Today is Happy Love Yourself Day, aka Valentine’s Day. I have always loved Valentine’s Day. When I was a little girl my dad would give me a heart-shaped box filled with the most delicious chocolates. I would immediately open the box, locate the perfectly square caramel and eat it first. As I grew older, I…
Violet the Hugging Octopus has been out in hardcover since February 1st. The subsequent months have been filled with events, networking and anything and everything to get Violet into the hands of the most people around the world who will benefit from her loving and healing message. During this time I have had the exciting…
Essay: When I Grow Up by Sherry D. Oct.9, 1981 “When I grow up it might be fun to be in a circus because it would be a good experience. And it would be fun. It might also be fun to be an airplane stewardess because you could travel a lot. There are lots…
National Hugging day was started in Clio, Michigan in 1986. This feels like a fun and strange coincidence because I was born and raised in Michigan. I spent nearly 40 years in evidently, the national hub of hugging. Now, I have the honor of teaching people of all ages how to hug themselves in my…