Amy Duggar just gave Anna Duggar, wife of the embattled Josh Duggar, some tough love.
In an Instagram post, Amy shared an open letter to Anna amid Josh's child pornography trial, essentially urging her to leave her husband.
"Anna, I feel for you. No woman wants to be in your shoes," she began. "You're faced with an impossible decision and you're being surrounded by the wrong kind of support."
The emotional letter continued, "You've been taught since you were a child that marriage is forever and you prayed for God to send you a partner. You've constructed a life and a family with him. You didn't choose any of this, and your kids certainly didn't either."
Considering just how deeply religious the entire family is, the letter is really stunning. Amy clearly seems to be assuring Anna that leaving Josh is her best option. She told her cousin that "this is what's simply on [her] heart" and that she had to speak on it.
"I cried as I read the letter your own father wrote in support of your husband this week," she went on. "It's no wonder you're struggling to know what to do to protect your own kids … you've obviously never had an example there. That's awful and I'm so sorry for that."
"But my Mom was a fierce protector and so am I," wrote Amy. "She showed me how to stand up and speak up. If no one else in your life is saying it, I need you to understand that there is no shame in divorcing Josh."
She also wrote that while the decision might feel impossible now, it will benefit their entire family. "Someday your kids will be old enough to understand what kind of guy their father really is," she continued.
"You can't protect them from the truth for forever! I'm saying all of this publicly so that when they do grow up, they will also know that they had family members shouting from the rooftops that they were worth protecting all along."
"Josh has chosen how history will remember him," she wrote. "By staying and supporting him you're allowing him to choose that for you, too."
She concluded her lengthy note by writing, "And I know standing up to all of this seems impossible now, but as a Mama, your instinct to protect your kids always has to be stronger than your fear. The only people you would upset by leaving are the ones willing to sacrifice you and your children's safety to protect Josh and his secrets."
