by Shannon Turner | Apr 9, 2024 | authenticity, Blog, change, empathy, grief, memory, mental illness, nostalgia, personal is political, personal narrative, podcasting, self-image, self-worth, transformative storytelling, trauma, vulnerability, walks with grief
As I have slept on hospital recliners, created calendars for coordinating treatment transportation and meal drop-offs, and called on networks for everything from emotional support to equipment donations, one clarion call keeps echoing in my ear. We are not doing elderhood the right way around here. It is terrifying, isolating. It can break your back and your bank.
by Shannon Turner | Jun 9, 2020 | black lives matter, Blog, mental illness, police brutality, walks with grief
I had just emerged from one of those evocative performance experiences that leaves you buzzing. I stepped out from 7 Stages in Little 5 Points onto the sidewalk into a noxious mix of sour-sweet smells on a hot summer night. Most folks were still hanging around in the...
