Gleb, no longer Gleb. He's now. Now it would probably honestly Val.

SPEAKER_02 32:54

Yeah. That would be a winning duo. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 32:57

Me and Val would be like this.

SPEAKER_02 32:58

Look.

SPEAKER_05 32:58

Yeah. Honestly though, Ezra. That would be fun. That's good. Yeah, anyway.

SPEAKER_07 33:05

Very good. That's cool. Lifelong Dream. Dancing with a star. There's no way I'll get it.

SPEAKER_05 33:09

Unless Morgan gets famous first.

SPEAKER_02 33:12

And I'm willing to make the sacrifice. I already have Morgan.

SPEAKER_05 33:15

Good, because I've already signed you up for American Idol Auditions.

SPEAKER_02 33:18

Say psych right now. Psych. You scared me first. Say psych.

SPEAKER_06 33:27

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 33:28

Hey.

SPEAKER_06 33:29

Um.

SPEAKER_07 33:30

Say it, baby. Say it.

SPEAKER_06 33:32

What is your biggest red flag? And what is the biggest red flag in other people? My biggest red flag? Yeah, surface level if you want.

SPEAKER_09 33:42

Surface level. Surface level, anyway.

SPEAKER_02 33:45

Um. So I can case you had a top out. Um what? It's from Behom Alabama.

SPEAKER_06 33:53

It's from you're not a girl, David. It's just such a girl.

SPEAKER_05 33:56

He just has two brought up shoulders. He went no. Girl, so do you.

SPEAKER_06 34:04

I didn't put it up because it's too, it's been brought up too many times.

SPEAKER_05 34:08

When I was 12 doing CrossFit, that's what got me these shoulders.

SPEAKER_06 34:12

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 34:12

Hey, same, but you know the book. Oh no. What's it called? Oh no, David? That book. David! I'm familiar with it. No, David!

SPEAKER_01 34:27

No, David. Yes.

SPEAKER_04 34:29

Um, I have an anxious attachment style. Shut up. So I love to run.

SPEAKER_05 34:35

Avoidant and anxious, hyphenated. Um, I love to run. It's a boring. That's my biggest red flag. And is that the question? And another person.

SPEAKER_02 34:44

Other people, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 34:46

Boring. If they're boring, being Ding Gale. If they're boring, I'm like, but come on. Do something. That's so funny. Do a little dance. Do something. Yeah, I mean, I guess like obviously they're not a Christian, obviously those things. But like if they're not funny, right, right, right, right.

SPEAKER_04 35:01

Yeah, you know. Also, wait no.

SPEAKER_05 35:04

If, oh my gosh, wait. If they're not in, like, you don't have to like be into it as much as I am, but like if you're not into like women's college softball, you don't have to like be into it or like turn on yourself. But like if I'm watching it, don't be like, oh, why are we watching this?

SPEAKER_08 35:19

I'd be like, what the I feel like this is disrespectful for anything that you put on.

SPEAKER_02 35:25

Yeah. That's right. But that's also why it's a red flag. Right. Yeah. Yeah. He's just trying to make up for the shore. He's trying so hard.

SPEAKER_08 35:33

No, I'm I'm putting my foot down on that.

SPEAKER_03 35:36

Oh my question. This is the next question. No, David. No, David. No, David. Do you think that younger Gracie would think that Gracie now is super cool? Or no?

SPEAKER_00 35:55

That reaction.

SPEAKER_03 35:57

It seems like you've overcome a lot. Yeah. You know what?

SPEAKER_05 36:05

Yes. I think she'd be like, you know what? You're coaching softball. You're I think should yes.

SPEAKER_02 36:12

Yes. Confident yes. Confident yes.

SPEAKER_08 36:14

It should be a confident yes. That doesn't seem confident.

SPEAKER_03 36:18

It should be. Hey, I think she'd be proud. The girl that hanged that kid out that had a bone broken. Yeah. I think she'd be proud. She'd like, dang. Dang. You're teaching third grade.

SPEAKER_05 36:32

You're playing tag at recess.

SPEAKER_02 36:34

And winning still. And winning still.

SPEAKER_05 36:36

Did I tell you how I won a kid, I won a foot race last week.

