Kendra Scott

Well, you know, you look at 2020 and obviously the whole world was suffering, you know, and you turn on the TV, you couldn't escape it.

And you're stuck in your house just dealing with all this.

But in the midst of all that, my father, who is my rock in my book, you'll just see he and I have this unbelievable bond.

had suffered two major heart attacks.

I had to go pick him up in Wisconsin on New Year's Eve of 2019, going into 2020.

So New Year's Eve, welcoming in this new year, I was on a plane flying from Colorado to Kenosha, Wisconsin.

because he wasn't getting the medical care he needed and brought him to Austin where I lived.

Wow.

Ambulances at the, you know, on the airport waiting to take him to the hospital and where he spent until March, almost March 12th from, you know, December 31st.

Wow.

Ringing in that year was already starting out stressful.

Going through a divorce, I had some of my own personal health issues happen.

I ended up being in the same hospital that my dad was in during that time period.

It was one of those years where, but on the outside,

everyone thought Kendra Scott was fine.

The Instagrams are great, she's smiling, things are good.

And I just felt so, like this isn't real and I'm suffering.

And why am I so afraid to say I'm suffering?

So I started writing a journal and just keeping track of what was going on personally, emotionally, and wanting to share that the struggle is what makes us stronger.

And now coming out on the other side of that,