These days, I’m not much for human interaction/contact given the current social climate, but for the five to 10 seconds a hug lasts with the nephew, all the problems in the world seem to go away.

“He forgot to give me a hug and I wanted one,” Isaiah said. “He was going off for work so I was like ‘I’ve got to go get him now. ...

"When they enter the room, they give me a hug and then we talk about anything from their family to what it was like overseas or if they got a civilian job upon returning," Laird told TODAY.com.

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At the end of the conversation, he asked if he could give me a hug goodbye to show that there were no hard feelings. Flabbergasted, and not wanting to cause a scene, I did hug him.

At the end of the conversation, he asked if he could give me a hug goodbye to show that there were no hard feelings. Flabbergasted, and not wanting to cause a scene, I did hug him.

The coach “gave everybody else a hug except for Shaniah,” the mother said. “Shaniah came up to me and said, ‘Mommy, how come [the coach] didn’t give me a hug? She hugged everybody else.’ ...

Baldwinsville, NY - Seven-year-old Makai Bays danced around on his toes on a chilly, damp Saturday afternoon as he waited to formally meet the man who helped rescue him from the Seneca River.

“He told me the attendant told him he should come down and give me an extra hug goodbye.” His son gave him another hug, and Kabara went on his way to the airport. In recent years, Kabara has ...

Makai Bays meets Ed Rohmer, who helped rescue the boy after he fell into the water at Lock 24 at the Seneca River in Baldwinsville, N.Y. Saturday, March 29, 2025.