The Power of Hugs

Posted by Kelly on November 4, 2009 in Life, Rocket, Sissy, Starr | 2 comments

I started this post last week. I had an idea. A good idea. I wrote the title knowing that it would be enough to remind me exactly what I had in mind. It wasn’t. Have I said that I need to keep better notes? Yeah. I do know that I planned to share my Rocket hug moment, so I will go with that.

My daughter used to ask “do you want it soft, medium or hard?” when she would give me a hug. We are a huggy family. I love hugs, I love cuddling….makes me happy!

One hug that I remember above most others wasn’t from Starr, but from her little brother, Rocket.

We had recently reconnected with Starr’s dad and family and were invited to her grandmother’s home for Christmas day celebrations. Rocket would have been two and a half years old. As he arrived with his parents and sister he  saw me across the room and took off in a run to greet me and give me a huge hug. There were lots of other people there, that family has large gatherings. Rocket made my day as I was surrounded by people I didn’t know yet and feeling a little lost, he made me feel wanted…loved.

I will never forget it.

He’s 11 now and we don’t get to see him or his sister, Sissy, as often as we would like, but I love them dearly.

I originally posted this video last March, and just saw it posted by Lori at My Life Interrupted reminding me that it might be a good match with this post:

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