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      Can We Be Friends?

      Rebecca

      Frech

       Our

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      Except where noted, the Scripture citations used in this work are taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible — Second Catholic Edition (Ignatius Edition), copyright © 1965, 1966, 2006 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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      Copyright © 2018 by Rebecca Frech. Published 2018.

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      ISBN: 978-1-68192-262-1 (Inventory No. T1950)

      eISBN: 978-1-68192-263-8

      LCCN: 2018932966

      Cover and interior design: Lindsey Riesen

      Cover art: Shutterstock

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      About the Author

      Rebecca Frech is a Catholic author, speaker, CrossFit coach, and the managing editor of The Catholic Conspiracy website. She is the author of the best-selling Teaching in Your Tiara: A Homeschooling Book for the Rest of Us, a co-host of the popular podcast The Visitation Project, and a columnist for the National Catholic Register. She and her husband live just outside Dallas with their eight children and an ever-multiplying family of dust bunnies.

      Dedication

      For Kara, who still loves me even though I write books.

      Contents

       Introduction

       Chapter 1 A Case for Friendship — Why Do We Even Need Friends?

       Chapter 2 What Is a Friend?

       Chapter 3 How Many Friends Do You Really Need?

       Chapter 4 Stop Waiting to Be Asked

       Chapter 5 You Say “Alone” As If That’s a Bad Thing

       Chapter 6 Alone in a Crowd

       Chapter 7 Be Yourself, Not an Impostor

       Chapter 8 Family Issues

       Chapter 9 Friendship Issues

       Chapter 10 What Are You Willing to Invest?

       Chapter 11 Personality Types

       Chapter 12 So What if They Aren’t Like You?

       Chapter 13 In Praise of Our Virtual Friends

       Chapter 14 My Useless Friends

       Chapter 15 Love the One You’re With

       Chapter 16 Benefit of the Doubt

       Chapter 17 Stay Within the Lines — Creating Healthy Boundaries

       Chapter 18 Friends for a Reason or a Season

       Chapter 19 Saying Goodbye

       Chapter 20 Friendship with God

       A Little Something from Grandma

      Introduction

       “Life is nothing without friendship.”

      — Cicero

      When I first began thinking and talking about writing this book, I was surprised at the

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