Comments on: Letters To Ourselves https://booksbywomen.org/letters-to-ourselves-by-claudia-hinz/ Sun, 01 Dec 2019 19:28:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Holly Robinson Cookson https://booksbywomen.org/letters-to-ourselves-by-claudia-hinz/#comment-50135 Sun, 01 Dec 2019 19:28:58 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=28865#comment-50135 Claudia, my mother is 88 and driving me crazy–and then I read this and collapsed in tears, knowing how my own strength has come from how strong and opinionated my own mother is. Thank you for the reminder. This is a gorgeously meditative essay on the essence of being alive.

]]> By: Elizabeth McCulloch https://booksbywomen.org/letters-to-ourselves-by-claudia-hinz/#comment-50132 Sat, 30 Nov 2019 22:31:21 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=28865#comment-50132 This is lovely. Thank you. I am 72, and like Nancy, I think how many books can I finish (and publish) before the end. I have one published, two more written, and one in progress. My hope is that all four will make it into the world before I make it out of the world. I can tell you that old age, which I’m entering, is the hardest, most challenging of times, and we can wring every drop of understanding out of it if we are willing.

]]> By: Claudia https://booksbywomen.org/letters-to-ourselves-by-claudia-hinz/#comment-50128 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:22:55 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=28865#comment-50128 In reply to Rachel.

Hi, Rachie,

Thanks for your kind words. Your letters and continued correspondence mean so much to Kay.

With love,

Claudia

]]> By: Claudia https://booksbywomen.org/letters-to-ourselves-by-claudia-hinz/#comment-50127 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:21:46 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=28865#comment-50127 In reply to Liz Flaherty.

Thank you so much for reading and responding so wholeheartedly and enthusiastically, Liz. I really, really appreciate it.

All best wishes,

Claudia

]]> By: Claudia https://booksbywomen.org/letters-to-ourselves-by-claudia-hinz/#comment-50126 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:20:32 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=28865#comment-50126 In reply to Nancy Hinchliff.

Thank you for this beautiful expression , Nancy, and for revealing the other side. Keep writing that novel! Your daughter and all of us need your words. All my best wishes to you, Claudia

]]> By: Claudia https://booksbywomen.org/letters-to-ourselves-by-claudia-hinz/#comment-50125 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:18:28 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=28865#comment-50125 In reply to Jeanne Felfe.

Thank you so much for your kind response. It means a lot to me. All best wishes, Claudia

]]> By: Jeanne Felfe https://booksbywomen.org/letters-to-ourselves-by-claudia-hinz/#comment-50124 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:06:12 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=28865#comment-50124 Such a beautiful way of exploring that which is both heartbreaking and magnificent.

]]> By: Rachel https://booksbywomen.org/letters-to-ourselves-by-claudia-hinz/#comment-50123 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:18:40 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=28865#comment-50123 Hi Aunt Claudia!
I am so glad you wrote this article. It explains so much to me and what she does when we go and visit during the winter. When I come home, there is always a letter from her recounting our visit. I love drawing beside her on early winter mornings and making pictures with her!
Love you so much!
Rachey

]]> By: Nancy Hinchliff https://booksbywomen.org/letters-to-ourselves-by-claudia-hinz/#comment-50120 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:00:23 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=28865#comment-50120 I am that woman you write about. And, I have a beautiful daughter like you are who is sadly watching her mother change bit by bit as time goes by.
I am not writing letters, I am writing books, trying to finish the next one before it’s too late.
Thank you for showing me your feelings and reminding me what my dear, sweet daughter sees when she watches me.

]]> By: Liz Flaherty https://booksbywomen.org/letters-to-ourselves-by-claudia-hinz/#comment-50119 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:26:28 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=28865#comment-50119 How beautiful this is.

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