About Mrs. Sullivan: Mrs. Sullivan is a native of St. Simmons Island Georgia. However, she spent the majority of her youth in Syracuse NY. It was there Mrs. Sullivan first recognize her love for, and need to help teens who found themselves at a crossroad in life. Mrs. Sullivan is no stranger to the knowledge […]

Preface Cucumbers Have Thorns and Snakes Love Strawberries is a true story about the most unspeakable secrets—revealed and released. As a survivor of physical, emotional and sexual abuse, I have looked in the mirror many times and asked: “Who should I be mad at? Who should I blame for stealing—like a thief in the night—my […]

As a young girl I was stolen from my father, and abandoned in Syracuse N.Y. where I was then left with a grandmother that was not prepared to have a young girl in her home, and a malicious drunk for a grandfather.  At the age of fourteen I escaped. After months of living with friend after friend, and finally […]