hug.

a hug…

so there is this crazy thing about hugs.  the intention behind them, the theory, the idea of them….why we give them, how they feel, it's just this THING i have been stuck on all week.

i had a few hiccups this week, and in those moments, i was able to breathe, and pull myself back to center - with a hug or two…sometimes virtual embrace, and others were literal hugs, the ones that fix it all...

like when my babies fall down and get hurt, how they need a hug, to reassure them that they are ok…

or when they run off the big yellow school bus and they are so happy to see me after a long day away, how they jump into my arms and the world feels like perfection…

or when my students pop into my room between classes needing a hug, i have found that middle schoolers love hugs, like love love them, and ask for them freely…because that is a common misconception...

then when the world seems like it can't throw any more catastrophic bullshit in my general direction, that a hug from my circle seems to glue all my brokenness back together…

or how about the awkward hug, when you aren't sure if its ok….but you go for it anyway, and hope for the best...

but then there are those times when i see a friend, that i haven't seen in awhile and the hug is no different than a smile amongst friends…that physical contact that says hey, i'm here..


so what is a hug really all about?

is it the reassurance?

or the touch?

or perhaps the capturing of a moment in time, where souls connect and the world stands still - because if you think about it - it kinda is the way it all goes down…you get captured in an embrace, arms around you, and your whole world stands still and in that moment, in a GOOD hug, nothing else enters your mind - nothing leaves it, and nothing even matters - the world stands still.  i had one of those today - and MAN, did it make ALL the difference. *FUN is.

those are the hugs that keep this mama moving forward….one foot in front of the other...


sending out some giant virtual lovins and hugs your way, homies.

xox, a