Jessica Spraggins-Boy Mom Writes
Boy Mom Writes
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
Frederick Douglass
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I replayed this phrase in my mind as I finalized my divorce from my abusive, alcoholic husband and worked multiple jobs to support my three growing sons. Being a survivor of childhood sexual assault, I was profoundly broken yet entirely and solely responsible for the rearing of my young men. What did I know about how to raise these boys to be strong, healthy, and whole?
In my quest to break the generational cycle of poverty and abuse, I knew that despite being a self-titled Maker of Terrible Life Choices I could use what tools I had, a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from Yale University, a job at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and my incredible work ethic, to choose a better life for my boys.
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I am passionate about issues related to parenting through trauma, surviving abuse and sexual assault, and building resilience to thrive in the world. I write about and speak on my thoughts and experiences related to all of these topics. Follow here and on social media to see new projects, including my first book awaiting publishing.
Jessica Spraggins
Ransom Riggs
“I liked this idea: that peculiarness wasn't a deficiency, but an abundance;
that it wasn't we who lacked something normals had, but they who lacked peculiarness. That we were more, not less.”