Amy Roloff Reacts to Audrey's Intense Instagram About "Fighting" and "Crying" With Jeremy

From Good Housekeeping

  • Audrey Roloff recently shared a brave Instagram post about her marriage to Jeremy.

  • In it, she talks about the "fighting, crying, and struggling" that they've endured and the tough time they've had in recent weeks.

  • In response, Amy opened up to Audrey in the comments section.

Scroll through Audrey or Jeremy Roloff's Instagram page, and you'll see tons of gorgeous photos of the couple looking super happy with their 1-year-old daughter, Ember Jean. But as Audrey just reminded her fans in her latest post, social media doesn't always tell the whole story.

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Photo credit: Instagram

The former Little People, Big World star shared a "vulnerable" message with her fans recently about how she and Jeremy have been going through a tough time in their marriage over the last few weeks. Specifically, Audrey said she and her husband are feeling "overworked" and "exhausted." As fans know, the pair run their Behind the Scenes podcast together and recently released a book entitled A Love Letter Life.

"We keep running, keep pushing, keep producing, and keep squeezing all the margin out of our lives. It’s robbing our joy, stealing our peace, and hindering our ability to love," Audrey wrote in the caption.

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WARNING‼️vulnerable post: ⁣ ⁣ To be honest, the last few weeks have been hard on our marriage. We have been working through some things and let’s just say there has been a lot of “heated fellowship,” morning hugs missed, and date nights postponed. We are overworked and exhausted from the pace we’ve been running for too long. We know we need to slow down, but as Dallas Willard puts it, “we intend what is right, but we avoid the life that would make it a reality.” Instead, we keep running, keep pushing, keep producing and keep squeezing all the margin out of our lives. It’s robbing our joy, stealing our peace, and hindering our ability to love. ⁣ ⁣ If you’ve ever looked at or read a post from us and thought “They must just have it all together.” Volume up for this one....WE DON’T🙅🏼♀️ We fight, struggle, cry, and face challenges just like anyone. I’m saying this here because if you look at my Instagram feed from the past 3 weeks you don’t see the long tearful conversations, the hurtful remarks, the compiling complaints, the critical spirits, the prideful inner dialogue, or our unloving and disrespectful attitudes. You don’t see the full picture.⁣ ⁣ A few nights ago we went for an evening drive to talk through some struggles and we stumbled upon a trestle....😆 It was like God knew we needed something that would force us both to smile😅 Although you can’t tell by the photo, this wasn’t a happy night. I cried shortly after we snapped this photo. I’m saying this because I don’t want you to be deceived by the highlight reel that is “the gram.” We all have a messy behind the scenes reality. ALL OF US. Even the people you follow on social media who seem to be the most “real.” Even they have struggles they don’t share, and hurts the don’t publicize. We all do. And that’s ok! But that also means we need to remind ourselves when we’re scrolling this space that it’s not real life.⁣ ⁣ So friend, if you’re comparing your life, marriage, kids, house, job, body, etc. to what you see on Instagram, remember it’s NOT the full picture. And I just want to remind ya, you are enough. You are beautifully and wonderfully made. And you are loved.

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She then explained that even though it looks like she and Jeremy have it together all the time, they actually don't.

"We fight, struggle, cry, and face challenges just like anyone. I’m saying this here because if you look at my Instagram feed from the past 3 weeks you don’t see the long tearful conversations, the hurtful remarks, the compiling complaints, the critical spirits, the prideful inner dialogue, or our unloving and disrespectful attitudes. You don’t see the full picture.⁣"

Audrey continued to say that she actually cried right after snapping the photo that is featured in the Instagram post. She also reminded her followers that it's important to realize that not everything they see on social media is real.

⁣"So friend, if you’re comparing your life, marriage, kids, house, job, body, etc. to what you see on Instagram, remember it’s NOT the full picture," she concluded. "And I just want to remind ya, you are enough. You are beautifully and wonderfully made. And you are loved."

The Instagram post prompted an outpour of support, from many fans. "You are SUCH an Inspiration. You walk us through the good, the bad and the ugly & always teach us a lesson through your journey called life. So thank you," one fan wrote.

Jeremy's mother, Amy Roloff, saw the post as well, and offered up some kinds words of her own.

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Photo credit: Instagram

"Life is real. We usually show the Best on IG and you're right," Amy wrote. "There is a lot more that's also real behind the scenes others forget about and don't see."

So true. Amy and Audrey are both very wise.

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