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    When Love Stands Still, Move On!
    When Love Stands Still, Move On!
    When Love Stands Still, Move On!
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    When Love Stands Still, Move On!

    By Cheryl E. Williams

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    When Love Stands Still, Move On!, is the story of all women living in relationships with men, the same men, for years, with no ring or marriage in sight. If you asked them why, they would probably not have an answer; they could not begin to explain, except to say, because I love him.

    When we fall in love, when we become comfortable with someone, and when we give our hearts completely to that person, we find ourselves doing so many things that we just cant explain; things that we will probably one day regret.

    Very few women can honestly say that the ring and the marriage are not important to them after being in a long term relationship. Its what we tell ourselves to get through the reality that, after years, the man that weve loved for so long has never asked us to marry and maybe never will.

    When a woman commits herself to loving a man for a long period of time; for years, and he does not ask her to marry him its as if he is saying to her, the woman whose life he has coveted, whose body he has made use of, and whose love he has accepted for years, that she is not worthy of marriage.

    For those women who are living in a life long courtship, you are not alone. This is the story of Gabriela Tymes. Like so many other women, Gabriela has been in a relationship with the same man for years, with no ring, no marriage and no asking in sight. His name is Donovan.
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    Release dateMar 24, 2011
    ISBN9781456731403
    When Love Stands Still, Move On!
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    Cheryl E. Williams

    Cheryl E. Williams was born in the city of Bronx, NewYork, and raised in the city of Newark, New Jersey. She received her high school education from Saint Vincent Academy in Newark. In 1981, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University, Livingston College, also in New Jersey. In 1985, she became a single mother and raised a son, who would eventually receive his Bachelor of Science degree from Hampton University, in Hampton, Virginia. Her son is now 25 years old. In 1999, after her son became a little older, she began her career with the Judiciary of Middlesex County, as a Judiciary Clerk IV. Since that time she has worked her way up to the Assistant Division Manager, where she presently remains. After dedicating her time to raising her son, Ms. Williams began writing. When Love Stands Still, Move On is her second book. In 2005, she became a first time author with her first book, entitled Sister Friends. Her new book was inspired, not only by her relationship experiences, but also by the experiences of many women who find themselves being sent messages in their relationships that they take too long to receive.

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      When Love Stands Still, Move On! - Cheryl E. Williams

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Foreword

      Introduction

      About Them

      Chapter One

      (The First Year)

      Chapter Two

      (The Good Times)

      Chapter Three

      (Something Changed)

      Chapter Four

      (The Marriage)

      Chapter Five

      (Maybe Now)

      Chapter Six

      (The Last Man She’d Ever Love)

      Chapter Seven

      (The Other Side of Love)

      Chapter Eight

      (The Comfort of a Man)

      Chapter Nine

      (The Illusion)

      Chapter Ten

      (IN R.E.T.R.O.S.P.E.C.T.)

      Chapter Eleven

      (As Good As Great Gets)

      Chapter Twelve

      (Invisible)

      Chapter Thirteen

      (Intentions)

      Chapter Fourteen

      (Summer Days)

      Chapter Fifteen

      (Playing It by Ear)

      Chapter Sixteen

      (He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not)

      Chapter Seventeen

      (One Foot in-One Foot Out)

      Chapter Eighteen

      (The Big Dance)

      Chapter Nineteen

      (In This Place)

      Chapter Twenty

      (Last Chance)

      Chapter Twenty One

      (The Friendship)

      (Starting All Over Again)

      Acknowledgments

      When Loves Stands Still, Move On is a story inspired by many relationship experiences, including my own. I’ve taken pieces of a relationship experience that was very special to me for a very long time, and put it together with stories of other women who found themselves in relationships that did not give them the happiness that they wanted or needed.

      Writing this book has helped me to see more clearly the things that I have done wrong in relationships. These things, I hope to pass on to other women so that they won’t make the mistakes that ultimately brought me to the place where I am in my life today.

      I’d like to acknowledge my niece, Alexis, who at the tender age of fifteen, has always given me encouragement in the writing of this book. She’s shown as much excitement about this work as she did with my first book. I hope this book will be a guide to her as she gets older and finds herself in the position of picking just the right man for her. I hope that when it’s time for her to make that decision she will let God guide her.

      I like to also acknowledge my sister Cynthia, Alexis’ mom, for supporting me in the writing of this book and with the re-introduction of my first book. She and Alexis have unselfishly given of their time helping me market my first book and supporting me with my new work. For that I thank them. While I was writing this book it was good to know that there were others who cared about something that was special to me.

      Lastly, I like to thank my friend for his encouragement and support while writing this book, in spite of the contents of the book. I want to thank him for his personal transparency while helping me to make my book a better read. He reminded me constantly that he has his attorney on speed dial. Mostly I’d like to thank him for being big and strong enough to let me say the things I needed to say.

      Foreword

      First, I want to thank you for picking up this book. The author Cheryl Williams is my sister. I am writing this foreword because I believe that this book is amazing. This book is a bittersweet love story filled with sadness, encouragement, endurance and hope.

      When my sister and I were discussing the name of the book she couldn’t decide what it should be called. She considered many different names but I believe this title is perfect. When Love Stands Still Move On!

      In one of my favorite sections of the book, Chapter 7, the author talks about the other side of love. She writes, She has convinced herself that relationships are not about love; relationships are about survival. It’s about who gets the leg up first. It’s about making the right decision to do or say the right thing at the right time. Like Gabriela, if you don’t make the right decisions, make the right move, say or do the right thing at just the right moment, you will always live in that relationship a few steps behind. I believe that this is so true.

      This book is heartfelt and profound. It will put you on an emotional rollercoaster. There will be times when you feel happiness and joy but then everything will change and you’ll experience sadness and pain.

      I am very proud of my sister and I support her in all that she does. This is her second book, and I believe that she is a very determined person and when she puts her mind to it she can succeed in anything she wants to achieve. I hope that when you read this book you are motivated and inspired.

      In the end, you will ask yourself do I know a Gabriela, or better yet, Am I Gabriela?

      Cynthia T. Williams

      Introduction

      It’s been nearly two decades and Gabriela constantly asks herself; what woman in her right mind would stay in a relationship with the same man for so long and no marriage? She felt as if she was the only woman alive who would actually carry on a near twenty year relationship with herself, while pretending there was a man in her life who loved and cared for her as much as she did for him and who valued what they had together.

      The years seem to have gone by so fast because she had reached that age where she’s not sure if she would ever be wanted or be special to anyone else. If the opportunity ever presented itself would she know what to do or would she even be interested in doing anything at all. After all, even at the end of the road, even if she were able to call it quits, she knows that this man, that she’s loved so long, will always be tucked away in her heart. Would she ever really be able to move on?

      The years seem to have gone by so slow because eighteen years of time brought heartache, forgiveness, sadness, on and off times together, complications, happiness, hope, loneliness and tears. There was never any fighting or physical or verbal abuse in their relationship. They were actually very good friends. But for her, the relationship was like taking the longest walk of your life. You have no idea when you are going to get to your destination, but every step tires you out more and more, until you decide to turn around and go back home. She’s never been able to turn around and go back home.

      Gabriela spent years of her life just living in hope. She’d heard all the experts on relationships who tell you how much time you should give a man and if he doesn’t commit the way you want, how you should move on; why buy the cow when the milk is free; and how a man will go as far as a woman will let him, but like many women will tell you, when it comes to relationships, after time, love, hope and sex become intertwined, and then you have a problem.

      Gabriela knows that better than anyone now. She will probably always carry a sense of sadness, because of all the time that has passed by that she will never be able to

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