Cast of Wonders 463: Loving the FallsAlso, Episode 479! A Staff Pick for 2021! Hosted by Community Manager / Associate Editor Denise Sudell!• Author:
Marie Vibbert• Narrator:
Kat Kourbeti• Host, Episode 479:
Denise Sudell• Host, Episode 463:
Katherine Inskip• Audio Producer:
Jeremy Carter• Artist:
Alexis Goble"Loving the Falls" is a Cast of Wonders original.Click here to listen to Episode 479Click here to listen to Episode 463Content Warning: Suicidal ideation; death; divorce
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Show NotesAn incomplete selection of support organizations:
The Trevor ProjectSAVEPapyrusSamaritansOpen CounselingI was in love with falling water. If I stared at a waterfall long enough, it pulled me to jump in. I could read the signs about sharp rocks and imagine the looks of disapproval that warned me against it, but I was always going to give in some day. I did, in my senior year of high school, during the spring flood. The vitality of the river was over-the-top, the surface all surge and deft scoops. I imagined it’d be like sliding on silk, or caramel, or running my body over God’s six-pack abs.
It wasn’t.Tags: 2021, accidents, Alexis Goble, change, death, Denise Sudell, families, identity, immortality, Jeremy Carter, Kat Kourbeti, Katherine Inskip, Marie Vibbert, misunderstood, personality, resurrection, risk-taking, Staff Picks, Staff Picks 2021, suicide, waterfalls, young adult fiction