I wish I could give my children a hug today and all the problems they have would slip away but as they get older the hug becomes weaker yet the pain remains. It wasn’t just the hug that worked as time went on but the hugs of helping them get through grammar school through high school (figuratively in high school, it’s embarrassing then). It only becomes apparent when your children become adults and move away to a college and/or position in their lives that you are helpless for you’re hugs of emotional support can only be felt through a phone miles away. Faith and prayer can help bring those miles down but the heart still lingers.