SPEAKER_02 36:40

Character. That's right. Oh, you're eight and you want to race me, an adult? Yeah. Let's bring it up. I will bring it home.

SPEAKER_08 36:48

That was gonna be one of my questions.

SPEAKER_05 36:49

He fell at the end, so. I did not have him. I did not push him. He's just clumsy.

SPEAKER_02 37:07

Okay. So there's for sure. I saw the little ring. Hey! Hey, that is a big thing.

SPEAKER_09 37:16

It's flashing.

SPEAKER_07 37:20

Hey, hey.

SPEAKER_09 37:22

Oh my gosh.

Snake Fear Story And Anxiety Quirks

SPEAKER_07 37:25

Okay, um, what is or was an irrational fear of yours? Irrational?

SPEAKER_05 37:36

Honestly, snakes. I know some people can say that's like rational. No, no, no, no. I'm like deathly terrified. Like if I see one on a book, I'm screaming peeing my pants. If I see it in a movie, we watched Harry Potter, whichever one that was. The second one, I was peeing my pants. I couldn't look at the screen. I literally was like shaking. I am dead, like afraid of them.

SPEAKER_02 38:03

Well, there was one thing when we watched it together, I warned her every scene of snake was coming up. Yes, that's a good friend.

SPEAKER_05 38:10

She was locked. No, there's one time when I was in fourth grade. There was a snake in my house. And my mom's also definitely afraid of snakes. And so one time okay, I'm gonna tell you a story. So I was in my room, right? And so my dog was like barking downstairs, but I was sleeping through it. Not my job in fourth grade. My mom goes down there to let the dog out, be like, what's going on, Dusty? Like what? This is the rat dog, by the way. And um and then my Harley and Dusty like came out. Harley like dashes outside. Dusty kind of like goes to like this like um hallway stretch in our house, and we've kind of just like staring there, like staring like this. And my mom was like, Dusty, what are you doing? Turn on the light. It's a snake coiled up with its head cocked like this, and Dusty like this, barking, and my mom goes, Ha! And like jumps on top of our kitchen table. And then all of a sudden I wake up from like my lofted bed, and then I see my dad running, like getting up and running downstairs, like, what's going on? And then I'm like, hmm, let me go see what's going on. So I go downstairs, and then as he's like running the stairs corner, my mom's like, stop, stop, stop, and he's like, What? He's about to step on the snake. And then he's like, Oh, okay. And then me and my brother with our stairs, we have like a little like lookout, and so we are like looking at the top like this, watching it. We're like, ooh, what's going on? And so we sat there and we watched my dad kill the snake at like 2am. And but like, what what like you're 2am? Like, how are you gonna kill a snake? He took the end of a gun. You cut this out if you need to, I guess. Took the end of a gun and was like beating its head. And then he like cut it, then like like so like knocked out, and then he cut off its jaw so like it wouldn't come back to because like and then he took it outside and threw it in our trash can.

SPEAKER_07 39:47

I think that's a very rational figure.

SPEAKER_03 39:49

Yeah. Now I'm terrified. I feel like I had the same, like, yeah. Because we used to have the same thing. We have the same stories because there used to be snakes that would break into my grandparents' house. No. Like, but my grandpa weapon of choice was a machete.

SPEAKER_02 40:07

Yeah. Well, there you go. We were at the wedding we were at recently. Literally, remember that? We were sitting there talking at a table. Eating. Eating, mind you. Outdoor wedding.

SPEAKER_03 40:15

Outdoor. I'd like to get around. I'm about to have right now.

SPEAKER_02 40:18

At a camp. And this family's walking past, and the dad's like, oh, look out, snake. The jump that like I mean it got me too. And I'm not even like scared like that scared of snakes. But like Gracie was about to fight him afterwards.

SPEAKER_05 40:30

Like, I jumped up, put my feet in my seat, and was like sitting like like I like if I see a snake on TV, I have to put my feet up. I can't have my feet on the ground because of the snake. Like, what if it's under my couch?

SPEAKER_03 40:40

What if it's you never got my fear?

SPEAKER_08 40:46

That's so real. What's your weirdest like quirk about?

