MAY I        YOU

There, I think that covers everyone!

MAY I HUG YOU has passed it “use by date.”

It is time to hit the pause button, step back and regroup.

It has been a great and grand ride. Starting with my –

• Adventures of Hugging a Stranger a Day;

• Morphing into something deeper...

January 30, 2017.

Is it really two years ago than I wrote this headline?

Yes, I checked and double checked. It is. Some of you might remember. Some newcomers to my website, won’t.

But here I am. Nothing has changed. I still write because I cannot NOT write.

Thoughts become...

Tear my clothes. Thump my chest.

Alas. This is the 21st Century. If I did something like the above, someone would call 911 and they’d take me away for evaluation. Probably Baker Act me should the Captain object and tell them it’s normal behavior.

Normal for me, that is.

A...

Lately, I’ve been quietly freaking out.  And after the “derrring do” this past weekend in Washington, even more than usual.

I’m not always quiet about it but the Captain has selective hearing and when immersed in Sudoku, turns deaf anyway.

But there I was, freaking out....

I’m in the sunset of my life.

I’ve said farewell to late afternoon

Yet, I’m not ready to welcome twilight.

I find, at this time of my life, that long forgotten hymns and Bible verses from Bible study in my teens are parading through my Whirlpool (aka my brain.)

Along with...

That’s what we called it. A silly little game beloved by elementary school kids of the time.

We’d sit in a great big circle, the more the merrier. The Starter (and everyone got a turn to start) would decide on a word or a short phrase. Whisper it to the next person who...

Something happened this morning.

Well, it’s been brewing for a while but finally HAPPENED this morning.

I opened my favorite devotional, the amazing writings from Oswald Chambers. And came across a note I made two years ago. January 16th, 2017.

It read,

AND STILL THE NUDGE...

I grew up in a home where my brothers wouldn’t sit down to a meal before my mother was seated.

They’d stand behind their chairs. Respectfully. The one nearest to her would pull out her chair and wait until she sat.

My brothers would open car doors for me.

My brothers woul...

I’m Tired, Overwhelmed and Confused.

What evil spirit prompted me to check my “likes” on May I Hug You.com.

That website. My first born, the child of my heart, the one linked to Facebook.

I gave that infant all my love. My attention. My affection. My time.

I spent hours fi...

The spiritual part of our being never says “I can’t.” It simply soaks up everything around it. (Oswald Chambers)

For a while now, I’ve been wondering whether there’s still a book lurking somewhere inside me.

I believe in each of us there are stories. Some good. Some bad.

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