# Season Of Grief

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/season-of-grief-2/
- Published: 2020-05-12T09:45:10-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: A casket of a Muslim man, who recently passed away from what is believed to be the coronavirus, is brought to a van for burial at a busy Brooklyn funeral home on May 09, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images North America. Article by Callie Crossley. The messages seem to come almost every day now. Texts and emails, from a friend or coworker, who has lost a parent, a sister or other loved one to COVID-19. My heart breaks for their losses. And I ache to comfort them with hugs, and soft words. But all I can do is reach out through technology, which is inherently cold and distant, though I’m grateful for the immediacy of the connection. Nevertheless, I feel useless during a time when the need to stay safe necessarily overrules the longing for the traditional rituals and traditions to honor a loved one who has passed. How cruel that the threat of spreading the novel coronavirus can’t be ignored even in a time of deep pain. […] Click here to view original web page at www.wgbh.org Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio