by MIchael | Sep 16, 2018 | Blog, The Sky Is Falling: Insight & Reflections
Reflection by Adair, Good Grief SLC organizer I think it’s the smoke from the wildfires, maybe combined with the valley’s more consistent auto/industrial pollution, that’s given me this cold. Either way, I’ve spent most the weekend laid up in my apartment, alone but...
by Aimee Reau | Aug 12, 2018 | Blog, The Sky Is Falling: Insight & Reflections
Chances are, you’ve already heard that pop icon Demi Lovato nearly died from a recent overdose. For how frequently we discuss celebrities, it amazes me how little we think about the human beings behind the hype. We talk about what they wear, tweet, and say. We pin our...
by Aimee Reau | Jul 11, 2018 | Blog, The Sky Is Falling: Insight & Reflections
I know I’m not the only one afraid to read the news. It breaks my heart. And when I see people in power lying to us without remorse, or I see people knowingly benefit from the suffering of others, it stirs violent feelings bordering on hate. I hate hate. I used to...
by Aimee Reau | May 31, 2018 | Blog, The Sky Is Falling: Insight & Reflections
After I graduated with my undergraduate degree, I lived with retired Sisters of Mercy for a year while I tried to write a book about mental illness and spirituality. The experience so radically shifted my perspective that I abandoned work on the book, because I wasn’t...
by LaUraS | May 16, 2018 | The Sky Is Falling: Insight & Reflections
I’m writing this hours before a dog I love will be put to sleep. He’s not my dog – he’s my older sister’s. I love him regardless of ownership. My niece-phews will miss him and sobbed on the phone with me last night. Grief can be so...
by LaUraS | Apr 25, 2018 | Blog, The Sky Is Falling: Insight & Reflections
With the abundance of information flying around each moment, how are we to know what’s true and what information is being bent for someone else’s agenda? Who can we trust when it’s been proven that Exxon and Shell knew about climate change decades...
