Zoe rolled her eyes at each photo she scrolled through on social media feed–she paused at the photo of a family - she felt sick looking at their faces and fake smiles. Not that anyone would know those smiles were fake.

They looked so genuine and super happy. The whole family looked picture perfect. They were dressed impeccably. The twins looked like dolls with their red hair and freckled smiling faces - big dimples dances on their little cheeks.

The brother looked handsome in his dark suit and polka-dot bow tie. The older girl was dressed in a pretty blue dress and Nike sneakers–she had a big grin on her face as she posed next to her mother and brother–but her green eyes held a tinge of sadness. Tears welled in Zoe’s eyes as she studied the photo - feeling angry, she tossed the phone across her bed. It rolled, then dropped to the carpeted floor with a soft thud.

“Fake! Liar!” she seethed under her breath.

She hated those photos of her and her family–fake and fake. It has only been three days since her parents have celebrated their 20^th wedding anniversary, so the events of the day were fresh in her mind.

Join Esther and Steph as they talk about how hard it is to fake what's going on...Tune in to find out the rest of the story.

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