Hubertine Therese Fuchs (3 Nov 1935 - 28 Sep 2025)

A World That Holds

I remember Tante Tini standing at the stove.
I see her from behind, through the eyes of the child I was.
It smells warm, like home, like a world that holds.

Even then something in me knew:
keep this moment.
So deeply that I still carry it in my body —
a memory of a memory that has kept itself alive.

I grew up between my mother’s strength and Tante Tini’s calm —
a balance that shaped me.
Tante Tini never scolded me.
She let me be.
And through that, I deeply learned what safety feels like.

Now people think I am patient,
but the truth is: I learned patience from being seen,
from being held in that gentle balance
between my mother’s firmness and Tante Tini’s calm.
She never needed to teach — she just was.

When she left, my world trembled.
Because through her I knew:
the world can be good.

Not everyone can do that.
That quiet warmth that asks for nothing,
that patience that simply is —
that was her strength, her quiet magic.

Years later, when I was already grown and deeply sad,
she wrote me a letter.
I still have it.
I cannot read it now, but I remember her words:
“I see you. I know what the world can do.
I know it too.”

That is who she was to me —
someone who could see without judging,
who could know without hardening,
who could stay without needing to fix.

When Lucie was born, Tante Tini sent a blanket she had made herself —
soft, patient, full of time and care.
And somehow, that is exactly what she gave to life.

Now I sometimes see that same quiet goodness in Lucie —
in her gentleness, her laughter,
her way of caring for small things.
It feels as if Tini’s warmth found one more place to live.

The world can be glad she was here —
and I’m endlessly grateful that I was part of her world.

— In love! Stine

Dear all, we sadly witniss another loss of a member of this great family. Let us all pause and pay homage to this wonderful family. To those who have passed away and to those who remain among us. I raise my glass to you Tinny and with all relatives.
Love Julius

Good bye Mum 👋 rest in peace until we can meet 🙏 again.
Love you Sergei

Well Tiger, time to say goodbye. Time to say thank you for everything. For the time you give me,the memories and the amazing food. You know, my kids always seen you as a little fragile nonna. But I do remember you as a strong independent woman, sweet and funny. I was there to say goodbye to you on your last moment. I was there. This is what matters to me. Don't leave my Nonna Tina, my Tiger alone. One day I will be with you, until then, please, look over me, my family. Help and protect us. Ciao, Tiger.

I still can’t believe that you’ve gone and left us nonna Tina, you were always there with your beautiful smile and your calm comfort, that could make any worry or stress disappear by just being you. Until we meet again, know that I love you so much 💚

Goodbye dear Tina, you will be so sadly missed