The former couple is separating two years after tying the knot Samantha Cope/Instagram; Joey Lawrence/Instagram is speaking out for the first time following her from . On Saturday, Aug. 24, the 37-year-old actress shared her first following the news that she and the actor, 48, are splitting two years after tying the knot.
“An amazing friend of mine recently told me ‘don’t be afraid of the tears. Let them flow. Because every tear is God gently squeezing the pain and devastation from your heart to make room for new beautiful feelings to come in,' " she began the caption of her post.
“She also reminded me: ‘the more you cry, the less you pee,’ ” Cope jokingly added. “So let them flow. You got this.
🩵🙏🏻.” Alongside her caption, Cope included a video composed of a series of clips that highlighted recent good times, including one of herself and her daughter, , 1, in the car, and another of the mother-daughter pair having a lakeside outing. She also included moments of them dancing around their house, going out for ice cream and having lunch together.
Related: Cope also shared a glimpse into more emotional times she had over the past few weeks, including clips in which she could be seen shedding tears in her car and outdoors. “Look at you, look how far you’ve come,” a voiceover narrated the video. “You’ve faced your trauma, and you came out on the other side.
And I’m sorry to get a little emotional. But there were some times there that I was re.