It continued, 'you loved the person I was, i love the person i'm becoming.' Introspective: Richie seemed to be in her feelings as she shared a series of poems to her Instagram story on Thursday Finding herself: Since the split insiders have said that the pair realized they were on two different life paths which was amplified by their 15-year age gap; pictured December 7th A second post titled 'learning', to which she wrote, 'This.' on the photo said: 'learning to smile through it all. learning to breathe through it all. learning to love through it all. learning.'