A Great Way To Chill Out Your Day...

Hello bambinos…

So today I saw this really cute picture

 

from cataddictsanonymouse (facebook)

And I know it sounds odd, but it really works and helps at keeping you “in love”.

So simply Glenn and I set our alarm maybe 10 minutes before we need to, who ever hears it first, turns it off, cuddles up to the other and gently wake them up. Then we lie in bed and talk about what we are going to do in the day, while having a “cwtch” (cuddly type snuggle thing, in welsh).

Hugging is incredible, it’s like medicine, not only is it good for the body but the mind, the soul or whatever you call your inner self, as well. However, maybe hugs are “too close and too personal” for you but don’t you think that maybe, given the odds, that this something to do with you and your inner self and not just due to the faults of each individual person that you can’t/won’t hug?

Now me, well I'm a "hugger", I'm just a big “come-here-and-give-me-a-hug-when-I-meet-you” kinda girl. If I know you, I’ll hug you, if I don’t, then I will hug you when I’m introduced. I hug when I say thank you in a happy circumstance, I hug to console others and myself, I hug when I'm bored.  I hug a lot, my family, boyfriend, his family (well some of them!), my pets, all animals really, apart from "dangerous" ones... Glenn won’t let me…. :(

Also I’m pretty spontaneous with hugs, they are a quick decision as to when and who I’m going to hug but as far as I’m concerned they are the best indicator of how someone is really feeling, you can feel their feels… if you understand me? Like when you hug someone you love and you can feel them love you too, or when a friend is grateful and you can sense that from the way they gave you their “thank-you-I’m-very-grateful” hug, yeah?

So basically, the best thing Glenn and I do to:

A.      start our day,

B.      connect us,

C.      coordinate our day,

D.      be totally surrounded by a loving warm snuggle for just a few minutes a day

E.       remind ourselves of how lucky we are….

is HUG!!!!

What you can do to try this is

1)      Set your alarm 5 maybe 10 minutes early

2)      Don’t hit snooze!

3)      Cuddle up to your partner to wake them up GENTLY!

4)      Talk about what your plan is for the day, step by step, organise when you will see each other again or if it won’t be until tea time or bed time or whenever, talk about staying in contact or whatever.

5)      Wake up and have a fab day!

Hint: Make sure your calm morning cuddle session is only for those 5 or 10 minutes as you don’t want to then have to dash about like crazy getting ready for the day, which admittedly we have done a few times, and it really does take away some of the calming effects of the cuddle!!

Take care Bambinos!

Claire xx