Human Touch- Is there a better healer?

I went to look up my mom who had to be urgently hospitalized at Bangalore.

My husband was away at a CI area without connectivity.

Dropped children with their grandparents & took the next flight with a confirmed return after 3 days.

Children were young and I had never left them to anyone prior to this. But there was no question of a choice, it was about mom and I am glad at least I had the option of putting children to the family for a few days.

I reached the hospital and saw mo. She looked unwell but was fine and recovering. We spoke for a while. Like always she said that I should have not left children alone and rushed here, that things are fine and she would soon be all right, she was sad that because of her my brother and I had to rush and arrange things.

We laughed and talked until doctors came and shared their diagnosis and she had to be shifted to the ICU.

As destiny had it for us, the third-day early morning we lost her to cardiac arrest.

Our world came to an end.

I was devastated.

I am thankful to God that I could meet with her for the one last time, be with her & we spoke for a while.

I am the elder child, I pretended to be strong.

By late evening, we had finished the last rites.

I sat with dad and he asked me to pack my bags, he reminded me of my flight next day early morning back to Lucknow.

I wanted to stay back but he insisted that I should go since the children were too young.

I boarded the flight. As I sat alone my mind was blank. Tears rolling down and I didn't know what was happening to me. 

Thankfully it was a middle row and there was no one seated with me.

An air hostess came with a glass of water and asked me if I was ok. 

I told her in one sentence that I lost my mom yesterday. She hugged me tightly for 30 secs.

That was the much needed and cherished hug ever.

I didn't know human touch could mean so much.

I just leaned my head and could feel that she put a comforter on me. 

She woke me up at Lucknow and just said take care.

I hug had never been so warm to me before this. That hug gave me the strength to restore myself and face this situation. That hug helped me de freeze. It helped me to understand that this is a harsh reality and I need to accept this, understand and move on.

This incidence has surely enhanced the emotional and humane side of me. I don't think there is any better healer than a warm human touch and emotional support!

PS: I would be happy to learn any such incidences from you where you have realized the value of emotional and human touch. Write to me in your comments about it.

Regards