In another, simpler time, women developed friendshipsover the back fence while their children played. The deepening isolation of modern society has diminished the opportunities for them to share their lives with their contemporaries. In 2001, two friends from Kansas, sent a letter inviting a group of women to the Cedar Roe Library Meeting Room in Roeland Park, KS to explore the definition of friendship, and to share their stories of relationships, families, happiness and struggles. This is the story of four women leading ordinary lives. Their goal was to offer comfort and strength to each other. They hope that their stories would encourage women everywhere to reach out, to share their lives and build lasting and empowering friendships