I wasn't planning on sharing this yet

But what the hell

So, I sent this email to another substacker, as they are looking for people for their podcast.

Lining out all the MAJOR things that have happened in my life made me really take a step back and go… Holy Fuck.

My whole goal with this platform is to share open, honest, real stories about my life.

Below is a literally just a small summary of my life and the things that I've gone through. If you resonate with it, it would mean the world if you subscribed, as I'll be sharing extremely detailed stories of all of these moments on this platform!

So much love to all my readers,

Taylor Cecelia Brook

**** trigger warning, mention of death, trauma, and SA ****

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“Hello! 

My name is Taylor (Taylor Cecelia Brook on Substack) and your post popped up with my feed and I instantly resonated with it. My whole platform is about me sharing my real life shit that I've gone through in hopes to not make others feel alone in their struggles and trials. 

Here is a bit about me: 

- I was raped and verbally abused and emotionally manipulated by my "best guy friend" for 2 years starting at 17, whil I was in a relationship with my high school sweetheart. 

- After my high school sweetheart and I got married we struggled with infertility and loss for almost 2 years. 

- After finally getting pregnant with my rainbow baby, we learned when she was 2 days old she would not live past 6 months. As she was born with a terminal genetic condition we didn't know we carried.  She lived until she was 5 months old. 

- After her death I started and ran a very successful global non-profit in her memory for 5 years following. 

- During that time I underwent IVF (started the month after Lily died) to have a healthy baby. I now have a beautiful brilliant vibrant almost 5 year old. 

- 18 months after my 2nd daughter was born I was diagnosed with my own rare disease, Classical Ehlers Danlos. Which made my whole life physically finally make sense 

- Because of said disease I underwent multiple surgeries, the largest ones being a partial hysterectomy and prolapse fix at 28 and a drastic breast reduction also at 28. 

- in 2022 my high school sweetheart and I decided to open up pur marriage and that did lead to it ultimately collapsing (and a host of other reasons why) 

- in 2023 I asked for a divorce and he kicked me out after learning I violated the rules of our open marriage. (Yes I'm aware how fucked that is. It is something I'm very open to talking about because I don't want women to make the same mistakes as me) 

- I then moved in with the guy I had been seeing for a year secretly. And we've been together ever since (2yrs total) and it's been a wild ride but 1000xs better than either of our first marriages as he also was divorced. 

Ok I think that's me in a nutshell lol oh I also was a classically trained bassoonist and played on a scholarship in college and was a national level trampoline and tumbling gymnast until 13 🤣”

That's only half of what I've done and gone through but those are my most traumatic events and experiences.

Fun fact, my parents had no idea about 90% of this. I told them things were bald with my ex, they day he kicked me out 🙃

Learn from me.

Please talk to people.

You don't have to suffer alone.

All my love,

Taylor Cecelia Brook