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Sister WivesstarMeri Brownis feeling reflective.
The TLC lead shared two inspirational quotes on her Instagram Story Thursday, including one that read, “Who I was does not dictate who I am and who I am becoming.” The quote was credited to Mel Robbins.
Meri’s second shared quote was from late poetMaya Angelou: “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve the beauty.”
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Meri, 52, was one of four sister wives married toKody Brownuntil late 2022. But before that, they had struggled with theirromance turning platonicafter Meri wascatfishedinto an emotional affair with a woman who pretended to be a man on the internet.
During theSister Wives: One on Oneconversations that aired in December, Meri revealed when she knew hermarriage was over.
“Even since being in Flagstaff, he has led me to believe that he was trying,” she said. “You know, our first anniversary that we had here in Flagstaff, it was cheers to a new beginning as opposed to this last anniversary he’s like, ‘I don’t even know why you called me Meri.’ He’s like, ‘We’re not married. We’re not acting as married.'”
Meri took the words to heart. “I said to him, ‘Then if that’s where we are, don’t you think that we should address that publicly?’ And he said, ‘No I don’t want to address it. I don’t want that to be out there publicly because I don’t want that judgment.'”
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Meri isn’t the only sister wife to walk away from the Browns’ plural marriage —Christine Brownwas the first toleave her spiritual marriage to Kodyin November 2021, andJanelle Brownalso revealed during theOne on Onespecial that she’dseparated from Kody.
source: people.com
