by Molly Huggins | Jul 5, 2017 | Aha Moments, Army Life, Faith, Grief, Hope, Mommy Heart, Original J
Wonderful, merciful Savior. June marked what would have been the 11th birthday of our first babe and the 38th birthday of my best friend. Both were heaven bound within three months of each other, eleven and half long years past. For all of 2006, I was overwhelmed with...
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 | 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 | May 24, 2015 | Army Life, Grief, Jamester, Original J, Our Story, Photos
It is surprising how grief changes over the years. Some things I know, I expect. The edges of the wound soften over time. The fear fades, mostly. We aren’t sad every day. Some things I don’t. Nine years and change later, you see a picture on Facebook of a Volkswagon...
by Molly Huggins | Aug 1, 2014 | Grief, Original J
Sometimes, in your life, you collide with people who make a stunning imprint on your soul. I met her one time. One time, at Jaime’s funeral, on a day my heart was breaking. And how much more so was hers … aunt to my friend, and friend to me on an ugly, awful...
by Molly Huggins | Jul 2, 2014 | Army Life, Community, deployment, Fear, Grief, Hope, Original J
It’s July now in TN, a never ending tide of 100 degree days that wash over us in a haze of sparklers, sweat, and the red, white, and blue. In this town, though, it’s cut with shots of gold. Gold stars to be exact. They come up on you quickly, a subdued gut...
