Human sex trafficking, sometimes called "white slavery' is a severe form of trafficking in persons and it is a travesty. The lifestyle is so horrific, that many survivors suffer for years with all kinds of issues, mental, emotional, and physical.Worse though, at lest to me,...
Tomorrow is my birthday. When my mom was 15 years old, she was raped. When she found out she was pregnant with me, she said, "We're in this together." She immediately recognized that I was a second victim of his crime. He'd convinced her that...
I read a story yesterday that turned my stomach. A judge decreased a mandatory sentence for a child rapist by 15 years. He reasoned that his crime was not premeditated.Where is the justice? If he raped a three year old girl, he had to have thought...
If you have ever been in a serious accident or know someone who has, you know the work of healing. Broken bones are set and torn muscles are repaired. There may be some ligaments to repair and skin grafts needed. Anyone who has had any...
I was busy tying up loose ends today and packing for another trip to share my story. As I packed, I listened to an old interview, recorded when I was struggling with severe migraines.The interviewer wanted me to tell how I made it in my...
It happens all over the world. So, I shouldn't be surprised. Our nation has gone through stages of dehumanizing people groups before. It still seems that in these days of so-called enlightenment, we should be more civil, more compassionate, more responsive in law and policy.Rape...
It is crushing that major pro-life groups are using bad legislation to fundraise, not on the premise that these are bad pieces of legislation, but calling for them to be passed.Our nation has been killing children in the womb with the full cooperation of the...
There are more than seven risk factors, but I just want to elaborate on these for American families. In third world countries the main risk for child sex trafficking is family poverty, which affects the US too, but in different ways.Poverty is a problem in...
The Church at large, meaning all the churches in a general way, have failed our young people. Too many churches send young people out in the world after a game, a song, and a condensed Bible story. They are not throughly equipped, as Scriptures admonish.I've...
I was talking to my doctor yesterday and he asked if I’d had an injury that would cause my neck pain. I told him that I fought a rapist and my neck was hurt in the process. The rapist was one of the pimps that...