Our logo at Stop Trafficking US has been the starfish because it really does optimize what we’re trying to do… save kids …one kid at a time. It matters…it matters to each and every child we save from sexual abuse and exploitation. The story of that little girl...
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How to Talk to Your Kids about Sexual Exploitation
These parent safety tips are courtesy of the Prevention Task Force of the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation
Father's day hope – dysfunctional dads….
It's Fathers Day morning and I am unemotional. I'm not angry. I'm not sad. I'm not resentful. I'm not jealous of other people's joy. I'm right here in my own skin listening to the birds, watching my dogs. I'm good. Like many little girls, I...
Sunrise & Etcha-A-Sketch
I love Sunrises. OK, maybe I’m slightly obsessed…. maybe I post sunrises on Facebook most every day… but doesn’t everyone? No? Ok… anyway… I love new beginnings, like New Year's. Do you have a New Year's bucket list dream?I do.... The Breakers Hotel in Palm...
Our progress at Stop Trafficking US
A 5 year Facebook memory popped up.. 2014: I posted about being nervous going to Long Creek Youth Development Center as a volunteer, and survivor. Wow... that was a big day in my life and I had no idea what that day would mean at the time.Prior to that day very...
Catherine- Survivor-Advocate-Mentor
Thank you from the State of Maine Department of Corrections I am writing this letter on behalf of Catherine Mossman Wilson, who has been a volunteer at our facility for almost 5 years. Catherine contacted my office in the fall of 2013 to see what...
What does your Spirit look like?
How’s that for a wild question?! Think about it, when you are totally in alignment with your best self… your Spirit… it’s like being in Love…everything feels “right”. It’s almost euphoric. Can you remember when that happened? Can you remember many times it...
So much bad news…
It’s so easy to focus on what’s wrong, what’s broken, what’s not working, the violence... people speaking with hate, the media perpetuating "bad news" ....about the situations and people “out there” and then we focus on what's wrong, broken, in ourselves... about...
I was so detached from myself after “taking it” for so many years you could hit me and 6 months later I’ll yell OUCH but didn’t know why.
The art of negotiations..... as a young teen frail and scared, living on the streets, I had to learn to shut off any feelings and take it. Cruelty, unfairness, total disregard for my humanity, abuse beyond imagination. That skill saved my life numerous...
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