{"id":5131,"date":"2018-03-30T16:11:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T16:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/howgreatthoupart\/?p=5131"},"modified":"2018-03-30T16:11:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T16:11:25","slug":"best-friends-taught","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/howgreatthoupart\/2018\/03\/best-friends-taught.html","title":{"rendered":"7 Things My Best Friends Taught Me About Friendship in Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have always placed an amazing value on friendship.<\/p>\n<p><em>It&#8217;s one of the reasons I had a hard time leaving any man or woman behind.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>If I love you it\u00a0generally means I love you for life<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/howgreatthoupart\/files\/2018\/03\/pexels-photo-288583.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5136 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/374\/2018\/03\/pexels-photo-288583-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"pexels-photo-288583\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>As we know, divorce taught me otherwise.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You do in fact, have to leave many behind\u00a0but in that transition those who remain gain an even greater significance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s somewhat extraordinary to recognize those who find you too valuable to lose.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>And who help you keep your footing on the days you feel you&#8217;re losing ground.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My high school, college, and adult besties, aka, blessings have taught me these seven things about the best friendships during one of my worst times.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>They&#8217;re never going to make you feel conflicted, they&#8217;re going to make you feel supported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>They will like the\u00a0spouse who doesn&#8217;t treat you well even less because they love you even more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>They are your champion and recognize your worst and remind you of your best.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>They alternate between the forefront and the shadows deciding which is necessary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>They&#8217;re loyalty rivals that of only our four-legged friends.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>They are a constant in love and life and express your value.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>They reinforce and return the love you lose while letting go of another.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow me on Facebook @Colleen Orme National Columnist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Photo Courtesy of Pexels<\/p>\n<p>on Twitter @colleenorme<br \/>\non Pinterest @colleensheehyorme<br \/>\nE-mail: Colleen.Sheehy.Orme@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have always placed an amazing value on friendship. It&#8217;s one of the reasons I had a hard time leaving any man or woman behind.\u00a0 If I love you it\u00a0generally means I love you for life As we know, divorce taught me otherwise. You do in fact, have to leave many behind\u00a0but in that transition&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,104,319],"tags":[2,15,103,5],"class_list":["post-5131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce-2","category-friendship","category-girlfriends","tag-divorce","tag-friendship","tag-girlfriends","tag-love"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>7 Things My Best Friends Taught Me About Friendship in Divorce - How Great Thou Part<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/howgreatthoupart\/2018\/03\/best-friends-taught.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"7 Things My Best Friends Taught Me About Friendship in Divorce - How Great Thou Part\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have always placed an amazing value on friendship. 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