There is No Good Instagram Filter for Crying in the Shower

I was at a party a few weeks ago talking to a friend that I hadn't seen in a while. We were catching up and she said - I feel like I don't even need to ask you how you are doing because according to social media things seem to be going awesome! You have the book, you're going on all of these pretty walks, you are smiling in all of your photos, you're doing these talks!! Everything looks so awesome, so just tell me how fabulous you are doing!" I looked at this sweet friend and I blinked, hard. Is that how people think my life is going? Jesus, I am really not telling the full story - at all. "Oh, love bug, the only reason why my life looks so good on social media, is because there is no good Instagram filter for crying in the shower. She laughed, but then saw that I was serious, and I started to explain to her what had been actually happening over the last few weeks. My position at the non-profit where I had worked for over 5 years had just been eliminate...