Breaking Silence

An Unimaginable Act

I begin my third book: An Unimaginable Act with the introduction describing the worst day of my life at just the tender age of 6 weeks shy of my 7th birthday. Details of that day that have never been made public before. Details I have only ever shared with a therapist, my husband, and editor […]


The day that changed my life.

It is amazing how a few words can change your life. It happened to me 14 years ago today. It was much like today the skies were blue, the sun was shining and it was in the mid 60’s. My best friend and younger sister said the words I will never forget. It was as […]


It was Friday the 13th………

It was Friday the 13th of March 1998 the last time I was ever abused. I can say I have never seen any of the Friday the 13th movies for good reason. I already felt like I was in my own horror movie on Friday the 13th when I was 13 years old. I didn’t […]


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 […]


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