The #1 friendship challenge women have is finding time to spend with each other.

When you are angry with a friend, or a friend is angry with you, it's important to remember that there is always hurt underneath anger.

With a long distant friend, I enjoy changing this obstacle into an opportunity by creating annual 'frienditions' to see and do something new and different together.

When a friendship is important enough, with mutual respect, most obstacles provide the opportunity to broaden each person's perspective and help each one grow in interesting and unexpected ways.

I've learned that no matter how good a friend someone is, they're going to hurt you every once in awhile and you must forgive them for that.

Don't miss out on opportunities to spend time with friends you value most, because too many of your waking hours are spent on a treadmill of constant doing to keep up with our culture's demands. Good friends are stress relief!