Mask Up and Bring It In!
Of all the things that I miss because of the pandemic, it’s hugging my kids. I think it may have been about four months in when I read an article in the NYT’s that convinced me to finally give up and give in to one of the most primal of all human needs: hugging and being hugged. After all, without touch, we are nothing more than isolated individuals concealing our siloed emotions behind our masks. That’s nothing against masks which I believe are imperative to containing the spread of coronavirus.
Since we do practice good mask wearing in public and we’ve all been quarantining for other than for the necessary trips to the grocery or work, and if we breathed in opposite directions, how much danger could there be?
So if you miss hugging your children, your parents, and your friends, check out this article that will give you the skinny on the proper way to do it.
[photo credit Robbin Gheesling/CNN]
And if you’re also like me and have missed getting together with friends for a bit of dinner and nice glass of wine, then check out this article on the return of the little wine door in Florence. You go to the tiny little door, someone slips you a glass of wine or other beverage, and you take it to a table outside to enjoy it, preferably with a few friends. We could use a few of these in the States!
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pam lazos — 8.28.20
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Love the new hugging ideas. Hugs to you for posting this.
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Yes! No matter the state of things, I couldn’t stop hugging my family. I know my mom was didn’t want to hug during the springtime lockdown, but by summer she gave in to all the hugs, which was fine by me. xxxxx This reminds me of that moment in…Passengers? That movie with Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence, where they’re the only passengers awake on this 1000-year journey through space. Pratt’s sleepin’ tube breaks down, so he wakes up before EVERYONE. He spends a few months doing okay, but after about a year he is just desperate to be touched by another person, and even considers ending it all. He opens Lawrence’s tube instead, and the movie goes on.
Our souls thrive on connection. xxxxx
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And so they do. I loved that movie. And I would have opened up someone’s tube waaaaay before a year had gone by.
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Me, too!
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Not sure what it says about me, Pam, but I love the wine doors. What a find.
Hugs, yes, I’m glad someone’s found a way around that restriction. But I’m sorry, the wine door has more charm, and style.
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Haha – I admits to an almost magnetic draw to doors of any kind, Cath, but make it a wine door and I’m there in a flash! 😂😘
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I miss hugging my kids and grandkids. I like the new hugging idea though.
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You gotta improvise, Michele!❤️
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Pam, hugs and human contact are what we’ve missed so desperately! The hug glove is a great idea yet not quite the same! It was hard not to hug my mother for months but at least I saw her from a distance whilst delivering food … just felt so wrong not to touch. When allowed it was incredible and something I’ll never take for granted again! We are not meant to exist in our own bubble spaces apart from human contact!
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So true, Annika, thanks for your comment. I hope you and your mother get to have a proper hug very soon!!
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Luckily we have been able to hug and see each other as normal since beginning of July which was a huge blessing. At that stage we were allowed to form a ‘bubble family group’ – for my mother and I this has made all the difference!
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Same for us and I’ve been taking advantage of it for about a month now. The hugs have recently been added so maybe we will all survive this. ;0)
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What a wonderful thing to do in these bleak times. Thank you for sharing.
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Hi Pam – I saw this … but hadn’t seen a hug happen – what a great idea … so sensible and obviously brought both of them happiness and much joy – must make so much difference. I wonder what they’ll do in the Canadian snow?!! Love it … and yes go hug … a necessity. Take care – Hilary
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A round of hugs for everyone, Hilary!! xo
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Love it! We all adapt as we go along, but this pandemic has put that belief to the test. The hug glove is great.
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Hug a loved one today, Ally!🤗🤗
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A heart-touching post dear Pam, it’s a really hard and sad situation. Hugs 💖🙏🤗
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🤗 🤗 hugs 🤗 to you, Aladin! 🤗
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How unique is that – the mom would not only feel better from the human contact from her daughter, but an extra-special glow knowing the effort put into making that hug possible.
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It was so great, wasn’t it, Linda?!🥰
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It was indeed Pam – and one hug was not enough … they kept reaching again and again. Warmed my heart immensely and got a little misty, just like you might have, having lost our moms who were both so special to us. Hugs to you Pam.
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Yes, misty is right, Linda. Hugs 🤗 🤗 back at you!! 🤗
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Great post Pam! Ways of hugging – also virtually – so I’m sending you one via the Internet! (Can’t do emojis on computer) xx
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🤗 back at you, Susan! 🤗
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For those who don’t live with one another, these seem like great ideas. Thanks for sharing and being a part of #WATWB.
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Truly trying times, Ashlynn. 😞
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Yes, but people are finding ways to make the best of them. That’s the human spirit in action.
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👏👏👏
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Love the ‘hug glove’ 🙂 I so much wanted to hug a friend yesterday when, standing six feet apart and both of us wearing masks, he told me he was moving to another county.
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Oh no, Rosaliene!! It’s not too late to go get that hug!!
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