Is a hug a hug if you're hugging the phone?

I am super thankful for Skype. Not sure how life was lived before it. I am so blessed that I can Skype my parent pretty much whenever I want (if they are awake, that is). My kids are even more blessed that they can actually see their grandparents in real time rather than just knowing them from memory or pictures...even if they don't know how blessed they are! Because of this blessed technology, my parents have been 'present' at birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and on normal days whenever Sade gets the urge to see Papaw!
It breaks my heart though, when I tell my kids to give Nana and Papaw hugs and they don't even give a second thought about hugging and kissing my phone! You see, to them...this is normal life. To them, it's normal that they haven't been actually hugged by their grandparents in over 9 months and they won't be for another 7. It's normal that they think seeing Nana and Papaw is peering into a phone or a computer.
But I'm thankful, because this is leaps and bounds more than I had growing up. I'm thankful because the legacy my parents leave behind them is that it is more important to follow God's command to reach the lost than it is to have all the normal happiness most experience. I'm thankful because the memories my children will have of their grandparents will be full of love...because they weren't too proud to act like fools in front of a computer to make three kids smile!
Anyway...a hug is no less a hug if you're hugging a phone, especially when the people on the other side of the phone are hugging you back!