Letters From a New Life | Tina Hedin | Substack

For Those of Us Who Cry in Supermarkets

…and ask our questions to the wind

May 7 • Tina Hedin

Home: Fading in the Rearview Mirror

"After such a long journey, there is nowhere to put your heart"

Feb 1 • Tina Hedin

I Wouldn't Have Done This Without You

It's been two years!

Mar 28 • Tina Hedin

I Get My News From the Wind

The Latest From an Island Dweller

Mar 15 • Tina Hedin

What's This All About?

Apr 28, 2024 • Tina Hedin

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Home: Fading in the Rearview Mirror

Feb 1 • Tina Hedin

A Big Thing Happened

May 3, 2024 • Tina Hedin

Apr 28, 2024 • Tina Hedin

A Chicken From a Past Life

Oct 20, 2024 • Tina Hedin

Come along on the journey…

Recent posts

TEARS, TOOLS and TREASURE by Eric Hedin

A New Collaboration Featuring Bereaved Parents

Published on Tears, Tools and Treasure • May 31

We're Swimming in a Frozen Sky

How to live through a bittersweet December

Dec 22, 2025 • Tina Hedin

Human/Parents Interview: Tina Hedin and Grace & Gratitude

Pull up a seat at the table, and get ready to meet the author of Letters From a New Life!

Published on Human/Mother • Nov 23, 2025

One Day You Wake Up in a New Life

and it's not the one you wanted

Nov 2, 2025 • Tina Hedin

What I Left on Springtown Road

A lost and found story in three parts

Sep 21, 2025 • Tina Hedin

If You See This, I Love Your Life

Then and Now in Northern California

Aug 10, 2025 • Tina Hedin

I Met a Heavenly Messenger

She Was in a Thrift-Shop Window in Bisbee

Jul 8, 2025 • Tina Hedin

Father's Day in a Ghost Town

seeking solace, finding joy on a haunting journey

Jun 15, 2025 • Tina Hedin and Eric Hedin

The Redwoods Have My Back

coming out of the dark in northern California

Jun 8, 2025 • Tina Hedin

Articles

New York Times: Modern Love Column

We Didn't Know it Was the Last Time

Tina Hedin Shares Five Things She's Learned About America

Interviews

Human/Parents Interview: Tina Hedin and Grace & Gratitude

with writer Katrina Donham of Human/Mother

NHPR Morning Edition

New York Times Essayist Navigates Grief With Support From Writing Group

The Concord Monitor

Tina Hedin Writes Through Grief