In the spirit of women in recent public eye who have stood by their partner through thick and thin... Elizabeth Edwards, wife of the presidential candidate John Edwards was on the news lately after the much publicized affair of John Edwards. She has recently published a book 'Resilience' that talks about her life thus far, her fight with cancer and also her relationship with her husband and how it has evolved. I listened to her interview, in which she talks with so much clarity and explains how she reacted to the affair and how she and her husband are coping with it. In part of her conversation she says “ He made this one mistake, so do I throw out all the good stuff and say, ‘That doesn’t matter, only this matters?" She mentioned that he (John) had a weakness for a brief moment which he is trying to overcome and neither can abandon their life and kids that they so carefully put together. She explained how it takes work and commitment to stay in a relationship for a long...