Day 4 of 25 DAYS OF HUGGING:
There’s just no way to truly explain what hugs and laughter meant to Christina or how much those hugs and laughs could heal all the recipient’s pain, but if you are lucky enough to experience it from someone like Christina you know immediately of that which I speak.
The teacher and the pupil….
In the good times and the bad, there was always a place for hugs, smiles and laughter, for better or for worse. Early on I learned the power of those hugs, but to my chagrin I have not yet mastered the art. Christina would tell me how to do it when she wanted a hug, but I have never quite found the secret without her there to coach me.
Even in her toughest moments, she would tell each of us to come close and hug her and she would still be able to give that squeeze. And she would still smile, and she would laugh, even if we couldn’t.
Christina had different hugs: hugs for sympathy and care, hugs for well-being, hugs for hello, and best of all hugs “just because.” We try to take away those lessons and memories around our house since we lost Christina, trying to get better every day and trying to be as impactful as she was. We are getting better, but we can do more....
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One day, one goal, one big hug at a time.