Jennifer Eden

a.k.a. P.O.E.T. (Pleasure Over Every Thing)

[She/They]

I took this selfie in 2018 after settling into my new place in a new city. My fiancé had just left me and I moved away to get a fresh start. I'd spent the months since the breakup not knowing who I was or what I was doing with myself. I felt like I had lost more than I could ever get back. But on this day, I finally started to feel like myself again and I decided to document it with a selfie.

When I first looked at this picture, I saw my smile. I hadn't seen it this big, this bright in so long. I saw my knee too, and almost decided not to post it because who wants to see a picture of a knee lol? But I shared it because I wanted my friends to know I was ok. And Instagram flagged it to let me know that, by their standards, I am not.

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