09/01/2026
after sharing the most intimate, vulnerable part of my life a couple months ago, everything else feels a little smaller to share… so here’s another one. 🤷🏼♀️😬
two things can be true…
you can be surrounded by an incredible community & still struggle. you can be grateful as hell for your life & still admit that sometimes it’s really, really fu***ng hard.
this year has been A LOT.
we closed the trailer early last October. this spring, I didn’t receive the DRI grant i had poured so much hope into…something ive since realized was probably a blessing in disguise.
then came my fertility journey. finally getting pregnant, losing the baby at the end of June 💔, & closing Rhodes because i simply couldn’t keep pushing through.
eventually, i started finding my footing again. bottling more. making plans. closing on this old redemption center with absolutely no fu***ng idea what im doing with it.
& today, after two years of working toward it, i found out i didn’t get the VA approval either.
this one fu***ng sucks.
being a business owner is hard…solo mom-ing is hard. & sometimes doing both feels fu***ng impossible.
i have an incredible family, friends, & a community that shows up for me constantly.
but community doesn’t cancel out exhaustion.
gratitude doesn’t cancel out grief.
and resilience doesn’t mean things don’t hurt.
im disappointed…im tired & im pi**ed.
but tomorrow, ill figure out what the f**k im going to do next.
Rep. Claudia Tenney
