This vday...from first love to friends

A friend just forwarded me this article about breaking up on good terms. Seems like staying friends may be the right thing to do? Any thoughts on this would really help, I'm struggling a lot with how to stay friends with an ex, and whether it's even the right thing to do...

http://thoughtcatalog.com/katie-wilhelm/2014/08/what-happens-when-you-break-up-on-good-terms/

And coming across this song today, i thought it's the most apt song to give on Valentine's Day - to my first love.