Free Hugs, Pandemic Hugs and Hugs as Life

The history of hugs

I didn’t grow up in a particularly affectionate family. My father’s side was stoic and unemotional. My mother’s side was full of predators so the less hugs the better when the men were involved

I don’t have a single memory of my father initiating a hug with me. But my mother was a hugger, and being hugged by my mother was like being wr…