Tag: hugs

  • Hugs

    February 19, 2021

    It has been almost a year since someone has hugged me. 
    Since someone wrapped me in their arms and given me a warm hug.
    A year.

    And I have been missing hugs so much
    remembering what it felt to be held that warmly
    and feeling so sad for what I have been missing 
    that the very word hug brings tears to my eyes.

    But today for the first time in a year I have thought about 
    the other side of the coin
    of what it means to give a hug

    For this past year I have not been able to receive a hug
    But also not able to give a hug
    A hug that says you are my friend
    a hug that says I know you are sad
    that change is in the wind and it is okay
    that life is wonderful, congratulations!
    that friends are all around
    that you are not alone
    All will be well
    You are loved
    I am here

  • In Place of Hugs…the Year of the Pandemic

    December 13, 2020

    the doctor cutting away the dead flesh of the skin tear

    the nurse rubbing my calf with cream and swiftly wrapping it ankle to knee

    the technician applying gel and pressing the probe hard against my veins

    the phlebotomist swabbing my arm and skillfully inserting the needle

    the hematologist patting my shoulder after listening to my lungs

    my cat gently tapping my chin after being told how beautiful he is

    Kristin Moyer