living for today

What is Your Purpose?

We all have a purpose in life. Have you discovered yours yet? It can be whatever you feel you were meant to do with your life. What is your calling? Is there something you want to do but think you cannot do it. Anything is possible as long as you believe in yourself. I discovered […]


Erin’s Law Press Conference New York

Senator Klein, Erin Merryn, Senator Valesky Check out news covering Erin’s Law press conference yesterday in Syracuse, New York. I spoke at child abuse conference in the morning and did press conference in the afternoon. Amazing things to come. I am on a 50 state mission to protect children through this law and nothing will […]


Is Your Glass Half Full?

Would you describe yourself as a person who is glass half full or half empty? The glass half full is usually described as someone who is optimistic and happy where half empty look at life in a negative/ pessimistic way. The choice on how you look at life is up to you. I can personally […]


Live with Oprah tonight. Join us!

Last week while working away on my 3rd book I got an email from a producer at Harpo. She asked me if I had time to talk. I thought well this is strange why are they calling me Oprah ended her show. I spoke with the producer who was calling about a letter I sent […]



Video of recent travels from September speaking

Been a busy month of traveling. Just some clips from speaking in two of the states I was in this month Alabama and Texas.


Letter to my teacher 9 years ago making a point!!!!

While I have lots to share about my non-stop travels speaking every week for the past month, that will come in a later post this week with photos and video. I am going to tell you about something that happened 9 years ago when I was working on my first speech for my high school […]


Alabama, Stedman Graham, Taking Care of Myself

Two weeks ago I was speaking in Washington for the YWCA. Here is the article from that event.  Then there was a follow up article on the success of the event. Friday morning I got up early for an 8am flight to Atlanta and then onto Alabama where I was speaking at the U.S. Space […]


If you could go back what would you say and do?

I ask that to those who survived childhood sexual abuse. If you were to pull out a photo of the age you were when you were abused and had the ability to jump back into that photo for a day as the adult you are now and come face to face with the child you […]


Ten Years Later

Ten years ago today is a day we all will never forget where we were. It is an anniversary where every year a nation remembers the lives of those who died on that tragic day in New York and Pennsylvania.  I remember clearly that day being 16 years old and hearing the announcement over the […]


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Erin Merryn Founder of Erin's Law

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