November 21, 2023 | 3:13 PM
Book explores how children grieve
Natasha Daniel's children's grief after the death of their father was inspiration
tag | grief
July 30, 2021 | 3:00 PM
Disenfranchised grief a barrier to facing a loss
The grief experienced by a significant loss is called disenfranchised when others avoid talking about it or if they use a cliché that minimizes that loss.
By Staff July 11, 2021 | 8:24 AM
Grief counselors in short supply with gun violence rising
With more than 270 homicides in Philadelphia during the first half of 2021, the city has been outpacing the number of murders in 2020, when 499 people were killed, mostly from gunfire — the highest homicide numbers in more than two decades.
June 7, 2021 | 5:01 AM
COVID-19 killed their brother. Misinformation about the virus divided their family.
For some people, grief is complicated by attitudes about the virus among family and friends.
By Brett Sholtis May 11, 2021 | 3:00 PM
Understanding grief through Mary Todd Lincoln’s life and experience
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By Merideth Bucher/WITF December 16, 2020 | 9:17 AM
The pandemic has complicated funerals, forcing some to find other ways to grieve
Funeral services are a rite of passage that provide mourners a place to express the many feelings that accompany the loss of a loved one. But the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent restrictions on large gatherings have changed — and in some cases prevented — these rituals.
September 29, 2020 | 7:46 AM
Mourning ‘a sense of normalcy’: COVID-19 and how we grieve
“You know we were all masked up, we weren’t hugging,” said Taylor. “That just felt so restrictive … It felt like you didn’t really know where everyone was at, in terms of emotions.”
August 4, 2020 | 9:49 AM
Speaking Grief
This documentary validates grief as a normal, healthy part of the human experience. Speaking Grief also addresses the role support from friends and family plays in a person’s grief experience.
December 23, 2019 | 12:54 PM
Speaking grief: Jon and Natasha Smith remember Deseray Smith, December 2019
It will be their first Christmas without Jon’s daughter and Natasha’s sister. 29-year-old Deseray Smith passed away in April of this year, when she was hit by a car in Florida.