SPEAKER_03 40:50

What? What did you say about it?

SPEAKER_08 40:52

I said quirk. Like, what's the weirdest thing about quirk?

SPEAKER_03 40:55

Like quirk, what's your weirdest quirk?

unknown 40:57

Quirk.

SPEAKER_03 41:00

I don't know.

SPEAKER_09 41:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 41:02

It doesn't have a thing anymore, to be fair.

SPEAKER_08 41:05

Okay, well, if it's funny.

SPEAKER_05 41:06

In college, when I would get really anxious, I would randomly start start singing the national anthem. And like, I didn't even know I was doing it. And yeah, but then we found out, wait, did we find out the root stem on the page? Yeah, that's right.

SPEAKER_02 41:22

But that's still a good answer. Yeah, yeah. Is there another morgan?

SPEAKER_05 41:24

You'd be the better at saying this.

SPEAKER_02 41:26

No, okay. I wouldn't say it's a quirk because it's something that I personally greatly enjoy. But Gracie will full-chested start singing in public. Like, this is can I just say it, honey roast? This is one of my favorite things about Gracie, is that she is not ashamed of anything. Like, no embarrassment. She is she does not get embarrassed. I don't understand it. It's amazing.

SPEAKER_05 41:45

Except when you say I have broad shoulders.

SPEAKER_02 41:47

Yeah, so cut that. Cut that out. No, she won't. But she does not get embarrassed. So, like, we'll be in public and like I'll say like a word of a song, and then she'll start singing like Lady Marmalot, like full chested in a Walmart. And I'm like, this is amazing. So like I feel like it's like I'd say, quote unquote, the quirk is that you don't have like an embarrassment thing. Even though it's not like weird, it's just different. Like usually people do have some like Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 42:15

Can we count like the hamster bottle thing?

SPEAKER_01 42:18

Bro, that was one time when I had COVID. Stop it. She was sick. When I had COVID. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 42:24

COVID brain. COVID brain. COVID.

SPEAKER_08 42:29

She still does it. There's like a little wall in her house.

SPEAKER_03 42:33

I hope her house has walls.

SPEAKER_02 42:35

Oh my gosh. I okay. I have serious ones, but I really just want to ask this because I

Intramural Basketball Disaster Highlights

SPEAKER_02 42:40

have a specific story. I need them need to hear. Um what to you is the funniest thing you've ever done? Not the thing I referenced before this. You can say anything you want. I'll bring it up. But you can say, yeah. The funniest thing, what do you think is the funniest thing you've ever done?

SPEAKER_05 42:57

I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 42:58

I don't know.

SPEAKER_05 42:59

What's the story you're going with?

SPEAKER_02 43:01

I was gonna say, we we were on an intramural basketball team in college, and there was one game, mind you, half of the people on the team had like played in like middle and high school, the other half of the team, and I literally I mean half, five and five, never been on a court in an organized game of basketball ever. Or a sport. Like it was it was like it was so funny, but we did it for a bit, it was really fun, and but everybody, all the other teams in the league were always took it like way too seriously. So it was like the last game, I think, of a season of like what, like our junior year doing it.

SPEAKER_01 43:32

That was our last game last season.

SPEAKER_02 43:33

Oh yeah, senior year. Yeah, last year we did it. Senior season, senior season, and Gracie took seven consecutive half court shots because we were down so bad we were not gonna win. And so we just kept on feeding the ball out. Like we were like going through all the stuff, like trying to get ball handling, passing it out, and we were funneling.

SPEAKER_05 43:52

Getting rebounds to throw at half court so that I can make a half court shot.

SPEAKER_02 43:56

The most that we ever locked in as a team to get rebounds was in that game. Just to give Gracie four shots. So you made? No.

SPEAKER_04 44:06

She shot seven consecutive shots.

SPEAKER_03 44:08

She shot seven.

SPEAKER_04 44:09

Gotcha, gotcha. Two of them hit the backboard.

SPEAKER_05 44:12

One of them did miss and went onto the other court, and the ref had to run for such a long time. Oh, I also got the ball stuck in the rafters. Yes. Mighty, this is like really high.

