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my mother was not a hugger

a hug seems to always be welcome if the recipient is a child older people may be more hesitant, but they might warm up my mother was not a hugger; but I began hugging her when I was fifty she was seventy-one; she hugged back at seventy-five. worth it.

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Date: 1/28/2025 1:08:00 AM
worth it as you say dear poet. I know them.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 2/20/2025 4:42:00 PM
they were taught to not be demonstrative - depression babies

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