Today is free hug day. Last year I was involved in the Project 2996 blogger tributes to victims of 9/11.
This year I wanted to do something in remembrance, and I discovered Free Hug Day on Facebook.
From the site:
September 10th, 2007 will be remembered as the biggest Free Hug Day this world has ever seen. Everybody get ready, this one is going to be HUGE.
Invite everyone you can!!!!! Thank you!!!!
The Reason for the date,
September 10th is the day before 9/11. We will all sit down on that day and think about the tragedies that have befallen this world, we will think of the twin towers, of the Iraq war, of the terrorist attacks all over the world. We will think to ourselves…what has this world come to? where has the good gone? That is why I created this event, so when you do ask yourself that, you think about all the hugs you had received the day before and you think to yourself that there is love left. I want people to be reminded that this world has a great amount of good left in it, and that it should never be forgotten.
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I think this is a beautiful thought - to think about those we love, who touch our lives and live in our hearts. Share a hug today with those people - in real life and on the Internet.
Peace and joy to all of you!
{{hugs}}
Categories: Special Days, Friends, Humor, Blogging
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I’m not close enough to grab hold of you, so just imagine that my free hugger is hugging you.
September 10th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
{{{{HUG}}}} What a great idea Marti. I almost missed it. I just got home from the newspaper and it’s 8:30.
Love ya
Leeuna
September 10th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Hugs. I reposted my tribute from last year. I remember James Edward Potorti. Never forget . . .
September 10th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
[…] 1. Apparently, according to Marti Lawrence, today is free hug day. Two of these people I have hugged, the other I would love to. And the point of hugs is that they happen not because they have to, not because of a particular day, not because of any kind of oughtness, but because of a getness. I get to, I have the privilege of being able to hug these three women in public or private, without any concern of appropriateness, because they are the three most important women in shaping my life. Hugging is a gift. […]
September 10th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Hugs to you Marti…and to anyone who needs them.
September 11th, 2007 at 8:53 am
Hugs, Hugs, Hugs!!!!
September 11th, 2007 at 11:39 am
Here’s a hug for you! {{{Marti}}}
September 12th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
the more things change - the more they stay the same.
I remember my mom telling me she felt the same way during WW II, and my dad, who lost his brother in WW I, and my FIL, who lost his best friend in Korea… I felt that way about Vietnam
Every generation wonders what has become of their world.
I love that Red Cross motto : each one reach one. A hug sure is a good way to start.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
My memories of September 10th 2001 are as vivid as those of September 11th. In many ways it’s a sadder day for me. I like the idea of replacing that day with something happy and loving. Thanks for telling us about it.
September 16th, 2007 at 10:40 pm