just remember: pushing yourself on her, will drive her FURTHER away. LESS intimacy.
"trying to remind her" of stuff, can backfire majorly. you gotta stick with positive things. IF hugging is not positive for her right now.. you are hurting your relationship with her.
you probably know your wife better than anyone... so you are probably the one to judge best, whether it is really a positive for her right now, so long as you can detach yourself from, "well, *I* really want to hug her..."
My current status: june 2006. Wife ran out and filed D. Finalized Jan 11, 2010, after 12.5 years M. 3 wonderful sons caught in the middle