by Molly Huggins | Jun 11, 2016 | Army Life, deployment, Grief, Lives We Love, Original J
We buried (another) friend last week.(I told you about him here, but because his desire was to be buried at Arlington with his fellow veterans, the interment ceremony wasn’t until June. Bear with me-it has been a difficult, emotional season and that has been...
by Molly Huggins | May 30, 2016 | Army Life, Blogging, deployment, Grief, Preemptive Love Coalition
Truthfully there are a long list of names this Memorial Day that I can recite. We miss them always. And 10 years and some odd months later, we still say our Jaime’s name every day. My friend Texas North said of her people, “It is a daily process not to...
by Molly Huggins | May 18, 2016 | Army Life, Community, deployment, Husband, Our Story, Thankful
For the military spouse. Monday night was spent saying goodbye to old and new friends. They are moving on, to parts west and far east of here and it’s got me thinking about my people. We’ve landed here in the woods of Northern Virginia close to a year now and still...
by Molly Huggins | Apr 27, 2016 | Army Life, Blogging, deployment, Faith, Fear, Grief, Hope, Husband, Original J, Our Story
Oh friends. I have so much to tell you. (PLEASE PLEASE read all the way through.) First things first. Back in October, 2015, I met the lovely Jamie Ivey on an airplane on the way to Allume. Of course, I had no idea who she was and had never listened to her podcast...
by Molly Huggins | Apr 24, 2016 | Army Life, deployment, Faith, Grief, Jamester
April is the month of the military child. I have four wild souls populating this space, but my girl, my oldest, she has born the brunt of the choices we make in a way that is both beautiful and heartrending all at once. My husband’s last deployment was two years...
by Molly Huggins | Jan 27, 2016 | Army Life, Blogging, deployment, Grief, Jamester, Our Story
Deployment is a cornerstone of our story. The story I am working on in book form. Miscarriages. Moves. Deployment. Loss. So much grief. So much grace. I’ve shared bits and pieces of the beginning here in this space, but now I am a wee bit stuck. See, now I have...