Paul has brought our hug count up to 50,850 as he has been offering hugs at the Oregon City Farmer’s Market. On the 21st – he gave and received: 42 hugs, 7 high fives, 10 fist bumps. On the 28th – he gave and received: 57 hugs, 8 high fives, 12 fist bumps. (Pic: 2008 …
Cindy gave and received 74 hugs in Guelph, Ontario, Canada bringing our total to 50,924 acts of hug kindness. She said that although there were fewer hugs than her normal experience, someone brought them hot chocolate, many thanked them for being there and a police officer gave them a thumbs up. Thanks, Cindy for being …
I LOVE music and have a variety of playlists to choose from depending on my mood. I have playlists from upbeat to mellow, melancholy to joy, and to my current favorite songs that I cannot get enough of. One song, that is on several of my playlists is a song called “Peace” from O.A.R. The …
Grief is like a vast body of water. There will be days, especially early on in your grief journey, when the waves are pounding too fast for you to keep up with, and you won’t know how you don’t sink to the bottom. There will be days when a rogue wave hits …
How do you go about making hard decisions? I just had to make one that I have struggled with for months. One moment, I knew what to do, the next moment I questioned myself. I didn’t want to make it and I knew I had to. The hard decision happened on Monday. It was a …
You come to me worried about your investments. I am not a financial planner, but I can listen and send you LOVE. You come to me in fear of your marriage collapsing. I am not a marriage counselor, but I can listen and send you LOVE. You come to me as you’ve just lost your …
September 15, 2019 – It was an interesting hug day today. As I’ve said many times, we just never know from one time to the other if the crowd is going to be small or large, agreeable to hugs or walk on by, and today proved that point. I would say it was an average …
Paul has joined our global hugs since 2012 and offers hugs in Portland, Oregon outside of that weekend too. When he heard our efforts to reach 1 million hugs around the world, he was ready to join in. Here is his hugs experience from Sept. 15, 2019. From Paul: I did a few hours of …
One hug at a time…we’re creating more LOVE in the world. Here is Edie’s hug story from this weekend. ** And she signed up for World Hugs Weekend 2020 This weekend, my community of Doylestown, PA had their annual Arts Festival which brings people from all over the world, to enjoy art, music, food and …
If I allowed 1 million hugs to overwhelm me, then I wouldn’t continue on. So what do I do when the ‘how is this going to happen’ fear rises up within me? I go back to my why. I know that when people feel seen and know that they matter, they are less likely to …
