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I fell apart this week. And I'm telling you about it.

by Written by: Meredith Paci
Feb 22, 2026
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Let me be honest with you about this week.

I failed. Hello, Mere here! Yep, I failed... in so many ways. Not in the clean, packaged way we sometimes dress up as a lesson with good lighting and a tidy caption. I failed in the loud sobbing, snotty tears, human, logistical way that coaches and humans rarely talk about because we are all, frankly, too scared of not being consider 'strong'.. Or put together. 

I am going to talk about it.

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