Broken Silence
10 months later…Erin’s Law takes off.
Ten months ago Erin’s Law was signed by Governor Quinn. Ten months later Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed Erin’s law, and now 8 state lawmakers are looking to introduce Erin’s law in 2012. One state added just days ago with an article coming out today in Michigan. Along with Michigan bringing Erin’s law to the […]
A Christmas Letter
Watercolor painting of Erin as a child done by Michal Madison Please support Erin’s Law in joining hands for justice and healing by donating here. After a scary end to 2010 where I had my 2nd seizure that placed me in the hospital for 6 days the resilient person I am bounced back and just […]
Making Headlines
Another successful event accomplished yesterday in Grand Haven, Michigan. You can read about it in today’s Grand Haven Tribune. I am also making headlines in another country today. If you’re to pick up the London Times you will see a story called: Taking on Sexual Abusers. You will have to pay $1.00 to read it […]
Iowa and an April Fools Day Prank
Yesterday I got up bright and early for a 3 hour drive to Iowa where I spoke at a state child abuse conference. The conference went great and I met many wonderful people. I packed 6 hours of driving and a speaking engagement all into one day. Start of the conference Signing books after the […]
Spring Speaking Indiana First Stop
I had my first speaking engagement for my spring speaking tour of 2011 and it was a blast. I am use to traveling alone but I had company for this trip so it made for a great road trip to Indianapolis with my younger sister and friend Dan. The event was put on my Indiana […]
Traveling Through This Life
As a two-year-old you can see what I get excited about after waking from a nap. At that age life should be about having fun and having nothing to worry about. My father always tells me you have your entire childhood on camera. He is right my mother had that camera going all the time […]
13 Years Later
I began that diary entry 13 years ago at 2:35 a.m. saying, “I just want to die. I am in so much pain and can’t stop crying. It got really bad tonight. I feel so dirty right now. I am sitting in bed with images running through my head of tonight.” I can remember every […]
Innocence
Innocence Innocence can be gone in the blink of an eye.
Keeping Busy with Erin’s Law
People know with Erin’s law being signed two weeks ago by Governor Quinn my vision moving forward is to get President Obama’s attention. So I did my research on who I need to reach out to in United States House and Senate and of course President Obama himself. In each letter I included a copy […]
When Justice Never Comes
I am so use to being in the public eye being surrounded by people that know about the label I carry. So when I find myself in a position like I did today where I was meeting with 10 other women in a new small group at church that knew nothing about me or at […]
