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Western Courier
Article in today’s Western Courier. Click on book to read.
WIU Alumni Newspaper Article
My first time speaking October 2004 Click on photo to read article. The article is mailed out in a newspaper to 98,500 Alumni from WIU. This picture was taken October 2007 with my sister my last Take Back The Night as a WIU student. I find it interesting that the video above shows the first […]
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is bittersweet holiday for me. It is a time to be thankful in life for family, friends, good health, etc. It is also a reminder of the people that are no longer apart of my life. People I once considered family. Unlike all the other holidays Thanksgiving is the one where I feel people […]
Enter to Win
Enter to win a free copy of my 2nd book that was published November 2nd. Only a few days left to enter. Click on the photo and it will take you where you need to enter. All you need is a name and email address to enter. Contest ends November 30th. You have a week […]
Forgiving does not mean forget
She stands before the mirror and you appear An image that makes her tremble with fear Fighting back the tears Knowing what she has held onto all these years She was just a little girl wanting to play Until he entered the room and took her innocence away. Tears rolled down her young face When […]
Self Disclosure
Get well card from my childhood friend Ashley while I was in the hospital after I put my hand through the window at 7 years old. 7 year old Erin artwork “I like Heaven because you can see God and you can run as fast as you want. I love God because he made […]
Thank You!
First book signing of Living For Today Oak Brook-Illinois Thank you to all who came out and supported my mission.
Book Signing
Meet Author Erin Merryn Author Event Meet author Erin Merryn. She will discuss and sign copies of Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness. This is Erin’s second book. She has her MSW and works as a family therapist. Sunday November 15, 2009 4:00 PM IL/Chicago/Oakbrook Center 297 Oakbrook Center, Oak […]
Images to words in a book.
I use words in my second book to describe who that little girl I once was. A little girl I avoided with an eating disorder for 3 1/2 years when she began to show herself to me at 19. I had just closed one door to my past when I reached a healing place through […]
The story behind the images
I remember this day clearly when these two photos were taken. I was 7 years old and just months earlier I was locked in a room with a monster screaming for someone to save me. No one heard my screams. On this particular day the trauma no one knew caused me to become emotionally upset […]
