As women, the most valuable things we can have, aren’t “things” at all.  They are our friends.  We all need someone to be there for us through the thick or thin.  Sometimes, just having your girlfriend by your side to commiserate with is all we need.

Chicken Soup For the Soul’s newest publication — Just Us Girls, is a collection of 101 stories that celebrate the bond that women share between their friends.  There really is something unique and different with female friends.

I loved reading some of the great stories in this book and it made me miss some of my very best gal pals! Chapters include:

• My Group 
• The New Friend Project 
• It Works 
• She Kows 
• Down the Block 
• Taking the Plunge 
• Adventures with the Girls 
• Second Looks 
• Distant & Close 
• The Write Stuff 
• Relative Friends

As you can see from the chapter titles, Just Us Girls shares stories of friendships from long ago to just budding friendships.  Perhaps reading Just Us Girls will give you the confidence to reach out to someone knew you think you might want to strike up a conversation with or give an old friend you haven’t spoken to in awhile a call.  Funny, the very first chapter is all about making friends as a new mom.  I remember after I first had my son 5 years ago, how lonely and isolating it felt.  I felt distant from my friends without children, but wasn’t ready to reach out just yet to other moms.