Yesterday morning - grocery shopping in WalMart - I ended up hugging an old woman - a total stranger who simply needed help getting a big bag of sugar into her cart and was terribly upset about being unable to do it.
Big deal, huh?
It was a big deal for me. I've been thinking about that and bawling. I can't remember the last time anyone hugged me. It's been a miserable year --- a hellish year -- and I haven't been hugged once.

That has to be ME -- MY fault.