I paid for my freedom, don’t pay for yours. — Learn from my mistakes. I am a 20-year survivor of domestic abuse and I know what it feels like to become trapped behind closed doors with your abuser. Every day when I watch the news it gives me a stomachache to think about what is happening across our nation right now. …

SPARKS SPEAKS OUT™ — I reach out and your fingers slip through mine… — You can’t see me, but I need to be seen. You can’t know who I am, but I need to be known. I’m not a riddle. I’m a real person. My life is not an easy one. I can’t say it’s the hardest life I’ve known, because six years ago…

SPARKS SPEAKS OUT™ — We didn’t ask for it, but here we are… — When I last left the single’s scene, it was all about college parties, spilled drinks, and locking eyes with a cute guy across a crowded room. I come back, some 20 years later, and it now looks the same to me as it does when I’m buying shoes online —…

Words of wisdom from a single girl who’s been there. — You’ll love me or you’ll hate me by the time you’re done reading this, but you’ll know one thing for sure — you’ll have just read a truth that you may not have considered before. …

What would you look like to the outside world? I already know. And, you already know. It’s the rest of the world that really needs to get this. Every day they lead stressful, but fairly normal lives. They go home to stressful, but fairly normal homes. We don’t. One day something happens and we can’t keep our secrets hidden…

A strategy that takes us back to when life was simpler. Like most singles these days, I use dating apps to meet new people. When looking through dating profiles, I find it really odd when someone says, “Let’s go have our last first date ever.” I get the sentiment behind this, and it’s really sweet, but who are they talking to…

Four strategies for getting in front of the chaos. — I know what you’re thinking: Really? I don’t even have time to count to four, you want me to stop what I’m doing and learn something new? Yep, I get you. I am you. I’m not just the working mom, I am the working single mom. My son asked me…

SPARKS SPEAKS OUT™ — Four Brides and a Train The ride of your life. Which one would you choose? By Susan Sparks — Abuse Survivor, Advocate, Charity Founder, and exhausted ex-wife. Many days I give advice. Many days I direct you towards help. Today I thought I’d tell you a…

It was definitely not a Halloween treat. What’s worse than a breakup, worse than being ghosted, worse than being dumped on Halloween? Apparently, my life. I was ghosted with a ghost cake on Halloween. I had no clue that anything had gone wrong. Our last text was normal: friendly, funny…