It has undoubtedly been a very tough year for Married At First Sight OG Zoe Hendrix.
The reality star alum, who found love on national TV, ended things with Alex Garner earlier this year.
And now the 29-year-old has said goodbye to Harper-Rose, their one-year-old daughter.
The tearful farewell comes as Zoe jets of to Ethiopia in the hopes to find her birth parents.
Zoe decided to share her brave journey by posting a message from Melbourne airport, on her Instagram page.
“How can you know who you are and where your going, if you never knew where you came from? You can’t.”
“I’m f—ing terrified but I’m ready for whatever comes,” the mum-of-one admitted.
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“I love you my darling Harpie, I’m reduced to tears sitting in the airport, knowing soon there will be oceans between us.”
She ended the poignant message by telling her little girl, “I miss you already. I’ll return soon to you my darling.”
The couple’s daughter will be with Alex and her Aunty as Zoe searches for her family.
Back in May, the mum explained that Ethiopia -health wise- wasn’t say for the baby girl.
She told one fan that it was in Harper’s best interest not to go.
“Health, safety and the emotional nature of the trip… So…I am preparing to leave her in the loving care of her dad and her beautiful Aunty.”
Zoe’s quest to Africa follows her decision to explain why things didn’t work out with her partner.
The couple, who met at the altar in 2015 and welcomed their gorgeous bub Harper-Rose in November 2016, seemed to have it all.
But in a candid Instagram post, Zoe admitted all wasn’t as it seemed before sharing that it was Alex’s decision to end it all.
Zoe’s heartbreaking admission in full
After the separation a lot of women have contacted me privately asking “How do you know when it’s time leave your husband?”
The power of that question has weighed on me and I have thought long and hard for an adequate answer that these women deserve.
These exhausted women and mothers who have wearily walked their own relationship highs and lows, and who see me boarding a train, they think maybe they belong on too.
The divorce train. The separation train. Or even more terrifying, the single mother train.
But the unfortunate truth is, I didn’t choose this path. I never bought a ticket. I never thought that the man I love so much would one day walk away.
But he did.
I never thought I would be alone taking care of our child 6 days a week in a suburb that no longer feels like home.
But I do.
I never thought I would find myself single in a queen size bed. But I do.
So I can’t tell them about how I knew, or the courage it took to walk away. But I can talk about the strength it takes to accept the unexpected path that life unwilling drags you down.
I can tell them to accept that we all will face pain and adversity of one type or another.
That people will hurt us, people will abandon us, and we must also acknowledge that we will hurt others. Whether we know or intend to or not.
That often life will seem unfair and unjust (and sometimes plainly fucking cruel) but we must learn to weather the storm. We must learn to hold on to hope. Even on days we just wish to end the pain.
We must learn to embrace our struggles and know that tremendous growth can come from our breakdown. In fact if we listen and take on the lessons, it can be a breakthrough.
I can only tell these woman, that there is no courage where there is no fear. And that whatever choice you make, after the storm has subsided, you will find joy again. Your life might just be different to how you dreamt it to be.
Have hope knowing that it’s not the end of the world if someone doesn’t love you anymore – it’s only the end of the world, if you don’t love you anymore. ❤️
