La Renaissance de Jeanette 🔥, self-portrait, 2019 (…continued, Part 2/6) The test of faith was that I was the only person who was vulnerable about expressing my true self and methodically chasing my dreams while openly asking for help and support. I was the only person brave enough to speak up about anything, whether it was confronting a huge bully or addressing the cold shoulder of a passive aggressive friend. My opinions, ideas, visions, and dreams are rather unique, yes. But that is exactly why they will be helpful. That is exactly why they will make a difference. Some people live life with amazing parents and real-life mentors and role models, and this is a blessing I’m happy they have! I lived a life where relatives called me psychotic and told me I had the devil inside of me when I stood up against their abuse…plenty of Alone Time for me with a largely estranged and toxic family full of ancestral wackness that they prefer to avoid. I also had a husband who walked out on me when I was unemployed and sick with 40 health problems, including an autoimmune disease. This was my partner of 7.5 years since high school, not some random I met off the street. And 5 of those relationship years were long-distance, so fuck all that miserable Alone Time anyway! And freshman year at Georgetown! 🤢💀 how much more alone could I get lol…Shouts to @quartzion55 tho 😍🤣. And then when it was all said it done (7.5 years relationship + 1.5 years separation, my whole damn decade), my family revealed that they never really liked him anyway, and my best friend said the same. And then my best friend said that it was also so strange and confusing when I decided to go to Georgetown and it made a lot of sense that I would transfer. And then I wondered why my best friend never said anything to me out loud at times when it would prevent me from painful long-term decisions. (Part 2/4, continued...) #InChicagoAsItIsInHeaven #ChicagoOverEverything #chicagopsychic #chicagophotographers #lamorale #testoffaith #psychicawakening #psychiceducation #SmartBlessedAnything #periodpooh #periodpooh😘 #iaintmeanimjustfocused #ACDuan #AceofFlames #JeSuisJeanette (at Logan Square, Chicago) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6yTAjplDeb/?igshid=1jbbebbcxb8l0