My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me — Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
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My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me; rather, my mission was to give a face and voice to an epidemic that society stays hushed about.

— Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness
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