Elizabeth Edwards
Elizabeth Edwards
Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwardswas an American attorney, a best-selling author and a health care activist. She was married to John Edwards, the former U.S. Senator from North Carolina who was the 2004 United States Democratic vice-presidential nominee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth3 July 1949
CityJacksonville, FL
CountryUnited States of America
father years two
There is nothing about resilience that I can say that my father did not first utter silently in eighteen years of living inside a two-dimensional cutout of himself.
mortality my-own
I've spent a lot of words on my own mortality.
family long trying
I have an obligation to try to live as long as I can for my family.
children information difficult
By what you do, you teach your children how to respond to difficult information.
inspiring graduation firsts
You're young. Maybe there'll be time for a do-over if you don't get it right the first time. But there are no guarantees. There will come a time as it has for me when there's no time for a do-over.
powerful champion needs
Those who need a champion cannot afford compromise, in the face of forces that are powerful, persistent and pernicious and greedy.
morning people get-up
I'm actually one of those people who get up energetic in the morning.
way particular knows
You never know when something's going to hit you in a particular way and just knock you loose.
news tabloids
Tabloid news is tabloid news.
survivor fighter
You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.
people great-hope dies
A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.
It's just a part of our nature to hope.
daughter mother jobs
My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.
fighting reality resilience
Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you've lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that's good.