Blog, Personal Essay

The Hug

I froze.  Speechless.  Unable, unwilling to breathe. It’s been almost a year since I’ve hugged anyone outside my household, specifically my husband.  Hugging – the way Americans and many cultures do – isn’t big where I come from: the Isan Region of Thailand.  But after about a decade of living in the United States, I’ve become accustomed to it as […]