Comments for Mary Heather Noble

Comment on Five Year Mark by Mary Heather

Mary Heather — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:37:01 +0000

Hi Virginia, Thanks so much for reading and for your kind words! I so appreciate the connections to your own work in hospice, and all the difficult emotions around family and loss. xo — MHN

Comment on On Writer’s Block: Notes from the Kitchen Island by Virginia Seno

Virginia Seno — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:03:13 +0000

You also are master. You bet it’s okay to take a break. It would not be okay if you kept going when you need a break. Keep being you, beautiful mother, wife, daughter, writer and friend to so many readers.

Comment on Five Year Mark by Virginia Seno

Virginia Seno — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 17:50:37 +0000

Mary Heather, We were so moved by your Plume: An Investigation story! From M’s symptoms existing (one of each) in my three children to better understanding ourselves as parents and our parents. Thank you the world over for this.

Most important though, I wanted you to know that a coach helped me tremendously when I was stuck with never being able to see my mom again as I was barred from my sister’s home where mom lived. Cruel and more, as you know.

What my coach said to me one day was “When are you going to stop believing you can never see your mom again?” That’s it. Just a belief. As I let that go right then, in a way…and more as time went on, I stopped believing it and in some months we did get to see my mom. Story in itself.

I’m just hoping that that question and the possibility of letting go beliefs attached to your dad’s disowning you may open something for you. Beyond that, as a hospice nurse for years and years, I know it is also possible to work these things through after death — sometimes it goes that way.

Will have the warmest, open heart to your reduced suffering around this heart break. Do let me know if there’s something here you’re interested in — I can point anyway. Much love to you! v

Comment on Shifting Tense for Dramatic Effect in Mary Karr’s The Liar’s Club by Diana Du Pont

Diana Du Pont — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 19:48:27 +0000

Dear Heather,

I wish to congratulate you on so succinctly and perceptively deconstructing how Mary Karr uses the present and past tense for dramatic effect. I have read and re-read all of Karr’s books since 2010, and I recall wondering about her use of tense, and until now, I don’t think I have found such a well-written explanation. Thank you!

Comment on Five Year Mark by Myrl Jean Hughes

Myrl Jean Hughes — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 03:08:49 +0000

Dear Mary Heather,

I cried when I read your blog, and I wish there was something I could do to help your hurt. If you know of anything I could do, please let me know.

I am so impressed with your spectacular ability to write. Keep it up!

Love,
Oddie

Comment on On Writer’s Block: Notes from the Kitchen Island by Emily Swartz Knowles

Emily Swartz Knowles — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 18:02:30 +0000

This is beautiful, Mary Heather. The way your thoughts and words cascade allows me a place to float. I can feel your pain and sadness at every slice of white . May you always show up and take breaks whenever your heart needs them. Much love, my friend. -Emily

Comment on On Writer’s Block: Notes from the Kitchen Island by Elizabeth Gaucher

Elizabeth Gaucher — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 22:46:30 +0000

Thank you.

Comment on Notes from a Soft Target by The Things They Carried - Mary Heather Noble

The Things They Carried - Mary Heather Noble — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 01:16:22 +0000

[…] conference, I had been thinking that I should write another blog entry — my last having been an enraged criticism of our violent gun culture in the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. I had been […]

Comment on Notes from a Soft Target by Elizabeth Gaucher

Elizabeth Gaucher — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 01:41:59 +0000

All of This.

Comment on On Advocacy and Love by Bill Browning

Bill Browning — Sat, 10 Feb 2018 05:25:25 +0000

Thank you Mary Heather… So wonderfully written and profoundly true. I was sorry to hear of Chuck’s passing. I enjoyed him so much…. his sense of humor and his intentional determination to do whatever he could. I have fond memories of him on his knees before our television shooting at ducks with a plastic gun at a video game and laughing every time he got one .I have other deeper heartfelt memories too.Thank you for writing your piece about him and your heartfelt love for him and what he taught us all… Sincerely Bill