Meghan King Confesses ‘I Envy Others With Nuclear Families’ and Have Mourned ‘What I Lost’ After Jim Edmonds Divorce

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New year, same heartbreak? Meghan King got real about how she feels looking at pictures from her marriage with Jim Edmonds three years after their split.“Sometimes looking back on photos like this one I think about the ignorant happiness I felt,” King, 38, wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, January 10, while sharing a snap of her holding her daughter, Aspen, as a baby. “In this moment I had no idea things would be the way they are today.”The Real Housewives of Orange County alum confessed: “I’m a little bitter and I wear that pain with a badge of honor because of how far I’ve come.

I envy others with nuclear families and I mourn the one I lost.”The Missouri native noted that while she is the “happiest and wisest and most powerful” she’s ever been, it came at “a very steep price.”King — who filed for divorce from Edmonds, 52, in 2019 after five years of marriage amid cheating allegations — explained that she has learned to accept the good and the bad that came from her breakup.“But I’m grateful for those fleeting moments of bliss I felt with the family I once made,” she continued. “Life is different now and families can look all kinds of ways.

Remember that. Whatever you do, whoever you are, and whatever your situation, remember that.”The former Bravo star, who shares Aspen, 6, and twin sons Hayes and Hart, 4, with the retired MLB player, has since found the silver lining to her situation.“What you define as happiness doesn’t define another’s,” King added. “Grace, my friends.

Grace is the greatest gift you can give yourself and one another. I love you.”The “Intimate Knowledge” podcast cohost finalized her divorce from Edmonds in May 2021.