SPEAKER_03 44:24

That's a that's a really high.

SPEAKER_02 44:27

Did she never mind? I think that was someone else. Somebody on the team shot into the wrong basket, wasn't it? That was me.

SPEAKER_06 44:35

That was me. He made it. She made it.

SPEAKER_02 44:39

She made that one. Hey, she made it. Yeah. Oh what was going on with that one? So good. The very beginning of the game. So good. Gracie as a the slimmest chickens is what we were called.

SPEAKER_05 44:50

The slimmest chickens.

SPEAKER_02 44:51

There's a sorry.

SPEAKER_05 44:53

We had a restaurant on campus called Slim Chickens. And so we were the slimmest chickens. Right. Skinniest.

SPEAKER_06 45:02

Alright, alright, alright. Okay, we're gonna do the rapid fire questions. Okay. Okay, no passing anything. Sweet or salty? Sweet. Night or day? Day. Pizza or burgers? Burgers. Cats or dogs? Dogs. Fall or spring? Spring. Coffee or tea? Coffee. Movies or music? Movies. Calling or texting. Ooh. Depends who. That's actually valid. Gotta have a few movies.

SPEAKER_05 45:32

Yes. Probably texting, but like with some people, the audio message. Like when I can like voice.

SPEAKER_06 45:39

Anyway. Beach or mountains? Beach. Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate. Fries or nuggets. They go together. They go together. So hard. What do I do?

SPEAKER_05 45:53

Fries. No protein.

SPEAKER_06 45:56

No protein. Get that out of here. Ice cream or cake? Ice cream. Singing or dancing. They also go together.

SPEAKER_03 46:07

Gun to your head because you're out there singing or dancing. You have to pick. Where am I? Sing or dance.

SPEAKER_06 46:13

Morgan can't choose for you. That's one of the rules. You gotta do it.

SPEAKER_05 46:16

Okay, but I would say dancing because my singing a lot, I'm surrounded by a lot of people who are very good singers, and I don't want people to think that I like I do it like for like bits and to be funny and like that kind of thing. Like I'm not singing to like because I want to like I'm not good. Like I do it to be funny. Like my singing in a store is like, it's like funny.

SPEAKER_02 46:34

And it hits every time. I was very surprised you said movies over music.

SPEAKER_05 46:38

Yeah, that was I was a quick and I kind of regretted it. Once I said that, I was like, that's not true. It's rapid.

SPEAKER_01 46:51

It's rapid.

unknown 46:53

No.

SPEAKER_03 46:53

It's rapid. It's rapid. It's rapid.

SPEAKER_01 46:59

Okay, how many times do we say it's rapid?

SPEAKER_03 47:09

What is it called?

SPEAKER_01 47:17

Echo location. I can see you.

SPEAKER_06 47:27

Rapid, say back to me. Rapid.

SPEAKER_03 47:35

Is this what the butterfly effect is? Oh my gosh. All right, all right. No, by echolocating.

SPEAKER_01 47:48

By echo locating.

SPEAKER_06 47:53

Oh. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 47:57

Oh, it's my go. It's my swim. It's my swim.

SPEAKER_06 48:04

We could start doing wrap-up questions on.

SPEAKER_03 48:06

Hey, hey, stop laughing.

Negativity, Goals, And Finding Christ

SPEAKER_03 48:11

If I'd start, she sucks.

SPEAKER_07 48:13

We're not gonna start.

SPEAKER_03 48:15

Okay, so what is something that as an adult now instantly ruins the vibe? I think what someone's just so negative.

SPEAKER_05 48:26

Here's like a negative Nelly.

SPEAKER_03 48:27

Like, no one wants to be negative Nancy's.

SPEAKER_05 48:28

Like there's so many teachers who are like negative Nancy's and like bro. Like literally, like, yeah, this is our job, and it sucks sometimes. But also, like, if you chose it, say you can leave. Yeah. I'm mean for no reason. Like, why? Just don't say anything at all. Hear me out. Hear me out. Close your mouth. Close your mouth. That's what I say the most. My catch for you just close your mouth. Hey. Put a bubble in it.

