. . . a woman . . . told us she was forever getting herself into trouble. "But I just keep coming back," she said. "I just keep showing up for my life." Showing up for life. Being blessed with the rebirth that recovery brings.
"Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Ford" was First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977, as the wife of the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford. As First Lady, she was active in social policy and created precedents as a politically active presidential wife.
Throughout her husband's term in office, she maintained high approval ratings despite opposition from some conservative Republican Party (United States)/Republicans who objected to her more moderate and liberal positions on social issues. Ford was noted for raising breast cancer awareness following her 1974 mastectomy. In addition, she was a passionate supporter of, and activist for, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Pro-choice on abortion and a leader in the Feminist Movement in the United States/Women's Movement, she gained fame as one of the most candid first ladies in history, commenting on every hot-button issue of the time, including feminism, Equal pay for women/equal pay, the Equal Rights Amendment/ERA, sex, drugs, abortion, and gun control. She also raised awareness of Substance use disorder/addiction when in the 1970s, she announced her long-running battle with alcoholism.
More Betty Ford on Wikipedia.Mrs. Ford does it all with an amazing spirit, which is what I love about her so much. She doesn't go for all the fanfare. It's never about herself. It's about the organization. That's a wonderful attribute. I admire her so much for that.
Particularly gratifying is the number of student graduates who have gone on to success and fame.
My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?
Turns bad into good.
The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
[Carter thanked Bush for doing] an indescribably good job in providing for the people of America one of the most beautiful places that I have ever seen. ... much more, much more than a library. It's a classroom of democracy.
The process turns you off, and it's got to where I don't even know who's lying and who's telling the truth anymore.
It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late.
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