I’m totally going to look into your work — thank you. Yes, I’ve been exploring platonic touch for the past three years and prior to the pandemic, I was making great headway, kissing friends on lips and cheeks, holding hands, etc. It was wonderful.

Since the pandemic, though, it has been brutal. I barely am able to hug my own mother. I have to time everything according to quarantines and think about where I’ve been and what my exposure level is before I even think to give someone a loving nudge with my elbow. So about 95% of the time, I am totally without touch. It’s absolute torture.

I hope you are able to get back to your touch clinics. That is WONDERFUL.