Episode 19 : A little more pretty, little less painful
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Not everything is magically okay…
but something feels different.
In this episode of Pretty & Painful, I’m opening up about what it looks like when the blinders finally come off—when grief is still there, but it doesn’t feel quite as heavy.
This isn’t me saying I’m done healing.
This isn’t me ignoring the hard.
This is me learning… I’m not alone in it.
Through faith, through growth, and through the quiet moments in between—I’m starting to see things clearer. Finding pieces of myself again. Even something as simple as getting dressed and feeling like me… that matters.
Because maybe goodbye here…
isn’t goodbye forever.
You’ve got a seat at my table—through the grief, the hard days, and the pretty too. And I believe there’s one waiting for us in heaven.
Grief. Growth. Gloss.
A little more pretty… and a little less painful.
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