'We've settled into something that's very nourishing and very sweet. 'I don't want our marriage to be two people sitting in a room with the blue light of screens reflected up on our faces all the time,' she told People of her marriage to Nunes. Gilbert met her 63-year-old Brazilian-born husband in Bali towards the end of her journey that was sparked from the unraveling of her first marriage. 'Inner peace was also a really nice relic of that.' 'The husband was my favorite souvenir of that trip,' Gilbert said. In a People interview from October 2015, Gilbert said that her husband was her favorite souvenir that she saved from the epic journey she took through Italy, India and Bali. Thank you for the great and beautiful wingspan of your heart.' Gilbert commented back and wrote: 'I love you, Sister Glennon. Your marriage is the most successful I've ever known.' 'Until I witnessed the coming apart of you and Jose. In a comment on her post, Momastery founder and her friend Glennon Doyle Melton wrote: 'I did not know if I'd ever see anything as beautiful and love drenched as the coming together of you and your dear Jose. She wrote that it has been carrying her through the experience and hopes that it will help others. 'And I hope you will understand and forgive me if I am a bit absent from social media during this sensitive moment.'Ĭlosing out the post, she shared a poem called 'Falling and Flying' by Jack Gilbert. 'I thank you for your love, and for your kindness, and for your continued blessings. 'In my heart, I know that you will do so, because I trust that you understand how this is a story that I am living - not a story that I am telling. 'At this time of transition, I hope you will respect our privacy,' Gilbert wrote. The 46-year-old wrote that she is not inviting the public to invade her privacy, even though she has wrote about her relationship in the book-turned-movie. Gilbert did not share what led up to the pair splitting.

Gilbert explained in the post that she decided to share the news since she has been open about her personal life in the past.

Gilbert (above) revealed the shocking news on her Facebook page Friday morning.

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