{"id":123,"date":"2014-01-13T14:55:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T14:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathleensmith.org\/wp\/?p=123"},"modified":"2014-01-13T14:55:06","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T14:55:06","slug":"hugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathleensmith.org\/wp\/2014\/01\/13\/hugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting a hug from your teenage son!<\/p>\n<p>Getting a hug from your teenage son is never an easy thing to do. I know this from experience. Most of the time when I ask my son for a hug he just looks at me and says &#8220;Yeah right!&#8221;. I then proceed to stand there with my arms wide open waiting for that hug I know I&#8217;m not going to get.<\/p>\n<p>Then there are those rare days when I am cleaning in the kitchen or doing something and my son randomly comes up to me and gives me a hug. I always ask him the same thing &#8220;what was that for?&#8221;. He tells me &#8220;you know why&#8221;. On those very rare occasions when I do get a hug from my teenage son I accept them with a thankful heart. I kinda figure I&#8217;ll take what I can when I can.<\/p>\n<p>Recently my son surprised me. After my mom passed away, my husband and I were getting ready to help my dad out for that weekend which meant our kids needed to stay with my husbands mom. As I was crying I asked my son for a hug. With out any hesitation he stood up from playing the xbox and gave me a hug. Granted he kept on playing his game, but hey as I said I&#8217;ll take what I can when I can. After a few minutes I said to him &#8220;you can let go now&#8221;. He was like Oh. 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