Under a Cloud of Loss

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This episode originally ran in 2016, and we pulled it out of the archives to share with you here, and to kick off a new season of TTFA Anthologies, where we pull together a themed season of some of our best episodes. This season the theme is Grief: It’s Complicated…stories about the kind of grief you won’t find in the sympathy card aisle. Stories like the one you’re about hear. We have a separate podcast feed for these seasons. It’s linked in our show description, or you can find it on your podcast app by searching TTFA Anthologies. Listen to TTFA Anthologies on Spotify, Apple, or anywhere you listen to your favorite podcasts. _ Damon’s grandparents were murdered 18 months before he was born. He never knew them, but their deaths — and the trial for their killer — defined much of his childhood. For nearly three decades, Damon’s mother has attended every parole hearing to deliver a victim impact statement. When we meet Damon, there is another such hearing coming up, but his mother is unable to attend. For the first time in his life, Damon prepares to see his grandparents’ murderer face to face. Originally published 1/23/2017 – Fordham University’s Master of Social Work program is ranked among the nation's top 8% of graduate social work programs by the U.S. News & World Report. With three New York campuses, plus hybrid and fully online options, Fordham’s flexible program works with your schedule to help you earn a degree on your timeline. Our evening and weekend part-time study plan is ideal for working adults, with most students maintaining employment throughout their education. Learn more about Fordham University’s Master of Social Work program at: fordham.edu/TTFA. _ Find Nora’s weekly newsletter here! Also, check out Nora on YouTube. _ The Feelings & Co. team is Nora McInerny, Marcel Malekebu and Grace Barry. _ Find all our shows at www.feelingsand.co. _ Refresh your wardrobe with Quince. Go to Quince.com/TFA for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. That's Quince.com/TFA to get free shipping and 365-day returns. Quince.com/TFA Shop my favorite bras and underwear at SKIMS.com. After you place your order, be sure to let them know we sent you! Select podcast in the survey and be sure to select our show in the dropdown menu that follows. Right now, our listeners get an additional 15% off any annual membership at MASTERCLASS.com/TFA. That’s 15% off at MASTERCLASS.com/TFA. With evening and weekend course options, Fordham’s online MSW lets you keep working while earning your degree, completing the program in as few as 16 months. Learn more and apply at fordham.edu/TTFA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	At Fordham University's Master of Social Work program, our full-time, part-time, online, and hybrid study plans help you transition into a profession with purpose.
0:09.3	Don't settle for a career without meaning. Choose social work. Learn more at Fordham.edu slash TFA.
0:22.3	Hi, guys. it's Nora.
0:29.1	This episode originally ran in 2016, and we pulled it out of the archives to share with you here and to kick off a new season of TTFA anthologies.
0:33.8	This is where we pull together a themed season of some of our best episodes.
0:39.0	And this season, the theme is grief.
0:42.1	It's complicated.
0:43.8	These are stories about the kind of grief you won't find in the sympathy card aisle.
0:47.5	Stories like the one that you are about to hear.
0:50.3	We actually have a separate podcast feed for these seasons.
0:53.7	Again, it's called TTFA Anthologies.
0:55.8	It is linked in our show description, or you can find it on your podcast app.
1:00.0	Just search TTFA anthologies.
1:03.0	The first three episodes are out right now on that feed, and episodes drop every Thursday
1:08.6	on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.
1:17.5	That weekend, I had called my mom and dad because I talked to them every day, and I couldn't
1:23.6	find them, couldn't reach them. So on Monday morning, I went to work. My husband went to school,
1:28.7	to college, and about 11 o'clock in the morning, he came into my business, and he said,
1:35.2	you need to get your purse, we need to leave. And I was just like, are you crazy? I have a job here.
1:41.7	I'm not in college. I can't just leave. He goes, get your purse.
1:45.1	And he went over to my boss and spoke with him, and then they pulled me into his office and told me that my brother had found my mother and my father and that they'd been shot in the head.
2:01.0	This is terrible. Thanks for asking.
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