How do you fit in thousands of peoples’ abuse & pain & cries for help over decades and decades in just a handful of minutes? Fellow survivors, I pray I served your stories & hopes … Read More
Live on PBS News Hour
LINK TO WATCH LIVE AT 7PM EST/6 PM CST Yesterday there was a 300+ page report that came out documenting the failings, cover-ups and pure evil that disguised itself as the underbelly of the world’s … Read More
Mark Aderholt’s Criminal Record is Wiped Clean Today and Why I Supported the Plea Deal Instead of a Trial
The History Over the course of six months in 1996/1997 when I was 16 and 17 years old, a 25-year-old Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary student named Mark Aderholt sexually abused and assaulted me as a … Read More
Practicing Trauma Recovery and Replanting My Feet
In 2017, I never thought I’d be back in the writing world. I “retired” and went into nursing school and closed down this blog and my public social media. I began that goodbye saying, “This … Read More
Get a Free Copy of Healing Together: A Guide to Supporting Sexual Abuse Survivors
Hey, mom (and the other four people who read my blog!) We’re (quickly) putting together a launch team for Healing Together: A Guide to Supporting Sexual Abuse Survivors. Free book, giveaways… The first sentence of … Read More
Practical Steps You Can Take to Heal from Trauma and PTSD
As we get closer to the release of Healing Together: A Guide for Helping Sexual Abuse Survivors, I thought I’d share some practical steps I’ve found to be helpful as I’ve spent the last year … Read More
Zondervan/HarperCollins is Publishing Healing Together!
Once upon a time not too long ago, I gave up writing books. I even cursed the industry I used to work in. Never. Ever. Again. I started pursuing a career in nursing. Our daughter … Read More
Anne Marie Miller’s Victim Impact Statement after Guilty Plea from Mark Aderholt and Other Women Come Forward
This morning, I had the opportunity to do something I never thought I would be able to do, emotionally or logistically: tell Mark Aderholt how the sexual abuse he inflicted on me as a teenager … Read More
Abuse of Faith Article Part 4, Abused by Missionaries
Today, the Houston Chronicle released the fourth part of their Abuse of Faith series, this one titled Abused by Missionaries. My story is included, including a darn powerful video done by Jon Shapely. We went … Read More