Hugger's Creed
We believe HUGS nurture the human spirit
promoting a more positive outlook
thus enhancing the quality of one's life.
The poem Growing Old speaks for many of our nation's elderly living in senior and long-term care facilities. Hugs for Health is mutually beneficial. Volunteers tell us they often get more than they give. The greatest gift is your presence, compassion and gentle hugs for those who often feel isolated, lonely and forgotten.
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Growing Old
She welcomed me with special warmth
In her neat uncluttered room
‘Tho she tried so hard to force a smile
She wore the face of gloom.
She had always been so full of life
And it really was quite sad
That here and now, all that was left
Were the memories she had.
So we sat and talked of better times
And her eyes came back to life.
She recalled the days so long ago
As a mother and a wife.
I said how very proud I was
To call her my dear friend;
And how the world was better now
For the person she had been.
When I hugged her tight and bid good-bye
In her eye I saw a tear;
And she said, "It’s not the growing old
Or the suffering I fear."
"The thing I find most difficult
That cuts me to the core,
The world keeps slipping from my grasp
And nobody hugs me anymore."
Written
by Doris S. Grimsley
In memory of E. Clary
©1990
25th Anniversary National Hug Holiday Week 2008
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