While some observations may seem a bit outdated (every "Southern girl looks forward to the day" she is pinned by her "Southern fraternity man") or clichéd ("men come and go, but a friend is forevah"), there are plenty of heartfelt and laugh out loud moments that will make any reader pause to give thanks for their own friends, GRITS or otherwise.

Interspersed throughout the book are sidebars with such titles as Pearls of Wisdom and Well, I Declare, offering up further tidbits on Southern-style friendship and driving home the overall message of the importance of friends who get you through the good (and not so good) times. This celebration of the power of friendship is one that can be appreciated anyone who values their friends, no matter their geography.