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To The Mommy Tired Of Her Own Name

Welcome! I’m Meredith.

Mom. Writer. Diet Coke connoisseur. Born and raised Texan. Lover of real talk and laughter with a hint of sarcasm mixed in.

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I'm glad we have a role model for taking care of o

I'm glad we have a role model for taking care of our mental health. We ALL benefit from that.⁣
I've seen several posts weighing in on Simone stepping aside, and to be honest - I'm not one to jump on the bandwagon when everyone else is already talking about it.⁣
But, I live with mental health issues daily, and I have shared my struggles with mental health with all of you regularly. I don't know much about Simone's history with mental health, but I can imagine just the pressure of living up to everyone's expectations has to take a toll even if there is no family history, or diagnosis there.⁣
When I was watching the preliminaries the other night, I wish I would have counted how many times a reference was made to her being the GOAT. It actually made me sick. I remember commenting - OK! We get it already! Not because I don't appreciate her amazing-ness. I do. She IS the GOAT. But, that's not all she is.⁣
And, the way they talked about her - it was like she wasn't even a person. She was a machine.⁣
But, she's also a human being. That deserves grace. And she definitely deserves a break for her own mental health whenever she damn well needs one. Even if it's in the middle of the Olympics.⁣
People will surely say she's a quitter now, and they'll say she let people down, and she failed, but I'm honestly excited to have a role model for something we often overlook in our country - taking care of our mental health. And making it NORMAL to do so.⁣
Did she let her country down? Absolutely not. She challenged us to believe that mental health matters just as much as physical health. She chose herself at the height of the most stressful time in her career. She chose to take care of her mental health even though people won't understand.⁣
She chose to shine a light on the fact that if the GOAT can say - "I need to take a step back right now", then we should all feel less afraid to talk about our own mental health when the pressure gets to be too much in our own lives.⁣
Y'all. She just gave us permission to talk about our own mental health, advocate for it, and hopefully stop the stigma surrounding mental health issues.⁣
To me, THAT's what makes her the GOAT.

My husband and I celebrated our 19th wedding anniv

My husband and I celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary last week. This seems accurate. 😂 Follow @maryfairyboberry

So relatable. Ha. @themarvelousmrsmom

So relatable. Ha. @themarvelousmrsmom

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