WOW, I DO DECLARE..... AND CUTE PICTURES AND QUOTES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HUGS

 WOW! I DO DECLARE, IT'S TIME TO BREAK OUT THE  LONG JOHNS!!




  IT HAS JUST BEEN WAYYYYYYY  TO COLD! BRRRRR

A Time for Everything Ecclesiastes :1-8 (NIV)

There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

2     a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3     a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,
4     a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5     a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6     a time to search and a time to give up,
    a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7     a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8     a time to love and a time to hate,
    a time for war and a time for peace.

      

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There's something in a simple hug
That always warms the heart,
It welcomes us back home
And makes it easier to part....
~Johnny Ray Ryder, Jr.

  When you are hugging a child, always be the last one to let go. You never know how long they need it. ~Author Unknown

 I will not play at tug o' war
I'd rather play at hug o' war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs....
~Shel Silverstein



A hug delights and warms and charms, that must be why God gave us arms.

~Author Unknown

Millions and millions of years would still not give me half enough time to describe that tiny instant of all eternity when you put your arms around me and I put my arms around you.  ~Jacques Prévert




Never wait until tomorrow to hug someone you could hug today, because when you give one, you get one right back your way. ~Author Unknown




Hugging has no unpleasant side effects and is all natural.  There are no batteries to replace, it's inflation-proof and non-fattening with no monthly payments.  It's non-taxable, non-polluting, and is, of course, fully refundable.  ~Author Unknown


A hug is an amazing thing It's just the perfect way To show the love we're feeling
But can't find the words to say.... ~Johnny Ray Ryder, Jr.

  A hug is the shortest distance between friends.  ~Author Unknown

There's nothing like a mama-hug. ~Terri Guillemets




A  mom's hug lasts long after she lets go. ~Author Unknown

Hugs are a many splendored thing
It's the April rose
That only grows in the early spring
Hugs are nature's way of giving
A reason to be living
The golden crown that makes a man a king

TRUE STORY, "THE RESCUING HUG"

The story of twins Brielle and Kyrie Jackson of Westminster, Massachusetts, made national headlines five years ago and began a revolution in the way multiple-birth babies are treated in their first weeks of life. Not yet a month old, Brielle was losing her fight for life. Born along with her twin, Kyrie, on October 17, 1995, she weighed only two pounds at birth. While Kyrie, three ounces heavier but much stronger, thrived, Brielle's breathing and heart rate were poor and nothing the doctors at The Medical Center of Central Massachusetts-Memorial tried seemed to make any difference. On November 12, Brielle's condition worsened dramatically. "She was turning colors," the twins' mother, Heidi Jackson, told the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. "She was getting really worked up. Her heart rate was way up. She was getting hiccups. You could tell she was just completely stressed out." Nurse Gayle Kasparian, desperately seeking something to help Brielle, remembered hearing about a technique rarely used in America called "double bedding" or "co-bedding." Twins and other multiple-birth babies are put in the same crib, where, like in their mother's womb, they lie close together. Kasparian put Brielle in the incubator with Kyrie, whom she hadn't seen since birth. To the amazement of everyone, Brielle showed improvement from the first moment she touched her sister. "[Kasparian] closed the door and Brielle snuggled up to Kyrie and she was just fine," said Jackson, the Telegram & Gazette reported. "She calmed right down. It was immediate. It was absolutely immediate." Brielle and Kyrie went home with their family just before Christmas, when they were only two months old. When they left the hospital, they each weighed well over five pounds and were considered healthy. "They're doing fantastic," Heidi Jackson told the Telegram & Gazette. The nation learned about Brielle and Kyrie when a beautiful photograph of Kyrie's arm protectively around her sister, known as the "Rescuing Hug" picture, was published in Reader's Digest and Life magazine in 1996. People were deeply touched by the expression of love between the two tiny sisters and inspired by the healing that can happen with just the warmth of another person

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Ecclesiastes 3: 9-11...   9 What do workers gain from their toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

SAYING A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR ALL THE GUYS AND GIRLS THAT ARE WORKING OUTSIDE OR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE TODAY...

 AND PRAYING FOR ALL THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE OUTSIDE ON SUPER COLD DAYS LIKE TODAY...

GOD BLESS EACH OF THEM PLEASE AND THANK YOU AND HELP THEM TO STAY SAFE AND AS WARM AS POSSIBLE!

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A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.  ~Bil Keane

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When I can't reach out in person and hug someone... I like to think....

that "I hug them with my prayers"

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I'm saying a special prayer for Evan today.. He's such a strong little boy, yet been through sooo much! Please Lord, touch this child in a mighty way, as only You can and give him Your special help and attention.. And the other little ones that are sick and hurting.. those with EB or any kind of illness! Thank You Lord.

  Hugs for Evan, Christina, Chy, Hanna and Anna... and the rest of his family members!!

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And as always, praying for you and yours that God will wrap His loving arms around each of you and bless you also in a mighty way, and keep you warm, and safe. Praying that He will bless each of you spiritually, physically, emotionally, emotionally, mentally, and with His unconditional love, grace, mercies, forgiveness, guidance and a "special blessing" that only HE knows you need.. (so you will know without a doubt that it was from God Himself). Praying for everyone that is sick, hurting or grieving that God will bless you in special ways. Praying for all the soldiers, that they will quickly return home, safely, and to loving families and an abundance of respect, gratitude, and jobs! And praying for our policemen that they will be safe, and totally fair in doing their duties.. and that they will be respected and earn respect and gratitude. GIVING MY DAILY THANKS TO GOD FOR ALL HE DOES FOR EACH OF US ALONG WITH MY LOVE, HONOR, PRAISE AND GLORY IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.