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voraciousreader
voraciousreader Member Posts: 7,496
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer


So there I was in the pharmacy filling my letrozole script and as I handed the script to the young girl behind the counter, she burst into weeping tears. Not knowing what to say or do, I asked if she needed a hug and she nodded her head. So I reached over and gave her a nice, warm, long hug.... I'd like to think she felt better afterwards. I know I did. I feel whole again. Time to pay my emotional strength forward. Anyone else hug a stranger lately? I highly recommend it...

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  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 3,945
    edited October 2013


    WOW! i love things like that. Good for you! i believe people are basically good and kind, and care.

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  • SelenaWolf
    SelenaWolf Member Posts: 1,724
    edited October 2013
    Nice!
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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited October 2013


    A couple of weeks ago I walked into our local fruit and veg store and started chatting to the lass behind the counter as she served me............it turned out that her sister had just been dx stage IV liver cancer but before that fully was divulged, I could see she was very near tears so I asked her if I could give her a hug. She came out from behind the counter and we hugged for a couple of minutes.........that's when she told me about the news they had just received about her sister. I know she felt better when I eventually left and so did I.

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited October 2013


    One should never underestimate the power of a hug, pat on the back, even a smile or a friendly 'hello'. You might be THE bright light for someone having a rough time.

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited October 2013


    Great! Hugs all around.


    (((((The Mods))))

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited October 2013


    That's why we need the smileys back.....they are virtual hugs......(hint, hint)

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited October 2013


    Hint received, thanks ruthbru!


    image

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited October 2013


    How did you get that smiley face on there??????? (question face emotion)

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  • wenweb
    wenweb Member Posts: 1,107
    edited October 2013


    It's amazing what a virtual or real hug can do. I had a similar experience at work last week. The ties that bind.. smiley face...I just realized they were gone!!

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  • voraciousreader
    voraciousreader Member Posts: 7,496
    edited October 2013


    I'm so glad to hear of other stranger hugging experiences. Please feel free to hug someone and share the experience here! Thanks!

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited October 2013


    ruthbru, I saved one of the old smiley faces as a .jpg in Photobucket, and inserted it as a picture.


    😃 This one is from a standard Mac font, and I just pasted it in. The techs are working on getting emoticons back though!

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  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited October 2013


    I hugged one of my new neighbors yesterday


    she is suffering from diverticular disease...


    she started to cry.


    Damn i had that surgery and that poor thing is suffering..


    Gave her some probiotics too.I felt sooo good and so did she.


    yeah pay it forward...

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited October 2013


    awesome!

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  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 5,972
    edited October 2013


    well I hugged my pal today who got me to go to a lawyer to see if I qualify for stuff, seems the lawyer thinks I can get workman's comp


    who would have known but she got a hug

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  • voraciousreader
    voraciousreader Member Posts: 7,496
    edited October 2013


    I think we're all feeling brighter with all these hugs! I'm going to start snooping around to find huggable people! I high fived someone today. That also brought a smile to both our faces!

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited October 2013


    * I took the end of someone's class so she could leave a little early to visit her mother


    * I took the play director's practice after school so she could go to a meeting that she really wanted to attend

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  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited October 2013


    Great thread VR....

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  • dlb823
    dlb823 Member Posts: 9,430
    edited October 2013


    Love this thread...


    Earlier this week I hugged an elderly male neighbor I've known for 15 years, but have never hugged. He has Stage IV prostate cancer now, and when I told him I was praying for him, he hugged me back tightly and said he always prays for me, too.


    Then today my contractor hugged me (we are in the process of rebuilding our home which suffered severe damage from a flood two months ago) after I shared with him how the stress the project (and probably chemo brain, which I didn't share with him) has made it really difficult for me to make the decisions he needs from us, and how I was close to tears yesterday from the stress of it all.


    Sometimes there's nothing like a hug to communicate that you really care...

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