What’s become glaringly missing, is my blog about the 2026 CDA. It’s now August, and I still haven’t posted about the 2026 experience. The truth is, I felt like a failure. The 2025 CDA was such a stellar experience for me. I was amazing. People this year remembered me for making such a big impact…
Two months before going to DC in April (2025) I had emailed and requested a meeting with the Representative of my district here in Texas, Troy Nehls, to talk about the problem of businesses which use sex trafficking as a business model. Establishments such as strip clubs, massage parlors, cantinas, and a burgeoning issue of…
Believe it or not, what I panicked most about was traveling alone. I have night terrors. They aren’t fun, and usually I wake up trying to scream in a puddle of sweat. The scenario goes something like this- the non-triggering version: I’m in a foreign place, and can’t find my husband. Then I’m being dragged…
One of the most transformative experiences in this journey of mine, was going to Washington, D.C. last April (2024) with RAINN to lobby for bills coming down the pike supporting victims/survivors of sexual crimes. It was empowering beyond everything I had done up to that point since writing the book. It was also scary as…