Embrace for impact

Am I a hugger? Should I be?

President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford in the Oval Office. Photo by David Hume Kennerly, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Two or three months ago, I was in the middle of a family crisis which was wearing me and my siblings down. I was stressed and exhausted. I was at church and spoke briefly to one of my fellow church members, a retired teacher, about the situation. She consoled me.

“I know you’re not a hugger,” she said.