Nannypat,

I am so glad you felt hugged with words!!!!!

I have also felt hugged with words before. Having felt both verbal hugs and real ones, there have been times when the verbal ones went deeper and felt better!! With the literal hugs, i am sometimes a little closed off, so that i don't truly feel it all the way inside. I don't want to be that way, but it's a self-protective things I've learned, and is hard to overcome. But the kind words penetrate deeper sometimes.