SPEAKER_07 49:00

What is a goal that you're working towards this year? This year in May. In May? This year so far. So far. Or just before 2026 is over. Okay.

SPEAKER_05 49:16

Well, right now, the softball team is we have a game tomorrow. Are we up? Are we up? Hopefully, it's our regional game. It's now we're like in the season where it's like you lose it, you're out. Yeah. So we're in our second round of regionals. If we win tomorrow, we're in states. So we're hoping that we're in states tomorrow. So that's the goal right now is states. So yeah. Nice. I mean, I'm not playing about coaching coach or whatever. So it's fun though. Open out of states. That was so cool.

SPEAKER_08 49:46

Gracie.

SPEAKER_03 49:47

Yes, David.

SPEAKER_08 49:48

Oh, we already asked Chuck Hood crushes, didn't we? Damn it. It's gonna be mine.

SPEAKER_03 49:53

But it's gonna be a little bit more.

SPEAKER_06 49:55

Hey, that out. David, lock in. Come on, man. It's like you don't know you're up.

SPEAKER_08 50:01

You're right. I didn't.

SPEAKER_06 50:03

First question that comes to my mom.

SPEAKER_08 50:06

Why do you like feet?

unknown 50:07

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_06 50:09

Not that. This is your last question that you get to ask Gracie. Ever. Ever. You'll never get to talk to her again. Ask her a question.

SPEAKER_08 50:19

What age were you when you really think you found Christ?

SPEAKER_05 50:22

That's a good question. I was baptized at like eight. And I think I always had a really good understanding of the gospel. Like they would like be like, hey, like before like you get baptized for all that stuff. They'd like talk to you and like and like people were talking to me and be like, I'll just like show the gospel. And they were like, yeah, she understands. So I think I always had a really good understanding, but I feel like I didn't really understand his like because like life wasn't hard. Like life wasn't hard then. I think really in my freshman year of college is when I was really struggling a lot, and I just felt like the Lord, like I felt his grace and his just like protection in that moment. So it's like I knew the Lord growing up, but I felt like it was a different kind of knowing him then. Like it was more deeper and closer. Amen. Because life got hard, you know.

SPEAKER_07 51:10

So head knowledge and a heart knowledge.

SPEAKER_02 51:13

Yeah, yeah. Very good. Oh yeah. What is a challenge you've had to face that has fundamentally shaped who you are today?

SPEAKER_07 51:22

If no, good Q. Good question. Oh my gosh. Thank you, chat.

SPEAKER_03 51:27

That is a duh that's a double sorted question. I don't know what that meant.

SPEAKER_05 51:32

I mean, I think softball and its challenges. I think there's things with softball where it's like you had really bad coaches and they were like, hey, you suck, you're not going anywhere. And it's like, ooh, okay. And then like you had coaches who like really did like care for you and love you and that kind of thing. Actually softball. Oh, actually, I would say not going to softball for not going to college for softball. Because my entire life, like, that's kind of what I was trained to do. Like, I was going to camps at like 14 and talking to college coaches when I was like eighth grade a freshman, you know. And so I think when I felt the Lord like speak to me, like, hey, like, you need to give that up. That's an idol in your life right now. Like, that is what you're worshiping. It's like your identity is found in that. You're worshiping softball and like your performance. And so, like, he asked me to give it up completely. And so I didn't go play in college, and like when I stopped playing, that's why freshman year was so hard. Because when I stopped playing, like I fell into like an anxious, depressive state, because like that's all I need to like knew how to do. And so I would say that was a big challenge, like having life without it, and overcoming that and knowing who I am without softball was really hard. And it without people knowing I play softball. Because like everyone on my softball team in church, in school, knew I played softball, like that was part of my identity, and like now in college with these new people who don't know who I am, they're like, we don't care, like, we don't know you with that. And I'm like, oh okay, that's cool or whatever. So that was definitely a big challenge for me, but I think it was good. It was one of those things like where I really like my identity was found in Christ at that time and not in softball. But now it's cool that like it's cool how the Lord has also brought softball back in my life now to like pour into other girls and like help them not make it idols and not be like, hey, like yes, you just struck out, but you're good. Like it's it's just a game. In the end, you are just a sophomore, you know. It's like it's it's okay. So very good.

