touch

  • Days 123-127 – Four Pictures of Your Hands

    Do you ever feel that you have understood some things better before they were explained? Learning how my hands functioned & looked in x-rays distanced me for awhile from the mysteries of touch. Continue reading

  • Days 222-223 – In Touch

    Our society imposes many boundaries around what is “appropriate” contact. Within these boundaries, the best caregivers know that one of the most powerful tools they have is not a needle or a blood pressure cuff. Their finest gifts often come… Continue reading

  • Days 13-14 – Skin to Skin

    Do we ever outgrow our need for the kind of Love we experienced when our mothers held us close? Continue reading