{"id":1756,"date":"2022-05-22T17:26:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T21:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surledivan.ca\/english\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2022-07-02T12:03:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T16:03:31","slug":"les-amis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surledivan.ca\/english\/les-amis\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1756\" class=\"elementor elementor-1756\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f05b5d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f05b5d4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c3ee98\" data-id=\"0c3ee98\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1feae91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1feae91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.1 - 02-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/surledivan.ca\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/277080101_2317753748376654_863042240496361493_n-1400x700.jpg\" class=\"attachment-secondline-themes-blog-post size-secondline-themes-blog-post wp-image-1378\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d78713b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d78713b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.1 - 02-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Friends.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff1638 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff1638\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.1 - 02-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\"><i>\u201cA real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out\u201d. Walter Winchell<\/i><\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\"><i>I just came back from dinner with four of my closest friends. We hadn&#8217;t seen each other in years and despite our busy calendars, we were invited on the fly and in just one day our plans were booked and confirmed, as if we didn\u2019t even have to try! (Is it just me or are the best moments usually this simply inspired)? We&#8217;ve known each other (for the most part) since we were teens and the others eventually joined the gang, as if a part of the gang, they had always been. Adolescence ! You know that fun and not at all intense period of constant self reassessments, of anxious states never really well defined and of existential quests and crises never truly satisfied. A period I can safely say, you probably could never pay me enough to relive today ! The only thing I can affirm with certainty about that time, the only thing I am so grateful to have gained from those years, would be the friendships that we forged, that deeply helped us all navigate through all the teenage angst and fears.<\/i><\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\"><i>Great friends that I can see again after years apart and feel like they could never stray too far from my thoughts and heart. Friends who know they can count on me for anything at any time. That all that is needed is a quick call, text or poke to raise their hand, as I trust that I too could always do the exact same to raise mine. Friends who will always remind me of who I truly am, who just get me, see me with such clarity. Friends who remember all those funny and sometimes embarrassing anecdotes and get a kick out of recounting them around a well surrounded table, who keep me firmly anchored in humility. Friends who are not afraid of grand conversations, of a lively exchange of ideas or even of a passionate debate, often accentuated by a good bottle of wine. Friends with whom I have shared the biggest belly laughs, that I don\u2019t ever want to lose down the line. Finally friends that I always enjoy rediscovering, getting to know them again and again is always such a huge blessing.<\/i><\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\"><i>At the end of the evening, as per usual, we all promised each other not to let so many years go by before getting together again. But this time, perhaps in response to the last few years and the insecurities that have been raised, this time the promise didn\u2019t feel like it was made in vain. This time I was leaving, knowing, trusting that we\u2019d be seeing one another very soon again.<\/i><\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\"><i>Thank you for the invitation !<\/i><\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\"><i>Thank you for just being who you are !<\/i><\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\"><i>Thank you for always being there, no matter what, never being too far !<\/i><\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\"><i>Thank you for choosing to be by my side, for such important and significant years !<\/i><\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\"><i>Thank you for always bringing me back to who I truly am and a big thank you for being here through so many joys and tears !<\/i><\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\"><i>This post is dedicated to you. I wrote it to tell you what we don&#8217;t say to each other because well, it can be embarrassing ! I love you and you can count on the fact that, even if we don&#8217;t see each other that often, I\u2019ll always be there to support you with anything you\u2019re facing.<\/i><\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\"><i>I really hope that you also share these amazing and essential connections, that you\u2019re also privileged to have these life long friends, that you can often count on the fingers of one or two hands. The sort of friends you know will be there for the ups and downs, the highs and the lows. The sort of friends who, no matter how much time goes by, will always be by your side and that you never seem to outgrow.<\/i><\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\"><i>If you miss your friends, reach out ! Why not ?<\/i><\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\"><i>And if you get the urge to tell them how you feel, speak out before it\u2019s too late, let them know what an amazing impact they\u2019ve had on you. I\u2019m pretty sure you\u2019ll be glad once you do\u00a0<span class=\"pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t57\/1\/16\/1f609.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude09\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\"><i>Wishing you all a great day <span class=\"pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t4c\/1\/16\/1f642.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude42\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends. \u201cA real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out\u201d. Walter Winchell&nbsp;I just came back from dinner with four of my closest friends. We hadn&#8217;t seen each other in years and despite our busy calendars, we were invited on the fly and in just one day our plans&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surledivan.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surledivan.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surledivan.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surledivan.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surledivan.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1756"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/surledivan.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2509,"href":"https:\/\/surledivan.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756\/revisions\/2509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surledivan.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surledivan.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surledivan.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}