Twenty-five years after a day that changed the world—and changed my own life forever—I am choosing to give something back. Meet Patchwork Angels™, a free, faith-centered mobile app, and discover how you can become one of our first Android beta Angels and help us build what comes next.

Childhood emotional neglect can shape the way we connect, protect ourselves, and understand our own worth. In “Surviving Life,” Michelle shares how isolation became a survival mechanism—and how healing now means learning to live beyond survival.

END SILENCE is turning one Christ-centered mission into practical survivor support, healing tools, education, creative advocacy, child-protection legislation and community action—one purposeful stitch at a time.

END SILENCE did not begin with a master plan. It grew one stitch at a time through healing, faith, prayer, survivor stories, creative work, and a growing conviction that silence allows too much pain to continue. This abridged story brings both parts together and traces how those pieces became a mission.

End Silence, Inc. is officially recognized as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit, strengthening our mission to support survivors, protect children, and help families heal.

How do we keep caring when the world seems apathetic toward abuse? Episode 11 explores anger, silence, survivor support, and the question: Where are the men?

I didn’t expect to still be here. For years, I lived believing my time might be short—until God showed me there was still more ahead. This is where The First Stitch began: realizing that what I thought was an ending might actually be the beginning of something much bigger.