Can I Have a Hug?

So anyway, I was on Facebook the other day. This new web page is awesome and let me tell you why: I moved from Texas to NJ 3 years ago, and lost contact with everyone I knew and loved. This was because cell phones are lost, ergo numbers are lost. People get new deals for their e-mail accounts, and those are lost. So for kicks and giggles I sign up for Facebook. Vioala! Everyone I know and love is on Facebook! So now I get to see what everyone is up to...what they are doing, who's happy, sad, frustrated....

I just got poked and superpoked too! I don't know what that means, however...I didn't "feel" like I've been poked. That got me to thinking.

I think I would really like for someone to poke me. Really, someone just come up to me, thrust their finger into my arm and say "hey!". At least there would be some human contact involved, don't you think?

Which leads me to the title of the blog. "Can I have a hug?" Really, it's been forever since I've gotten a hug. Other than my kids, I've been e-hugged, e-poked, e-mailed, IM'd, cyber-kissed and even sent a cocktail which I could not imbibe! I've had cyber snowball fights, sent "airline meals" thru cyber space and have been even asked out by some cyber stranger I've never met. I guess he didn't read that I'm married with children.

I think for kicks and giggles, I'll have a REAL party this upcoming spring/summer. I'm going to invite with real invitations through snail mail, all my friends and family. We'll have a REAL back yard barbeque, where we WILL poke and superpoke, and hug (hug not e-hug), and have real contact, real smiles, real togetherness.

Hey, if they can bring low rise bell bottoms back from the 70's, maybe we can bring back human contact!

The invitation is open, and all are welcome. This may have sounded corny, but don't worry, I don't expect everyone to hold hands and sing "Kum-by-Yah". I'm just getting tired of staring at my PC screeen.

Grace & Peace.