Margaret Morton on Surrender, Service & True Grit | Women of True Grit with Edie Hand

Margaret Morton planned to retire as a guidance counselor at Indian Valley Elementary School. Life had other plans. In this episode of Women of True Grit, host Edie Hand sits down with Margaret to talk about her unexpected leap into leading the Sylacauga Alliance for Family Enhancement (SAFE), and the heart behind her work. Margaret shares the "dinner on the grounds" philosophy that drives SAFE and the EARTH project: bring people together around a shared vision and let everyone contribute their strengths. She also opens up about raising her son, who has bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, and the hard-won lesson of surrender she learned along the way. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 Welcome 0:36 Planning to retire as a school counselor 0:48 Becoming Executive Director of SAFE 1:05 The "dinner on the grounds" philosophy & the EARTH project 1:34 Raising a son with hearing loss & learning surrender 2:01 What true grit means to Margaret 👉 Subscribe for more stories of women who lead with courage, faith, and resilience. #WomenOfTrueGrit #EdieHand #TrueGrit #WomenLeaders #CommunityLeadership #Sylacauga #Resilience