[reason 9] hugs

 I have a child who is a very huggy person. She at the same time loves to hug and is very huggable. She especially enjoys hugging her grandparents, who enjoy the hugs as much as she does. I love her hugs as well. 

And I have a child who doesn't hug. He just does not like to hug and we respect that. I do get my annual birthday hug from him, which I treasure. 

So many times in my life, a hug has changed the course of my day... even my life. Once a friend greeted me with a hug and I melted into a pool of tears. That hug set off something deep within me, unleashing a flood of emotions I'd thought I'd locked away forever. That hug kept me alive.