# @micaela on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C0t4CFfMKwK
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13131872-micaela-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-12-11T14:53:25.000+00:00

## Caption

This is me: 38, back in New York, and, I am divorced.

Over the last 10 months I struggled with the idea of sharing something that was so painful and private. I’m aware of how obvious the change in my personal life has been to others, however, I needed time to heal and process this experience on my own. 

I am finally feeling confident and am rediscovering true happiness again but it’s taken me time and courage to get back to a place where I am ready to talk about it. 

So many of you rooted on my love for the 8 (!) years we were together. It feels like an exhale of relief and strength to openly share this part of my life now and address that it has changed. I’m no longer ignoring the elephant in the room.

I never imagined that I would find myself leaving a marriage so soon after entering it. But sometimes time reveals in others what we cannot have recognized by ourselves. The entire experience was shocking, scary, and it hurt, a lot.

Despite the discomfort over the last year, I chose to focus on moving forward. For me, that process has been rooted in tremendous personal growth. I have never been so in tune with myself, so caring and tender with my heart, and, with my needs. I am reminding myself every damn day that I am strong, resilient, and that I am very, very brave.

And so with that, as we close out the year, I’m making a declaration: I’m going after the things I want in my life! And for my life! And, I still believe in love! I know in my soul that it will all come.

As the saying goes, the comeback is always stronger than the setback. And that rings very true. 

Chapter 2 starts now. 

#newbeginnings #lookingforward #divorced 

Photos by ktmerry HMU blumindinc

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