Would you miss hugs?

Lynda Hartman hugs Len Hartman in a “hug tent.” (AP/Thomas Peipert)
The tent is made out of plastic. It has built-in sleeves. (AP/Thomas Peipert)
Mrs. Hartman was happy to hug her husband. (AP/Thomas Peipert)
Gregg MacDonald holds hands with his mother, Chloe MacDonald. (AP/Thomas Peipert)
The tent is supposed to keep the virus from spreading. (AP/Thomas Peipert)

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Len Hartman is in a nursing home. Virus rules said, “No Touching.” His wife visited him. But they could not hug.

Workers at the home made a plastic “hug tent.” She squeezed him! “It’s been a long, long time,” she said.

Read More: The Louisville, Colorado, couple have been married 55 years. Mrs. Hartman hurt her back. She could not care for her husband by herself. He has dementia and lives at Juniper Village. The couple could not touch one another when she visited. Care givers had the idea to make a plastic barrier with sleeves. They are called “cuddle curtains” in England! God created us to need human touch. Mark 10:13 says, “And they were bringing children to Him that He might touch them.”