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Biba Adams is grieving the recent loss of her mother, grandmother and an aunt to the coronavirus. But she doesn't mourn alone.

In addition to hearing from many friends and acquaintances, the Detroit freelance writer receives social media condolences from strangers who saw media coverage of the tweet below, shared more than 7,400 times. Those reaching out include actors Rosanna Arquette, Issa Rae and Alyssa Milano, as well as people in Europe.

Adams is interviewed Tuesday on CBS This Morning (video below), where she recalls March 26 as "the last day that I would see them all." She also tells David Begnaud: "I'm thinking what holidays are going to look like now. So much of my historical legacy is lost."


Biba Adams: "I wish somebody could hug me." (Photo: Facebook/2016)

On Facebook, Adams comments on her garment choice for the remote-video appearance: "My mom loved to see me in yellow, so I wore her favorite yellow sweater that she gave me last year. I used to always wear it to job interviews."

Her 70-year-old mother, retired school counselor Elaine Head, and 89-year-old grandmother Minnie Head, lived together in Detroit and died two weeks apart in the same hospital.

"My mom had a lot of kids who aren't her kids," the daughter posts Sunday on Facebook. "And people who loved her that she didn't even know."

After taping the CBS segment, she tweets Monday night:

Adams, a 1993 Cass Tech graduate, earned a history degree at Marygrove College ('07) and a master's in African-American Studies at Clark Atlanta University ('15). She has written for Metro Times and was a project editor for a year at Issue Media Group in Detroit. 

In addition to displaying wit amid tragedy, Adams also speaks and tweets poignantly about losing two generations of family. "I just want to be hugged and held," she tells Ken Coleman of Michigan Advance. "I wish somebody could hug me, you know?"

CBS News segment Tuesday