1.0How Great Thou Parthttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/howgreatthoupartColleen Sheehy Ormehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/howgreatthoupart/author/cormeThe Joy of the Divorcing Birthday - How Great Thou Partrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="j4HQmLZYUA"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/howgreatthoupart/2016/10/joy-divorced-birthdays.html">The Joy of the Divorcing Birthday</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/howgreatthoupart/2016/10/joy-divorced-birthdays.html/embed#?secret=j4HQmLZYUA" width="600" height="338" title="“The Joy of the Divorcing Birthday” — How Great Thou Part" data-secret="j4HQmLZYUA" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Let’s face it. Relationships are chock full of expectations. We enter them and wait for people to show us exactly how much they love us. Birthdays? They just amp it up. Consider them expectation on steroids. I remember in the early years of my marriage hearing a knock at my front door. I swing the door…http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/howgreatthoupart/files/2016/10/14572358_356883944659816_666108003208968309_n-182x300.jpg