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
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.
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.
yesterday dying
Either you push forward with the things that you were doing yesterday or you start dying.
family long trying
I have an obligation to try to live as long as I can for my family.
stories sad-story
A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.
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.
changes-over-time
Maybe we all change over time.
young-parents parent energy
I have less energy than I did when I was a younger parent, although I was never really a young parent.
powerful champion needs
Those who need a champion cannot afford compromise, in the face of forces that are powerful, persistent and pernicious and greedy.
real real-life
I come out of real life.
husband adore
I have a husband who adores me.
morning people get-up
I'm actually one of those people who get up energetic in the morning.