SPEAKER_09 53:31

Very good, very good. It's good, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 53:33

What do you want to be remembered for?

Legacy As A Teacher And Embarrassing Moments

SPEAKER_09 53:36

Good question.

SPEAKER_05 53:37

Being a great teacher. I want to be the teacher where kids are like, yeah, dude, Miss Goodwin, she's the best. Or like, I have kids like, Will we teach fourth grade next year? And I'm like, no, I won't. Sorry, bro. No. See you later.

SPEAKER_02 53:51

Keeps it glazed. Shout me out when you're in the NFL, bro.

SPEAKER_05 53:54

Yeah, no, literally. I told a kid, I was like, You're going to NFL. Like, we shook on Pinky promised a Super Bowl ticket. So good.

SPEAKER_03 54:02

Right. Yeah. When you get famous on the teacher, you need to face it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 54:05

I was like, when you're in the news, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 54:07

From that grade.

SPEAKER_05 54:08

One kid who's gonna win a Nobel Peace Prize, tell you right now. Tell you right now he will. He's so smart. Smarter than me. Wow. Yeah. But yeah, I'll take that.

SPEAKER_03 54:17

Good. How do you feel? How do you feel now? Very good.

SPEAKER_05 54:23

Better. Tired. Thank you for staying up late for us.

SPEAKER_02 54:29

Most embarrassing memory. Most embarrassing memory.

SPEAKER_06 54:33

I think we purposely skipped that.

SPEAKER_05 54:35

My most embarrassing memory. I know Morgan's for me. Oh my gosh, what are you doing?

SPEAKER_02 54:44

Something that I still laugh at to this day if I think about it. High school. Oh man.

SPEAKER_05 54:51

No, okay. I'm the one Morgan's thinking of is one time in college. It was freshman year. We had our hydro flasks. Mind you, I was fisco girl coming out. And oh, we were getting water, and like we were at the very end of the hallway, and we were at the water was at the very waterfowls at the very front. And so we're in there, and I was like, Morgan, I race ya. And I started like running, and then all of a sudden I tripped over like my Birkin stock or something, and I went boom and hit the ground. And my hydro flask fell on the ground. It was like boom, boom, boom, and then starts like rolling. And then I was like, I jumped up so fast, sprinted to the room even faster, and then someone comes out and was like, Y'all good out here? And I was like, I want to give you context.

SPEAKER_02 55:30

It's like the very end of the hall, there's a hallway, it turns to the right, more hallway. Yeah. And so we were at the turn, just like walking very chill in our socks of like Birkenstocks or whatever. And then she slipped and pushes me and is like, erasha. So I'm like getting up like from the wall, and I go and I start running after her. And then she like starfishes, like not just trip, like scorpion if you tripped, all arms and legs stretched out face and that's what I'm seeing. So I'm like for covered, like, what was that? Running after lose it and get multiple heads pop out and like, what's happening?

SPEAKER_08 56:08

It sounds like it rolled away from you.

SPEAKER_05 56:10

Did you lose the I mean it was like a narrow hallway?

SPEAKER_03 56:12

So I just that's got that's so embarrassing having to chase after your water bottle.

SPEAKER_02 56:17

It was just so funny the way it started, too, of her being like, race up. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 56:22

I forgot about that part. You're right. I forgot about that part.

SPEAKER_03 56:24

Conveniently.

SPEAKER_05 56:26

Log that out. No, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 56:28

Probably.

SPEAKER_03 56:29

Conveniently forgotten.

SPEAKER_02 56:30

Morgan, any more stories? I'm trying to think. That was the main one I really wanted to be told on. She really wanted everybody to know that. At least be on the internet. Anywhere, and I'll start laughing out loud because I'm thinking about it. It was so funny. Oh my gosh. That's hilarious. First, if you ever look for somebody, if you're ever in a setting with a dance floor and you're like, I don't know what to do, find Gracie. I'll twerk on you probably. She'll probably twerk on you, but she'll she'll get you dancing. She'll twerk with you too.

SPEAKER_06 57:03

Well, anyway, on that quick.

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SPEAKER_03 57:32

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