Rebecca Feinglos
The Suffocating Fog of Holiday Grief
The grief creeped in this holiday season like a thick, stubborn fog. It all started with a FaceTime. After Thanksgiving dinner, I heard...
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Rebecca Feinglos
- Nov 13, 2022
- 4 min
Grieving after a job transition is real, and it’s hard—whether you quit or you were laid off
With the news of huge layoffs across the country these past couple weeks, I’ve been reflecting on the grief we feel during job...
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Rebecca Feinglos
- Nov 9, 2022
- 4 min
Breathe in, breathe out
What is anticipatory grief? Sometimes it’s like holding your breath. She exhales. She stirs in bed. A sleepy mumble, a weary cough. Then:...
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Rebecca Feinglos
- Aug 7, 2022
- 6 min
The Great Picture Purge
They were everywhere when I ended my marriage. I couldn’t get away—they were everywhere I looked, everywhere I went… Photos. Thousands of...
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Rebecca Feinglos
- Jul 22, 2022
- 2 min
Don't Tell Me I Have Time
“Don’t rush into anything!” “You’re young! You have nothing to worry about!” “Thirty three? You have tons of time!” People like to...
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Rebecca Feinglos
- Feb 28, 2022
- 2 min
My totally unexpected grief of the day
I started crying today because I got perfectly normal lab test results after a doctor's visit. And I have no one to tell about my...
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Rebecca Feinglos
- Feb 8, 2022
- 7 min
That time I got trapped in a cemetery
I hate cemeteries. Cemeteries are like a light-up marquee sign saying “Grieve here!” which I’ve carefully avoided going to whenever...
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Rebecca Feinglos
- Jan 26, 2022
- 3 min
Baby Grief
I'm grieving for the children I don’t have. The grief that I feel as a childless woman in my thirties, with no babies for me on the...
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Rebecca Feinglos
- Jan 20, 2022
- 3 min
Fort Worth, Texas: Where it all began
There's something about being physically in the place where my relationship began that's allowing me to reflect on it in a whole...
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Rebecca Feinglos
- Jan 6, 2022
- 3 min
Jan. 6th: Grieving my British Great Aunt & American Democracy
On this day a year ago, I started my day by watching the live stream of my great aunt's funeral in England, and I ended it by watching...
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Rebecca Feinglos
- Dec 31, 2021
- 2 min
12:01AM
I wrote this on Facebook a year ago today as 2020, the worst year of my life, came to a close. "New Years has always been one of my...
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