Elegantly.Simple

07/01/2023

Those red eye flights suck but the sunrise/sunset definitely hits different from 40k feet.

04/10/2023

I was talking to a mentor a couple years ago and he asked me, “Whitney, what keeps you from making the jump?”
“Falling. I’m a single mom with three kids. I can’t afford to go all in on this and fail. Who will support my family? There’s only me.”
“Let’s look at some of your other failures” he responded. “How did those go?”
“I’ve never failed” I replied.
“At anything?”
“No.”
Now you might be thinking, your husband left you. That’s a pretty obvious failure. Not to mention the less obvious ones. But to me, my divorce is the best thing that’s ever happened to me.
Right now though, I’m looking at a potential failure. A huge one. I jumped and I’m falling so fast. I lay awake at night wondering ‘what am I going to do?’
‘Why won’t my “friends” support me?’
‘I need to get a fourth job.’
‘How am I going to fix this?’
And mostly, ‘I’m tired. I’m so tired.’
But I think back to every other time I couldn’t pick myself up from crying on the floor. Every time I couldn’t keep going.
But then I did. I freaked out and then I picked myself up and kept going. I handled it. I took that “failure” and turned it into a lesson. Used it as a stepping stone to a better life and a better me.
A month from now there is a chance I might have failed for the first time. But a year from now, 5 years, 10 years from now, I’ll be able to tell you about the time I jumped and found something better than I expected.
That’s the difference between failing and flying. Control is an illusion. The way we react is the only power we have. Use your power to fly.

04/09/2023

Happy Easter! 🐰

Me: Just do a nice smile, dang it!
Them: 🤪🙃😜
Me: I’m posting these on the internet!
Them: No! 😳😳😳

03/09/2023

Join us April 27th through April 29th at Outback ATV Park in Laurinburg, NC.

Located in North Carolina but conveniently near the South Carolina border. This is a three day event with music on TWO stages. A variety of country, rock and country rap.

The venue is also an ATV park which means during the day YOU can spend time riding trails.

02/03/2023

We’re throwing a party! Tickets are available now! They are limited though so you better hurry! You don’t want to miss this exclusive event with a portion of proceeds benefitting Make-A-Wish America!

We’ll see you on the red carpet!

Get tickets here: www.SavageMomLife.com

Savagemomlife Karrikin Nathan Morris

12/25/2022

Are those Christmas jammies?

They are Christmas jammies.

We’re ready for Santa to come! Merry Christmas to all our family and friends!

09/27/2022

09/21/2022

08/22/2022

I’ll admit I did try to get out of this trip. But I’m glad I didn’t! I love these people and this city.

Thanks for letting me steal your pictures!

(And I really need to move. I spend too much time alone. It’s messing with me. 😂😂😂)

08/12/2022

It was 2008. I was newly married. I would make my husband go for walks with me in the new neighborhood across from our apartment and I’d dream about buying a house there and raising our kids there. Building our dream life!

2010 we moved to Utah. Had a couple kids. Dreams changed. Life happened.

2014 we moved back home. Once again, I’d make him drive around this neighborhood with me and dream about our future. All of our friends lived here now. It was the most desirable area in town. He started telling me to give up hope. We were never going to be able to afford it.

November 2018 he decided he didn’t want to be married anymore and we were divorced by January 2019.

August 2019 I bought this house in that neighborhood all by myself.

Good schools, even better neighbors. It’s not too big for me to keep up with by myself but big enough we can be comfortable here for a long time. No holes have been punched in the walls. There’s a walking trail nearby.

It’s been three years and we still love it. This is one of my proudest accomplishments. I DID THIS BY MYSELF! After being told for years to give up. It’s so much more than just a house.

It’s our new beginning. Our safe place. It’s where I learned to love myself. And where I discovered just how freaking strong and capable I am. That I can do anything. And I don’t need anyone else to be enough.

Happy three year anniversary to the stronger, better, happier me that is finally living my own dream.