Now ages, 9, 11 and 12, they barrel toward me when I pick them up from school, as I lay in bed reading, as I come through the door at the end of the day, their arms open, their eyes flashing.

“We both started to cry,” says Ms. Harvey, a registered nurse at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. ... As they were saying goodbye, her friend suggested they hug.

They start crying. Once the final bell rings, the hugging and crying multiply around them. Girls — and some boys, too — wrap their arms around one another in big group hugs.

‘I need a hug too’: Lizzo hugs crying fan in crowd at Milan show. The star spotted the fan holding up a sign that asked if they could ‘have a hug’ ...

As many grandparents have received their doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, a small part of the world is starting to feel right again. Here are some of their heartwarming stories.

They’re both falling through the sky, enveloped by a column of light; they torpedo downward, headfirst, toward a fiery chasm, Hitomi tightly clutching an unconscious Van.