I know a mother and her just born baby knows just what I mean when I write, “Hugs have a meaning that’s hard to explain.”I read recently that every baby that’s born needs a hug. Once in a while a baby is born and is never given a cuddling by anyone. When that goes on for some time, the baby dies. A baby and it’s mother both need cuddling. God made us that way.
I know that to be true. My first two boys were born a year a part. They were both full term, the first one lived a couple of minutes and the second one was born dead. I am 95 years old and I still feel that cuddling that I needed so many years ago. My third baby was born, but needed a full transfusion so I didn’t hold him for eight days. The doctor said we should wait a while before having another baby. Since that time I have had three babies, two I have cuddled and one was born with her cord around her lungs so I didn’t see her for three days. I still feel the loss of cuddling on four of my babies. So, I believe in hugs.
My kids hugged me a lot after my husband died. That’s pretty natural because they were mourning too and a hug helped. After a while the hugs stopped. I don’t know why because I know, even if they don’t, how everyone needs a hug sometimes.
We all need hugs. The past year has been awful for all of us. Forget about hugs! We also had social distancing too! In fact, we could hardly see another person at all. People in ICU with that disease often died without seeing anyone they knew. I think that rule is awful, don’t you? But your family needs a hug and you need one too. Perhaps someone you know, one who has been alone for over a year, desperately needs a hug. There are plenty of people I’ll bet, who really need a hug, but I don’t think you should go around town hugging folks, Do you? My kids started hugging after they were totally vaccinated. it feels so good!
GramMa's Thoughts 