Jana Kramer.Photo: Amy Sussman/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank
Jana Krameris looking ahead and celebrating life as a newly single woman.
Sharing aphotographof herself throwing her hands up in the air while on a boat in a tropical locale, Kramer began the caption of her post, writing, “Free. And not looking back.”
“I thought not celebrating 6 years today would feel heavy and sad…. and though there is sadness in the broken, there is more joy, happiness, freedom and self love than I’ve ever experienced,” she continued. “The weight has been lifted and I welcome the unknown, because there is so much beauty in what’s next.”
Kramer added: “Find your strength and set yourself free…”
On April 21, Kramer announced in anemotional Instagram postthat she and Caussin, 34, were separating.
“‘It’s time.’ As I try to make sense of a reality I never wanted to believe could be possible again, those words have now become a reality,” the mom of two wrote. “I’ve fought y’all. I’ve loved hard. I’ve forgiven. I’ve put the work in. I’ve given everything I have, and now I have nothing else to give.”
“Please know that I still believe wholeheartedly in marriage, love, and rebuilding. I just can’t fight any longer. It’s time to heal,” Kramer continued. “Thank you for all the love, heart, and support, in many ways you have fought on this journey alongside me, and for that I am grateful. I’ll always encourage you to continue the good fight, but you can’t fight it alone. 💔.”
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Mike Caussin and Jana Kramer.Todd Williamson/E! Entertainment/NBCU/Getty
The filing also revealed that the pair officially separated on April 20, just a day beforePEOPLE learned that Kramer decided to file for divorcedue to infidelity. Infidelity has been an issue the couple has opened up about in the past. They previously separated in 2016 due to similar issues and documented some of their past marital problems in their book,The Good Fight:Wanting to Leave, Choosing to Stay, and the Powerful Practice for Loving Faithfully.
Also in the filing, Kramer requested the court uphold a postnuptial agreement they had made after getting married and that she has primary custody of sonJace Joseph, 2, and daughterJolie Rae, 5, with allowed visitation times with Caussin.
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Last week, Krameropened up about her splitfrom Caussin during an episode of herWhine Downpodcast, saying, “I’m just waiting for when they say it gets better, but in the meantime, it’s definitely been hard.”
“It’s been a rough week again. I’m just waiting for when they say it gets better but in the meantime, it’s definitely been hard,” she continued. “The hardest part is when you imagine something and you work for something and the rug gets pulled from underneath you.”
Kramer added, “You’re just kind of left there on the floor spinning. Divorce sucks.”
TheOne Tree Hillalum also recalled going to her lawyers' office and seeing them laughing, something she could not find herself doing during the divorce’s painful process. “I’m one case out of 5,000. This is hard. This is emotional. I’m not laughing about this. It sucks,” Kramer said. “It’s a really awful feeling. I didn’t want this. … That’s where I’m at now.”
source: people.com
