When a hug is this big, you feel it for days.

We're going back and interviewing family members to see if there's been any contact.

He gave her a quick, casual kiss on the cheek first. Then came the hug, and it was the hug that always made Laurel’s heart mush. Serious grip, cheek to the hair, eyes closed, just a little sway. Del’s hugs mattered, she thought, and made him impossible to resist.

That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.

I've got cousins galore. Mexicans just spread all their seeds. And the women just pop them out.

Family: a foundation! Family: a ‘cloth’ that keeps the ‘body’!