You Are Beautiful

May 13, 2021 | Newsletter, Video

Dear Friends of The Sunny Center,

A beautiful overhead view of the Sunny Healing Center.

For so many of us, building a positive self-image can be difficult , especially after the trauma of wrongful conviction and incarceration. But we are all beautiful, no matter what we look like on the outside. In this week’s video, I go over the tools you can use to learn to accept the beautiful person that you are.

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Your Beautiful Self

It doesn’t matter what shape you are or what size you are. It matters how you feel inside. You are who you are. That’s you. The beauty comes from the energy that you radiate from within.

This involves a certain amount of acceptance. We have to work at that sometimes. Yoga, meditation and prayer are tools you can use to do the work. Forgiveness and gratitude are tools to use, too.

Often these days, Peter and I are so outwardly focused and busy with our work, maintaining the Sunny Healing Center and working with Exonerees around the world remotely. We have to remember to do things that bring us back inside ourselves: to explore creativity, to practice yoga, to just sit quietly together with Barney, Millie and Bogey curled up next to us and look out at the wild Connemara landscape.

The world outside is beautiful. But we are part of that world and are beautiful. Going inside ourselves we can find that beauty and bring it out.

That’s what we try to share with Exonerees who are going through this incredible experience of coming out of a dark place and into the light. That they are deserving of beauty and happiness. They can take their place in the world and exchange pain for beauty and happiness and peace.

Your assistance is so absolutely needed as we work with Exonerees. Even a small contribution helps us to work with Exonerees, to help them see the beauty in the world and in themselves. Thank you for all that you do!

You Can Help Exonerees

Three men stand arm in arm.

Support an Exoneree directly by purchasing a needed item for them!

Terry’s wish list
David’s wish list
Paul’s wish list
Danny’s wish list
Joseph’s wish list
Robert’s wish list

Thank you so much for your support! And don’t forget, you can purchase through smile.amazon.com and select The Sunny Center Foundation USA, Inc. as your charity of choice.


Support for Exonerees

f you are an Exoneree who needs someone to talk to, or needs help in some way, contact us. Even though we are not yet allowed to travel or bring others to us, we can connect over the phone or online.


Peace and Love,

Sunny and Peter

Remembering Peter

My dear Peter is gone.
We sang him home on the last day of the year, gathered around his bedside as we had done for so many days before.

‘Send them green.’ A special message from a Sunny Center supporter!

“I had the wonderful opportunity to be a guest at the Sunny Center this past July. My first trip to Ireland, it always is a magical moment to visit friends who live overseas…”

Exonerees are succeeding, thanks to you!

Helping people exonerated of crimes they did not commit, setting them back on the path to a fulfilling life, is a monumental task that we depend on the dedication of volunteers, both near and far, to achieve.

Even in summer, the work doesn’t stop

We’re in midsummer now, with its long days that stretch until 11 in the evening here in Ireland. It’s a busy time for everyone and everything.

The power of art to heal and renew

Did you know that Peter was a woodworker and an artist? He created so many things. But more importantly, he taught those skills to other Exonerees when they visited the Center.

Looking for green shoots

Photo by Samantha Bookman. Peter and I chose to situate the Sunny Healing Center here in this beautiful location in the west of Ireland. A newcomer may at first see only a barren, rocky, windswept landscape. But, put your hand on the earth here, and you can feel the...

A message from Sunny about Peter

The time has come to say farewell to our dear Peter, who is in the process of transitioning from this body and this plane.

Finding Peace, Joy and Hope

The events in Ukraine over the past several days have been ever-present in all of our lives through the daily news and constant social media. These times can be especially difficult for Exonerees because of the traumas they are working to overcome.

Love Is Always the Answer

Winter is always a little bit quieter than the rest of the year. After a long day spent maintaining the Sunny Healing Center and getting it ready for visitors, it’s time for us to cuddle up with the kittens and, of course, Barney, on chilly winter evenings with a warm fire in the hearth.

A Happy, Healthy and Healing New Year to All

Love has no barriers and no limits. And neither does our gratitude for your continuing support and friendship. Know that you are never alone, because you are part of our family.

Happy Holidays to Our Friends Near and Far!

These are extraordinary times. And you’ve all been extraordinary supporters. Thanks to you, we’ve been able to keep helping Exonerees in the midst of a global emergency.