Author Archive: Vivian Edwards
Vivian Edwards
November 20, 2015
Marriage and Divorce
We all deserve respect, love, caring concern and admiration. Very few of us demand that we be treated as such. Each of us has good and bad attributes and some of these are just a part of who we are….
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Vivian Edwards
October 22, 2015
Crisis Support
Sounds of abuse from my past haunt me still today. Anger, rage and wrath were the step stones in my first marriage. My husband would emotionally step from one stone to the next in a symphony of dance. A masterpiece…
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Vivian Edwards
September 30, 2015
Crisis Support
There is nothing about domestic abuse that can be labeled under the subject of easy. To continue with the relationship is as demanding a thought as leaving. When you are in an abusive relationship, judgments and beliefs are highly affected….
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Vivian Edwards
August 25, 2015
Friends and Peers
I can’t change what happened between us, Dear God I wish I couldI wish that I could undo what it wasI thought from my heart of the pain that you must have feltI thought deeply about it as I bent…
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Vivian Edwards
August 8, 2015
Crisis Support
Saying goodbye Each of us have experienced grief over a death that has touched our life’s. I feel that in order to continue with our daily lives after experiencing a death, that we should think about it in a different…
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Vivian Edwards
August 6, 2015
Dating
First you need to look at what you don’t like about being single. That way when you attempt to change your situation you don’t step from the frying pan into the fire. People who get involved only to “stop being…
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Vivian Edwards
August 6, 2015
Dating
First of all, bitterness attracts bitterness. Your attitude and body language speak volumes about you as a person. Don’t spend your life being hung up by the past. Get on to the future. Before you get into another relationship, do…
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Vivian Edwards
June 12, 2015
Dating
The man that you wouldn’t want to take home to meet your parents but that you can’t get off of your mind is exciting. There is simply something about that kind of man. The way he shakes his hair, the…
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Vivian Edwards
April 7, 2015
Crisis Support
I believe that terminal illness and assisted suicide is justifiable without question. I have personally been touched by suicide in my family and with friends. Each has left me with an immense sadness deep in my soul. These individuals chose…
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Vivian Edwards
March 2, 2015
Crisis Support
When you are in an abusive relationship your thinking begins to change as the abuse escalates over time. For me the abuse started out slowly, just an occasional issue. One for which he was very sorry each time. Over the…
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Vivian Edwards
February 17, 2015
Communication
True intelligence is quiet, but strong and stands on its own merit. It does not need confirmation because it simply is. This kind of person not only is self consumed, but perceives himself as knowledgeable in regard to any and every…
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Vivian Edwards
February 17, 2015
Communication
Dealing with an individual who is so important in their own mind can be frustrating to say the least. Conversations are usually one sided between “they” and “them” and even if you agree with them on the subject at hand;…
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Vivian Edwards
September 23, 2013
Communication
Ladies…what you wear under that boring skirt is your business. Intelligence is quiet and does not want to be in the first row of the meeting. What you did and who you were are a part of you today. Don’t…
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