Want to know the #1 thing that I believe interferes with a woman’s independence? Money management. Women have it going on when it comes to earning …
10 Things We Should Teach You In High School (And Usually Don’t): Interview with Author Pete Herr
Do you ever say, “Gosh, I wish I had known that when I was younger”? If not now, you most likely will someday. Well, here …
Part 4: LA by Jerri Sparks
The 4th installment in Mrs.Johnson’s Home for Broken Boys. The morning after Randy Brown and I broke up, I drove to my parents’ home in …
Please Don’t Go by Jerri Sparks
I’m haunted by her last words “Please don’t go” As I slowly backed my car down her driveway. The look of deep pain owned …
Broken Boy #2: Randy by Jerri Sparks
The 3rd installment in Mrs.Johnson’s Home for Broken Boys. High school was over. How did this happen? I was standing there on the school’s front …
Why Didn’t She Just Leave?
“Why didn’t she just leave?” This is the question people ask about domestic violence survivors all the time. Somehow it is so incongruent with our …
Half a Million Girls: Teen Pregnancy Spotlight
What if I told you over half a million teenagers between the ages of 15-19 became pregnant in the United States a year? Would you …
Broken Boy #1: Jimmy by Jerri Sparks
The 2nd installment in Mrs.Johnson’s Home for Broken Boys. Various girls in elementary school: Have you seen the new boy? Me: Um, no, what new …
Mrs. Johnson’s Home for Broken Boys: Pt. 1 by Jerri Sparks
You may not believe me, but I was put on this earth to save broken boys. It all started when I was eleven years old, …