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Back and Forth
Innocence and Speaking Out
The camera was always going even at dinner time.
From New Jersey to Pennsylvania
I am writing from my hotel room in Hershey Pennsylvania. I left for New Jersey Wednesday where I spoke Thursday at a state child abuse conference. I left Thursday night and drove by rental car 2 hours to Hershey, Pennsylvania. I arrived at my hotel room a little after 10:00pm but that was my own […]
Stand in the Rain
Sometimes we need to stand in the rain and stand up when it is all crashing down. The hope is what is lost can be found.
Life Caught on Camera
As many people that follow me know by now a lot of my childhood was caught on camera. My mother caught some very funny, innocent, family moments on camera. With it being child abuse awareness month I have decide to post some of those childhood moments throughout the month. The videos I enjoy most are […]
Child Abuse Awareness Month
April is Child Abuse Awareness Month It is an important month to recognize that children are being abused at this very moment and they need to be empowered to use their voice to break their silence. I broke my silence in a Children’s Advocacy Center during the month of April 13 years ago. It is […]
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 […]
News I Never Saw Coming
My Calendar from March 1998- not only was I keeping my secrets locked away in a diary but also documenting them on my Labrador Retriever Calendar. Every Tuesday I had a math tutor come over but on March 31st my mother canceled her because the day before my sister and I told her our secret. […]
Writing Late into the Night
Usually if I find myself up late at night like tonight writing on my blog it means there is a lot on my mind. Could it be that the 9 busiest weeks out of the year are taking place right now as I travel to 8 states and have 12 speaking engagements which involve lots […]
Tricks with Chance 13 years ago
You would never know the way I come across in this video what I endured a week earlier. Chance had a way of bringing out the joy in me. I also didn’t know what was coming exactly a week later following this video with my sister telling me her secret.
