Valerie Bertinelli celebrates two years of freedom since Tom Vitale divorce: It does get better

Valerie Bertinelli is grateful her marriage to Tom Vitale is in the past.The former Food Network star, 64, marked two years since finalizing her divorce from her ex-husband on Instagram Friday.Bertinelli posted a quote that read, “I didn’t know how I was going to get through it, but I knew that somehow I would.”“And I did!” she began her caption.“Today marks two years of freedom.

Two years of walking through self doubt and doing my best to get to the other side.Two years of knowing that I didn’t deserve to tolerate the intolerable.”“Two years of working through shame and self loathing.

(Still working on that partlong tail that) Two years of working to find my true self,” she added.Bertinelli also mentioned her recent ex, Mike Goodnough, for helping her with “feeling love again.”“Two years of confronting past demons and traumas and doing my best to work through them,” she continued.

“I want to be the best, most authentic version of myself heading into this last chapter of my life.I am learning that until I love myself and accept myself, all of me, my dark and light sides, I can never give someone else the love and emotional vulnerability that they need and deserve.”“You must give it to yourself first so that you can share it,” Bertinelli said.

“Whoo boy.I’m workin on it ...