Shame
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 […]
Before there was Erin Merryn
Erin Merryn was my first and middle name for the first two months of my life on my birth certificate Erin Merryn is crossed out and written above it is Erin Elizabeth. Everyone pronounced it wrong so my parents changed it after 2 months. I took it back as a pen name and now listen […]
I thought forgiveness was the hardest stage
What does it feel like to accomplish what you go after? It feels pretty amazing but then again I had no doubt I could accomplish Erin’s law. Sunday I appeared on the front page of the Daily Herald, two weeks earlier I was on the front page of the Daily Herald. Monday the entire Editorial […]
Warning: May Trigger Many Please Read with Caution
On a cold January 1992 day I went to my friends to play. Toys scattered the floor As he walked in and closed the door. He locked anyone from coming in From allowing the outside to see his sin. Forcing a little girl to the bed I trembled at what he said. “I will tie […]
My Biggest Enemy
My biggest enemy is not the man that raped me as a child nor is it the relative that molested me for a year and a half. While I have the face of the man that raped me and the relative that molested me burned into my memory I don’t know what my biggest enemy […]
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 […]